I’ve not been posting appeals to save the hundreds of podencos in perreras because the podencos already saved desperately need forever homes. But I had to tell you about Rania, an 8 month old Podenco Orito puppy on death row in Almeria perrera. The Orito is one of the more unusual type of Podenco, mainly found around Malaga province. You can read more about them on this link. Rania shouldn’t be in the perrera! It will cost 135 euros to buy her out (as she is over 6 months old) and then 90 euros/month for a kennel. The 135 euros includes vaccination and microchip – and spaying, as that is perrera policy. Contact and Paypal a/c sos.almeria@gmail.com

As an extension to this story, I’ll tell you about some comments posted on a facebook thread about my podenco book.

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Two appeals for help – forever homes urgently needed for these beautiful young boys.

Sorbet is with Protectora La Bienvenida shelter in Ciudad Real, 200km south of Madrid. I visited it in 2007 when I collected my first galga Karmel. He is an affectionate podenco, gets on well with other dogs, walks well on the lead, clean in the house, ready to be adopted. Contact labienvenida@hotmail.com

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How low can people stoop?! SARA Protectora on Lanzarote have dozens of dogs and cats, including lots of podencos all waiting for forever homes on mainland Europe. This link details the number of dogs and cats they have helped. As they say, bear in mind this is just one association, there are others on the Island including several perreras. Here’s one of their podencos, Muneca. And Amor, now 4 years old and been at the shelter since he was a puppy. Is he destined to spend the rest of his life there, never knowing family life and what it is like to live in a home?