El Paraiso is a perrera in Murcia, Spain. A volunteer went there today to try and rescue a pregnant podenca. Remember, Easter weekend looms and the staff in the perreras are busy mass killing dogs, to the staff can go on holiday! This is what Jacqui has written about her visit.
Jacqui was trying to save the pregnant podencos today – HOW THE HELL IS THIS LEGAL?
And this young beauty, Leire, due to be killed before Easter. Young female podenca, only 10 months old. Contact is dan.asociacion.madrid@gmail.com. Not now with
Animales Rioja.
I recently reported about two podencos in Seville which Macu had rescued from Palmete, a settlement of galgueros and gitanos from where she saves many hounds. Both the podencos had eye problems. The younger one has been named Atila, just two years old, in good health apart from not being able to see. His problem is that there are waterfalls and tumours in each eye, and if enough money can be raised, the opthamologist can restore Atila’s sight 100%. At the moment, the poor dog spends a lot of time bumping into things or just not moving about atall. The amount needed – 1,600 euros to include the operation and follow-up tests. If Atila does not have the operation, he will be blind for life.
I’d like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all your marvellous people who have donated to save podencos from Hellin and Valencia perrera. Anke and Dominique do amazing work and I’m now happy to show you all the podencos you have helped them save and place in a residencia. The appeal now is for donations to pay the kennel fees until, most importantly, these beauties can be adopted. Here is a list of the dogs, who have now all been named. Please send donations and adoption requests to Anke, Paypal bracobuddha@hotmail.com Applications to adopt in Spain go to Dominique and for anyone out of Spain, to Anke. This link gives the costs involved.
Here’s Anke’s list of podencos SAVED! (photos in name order below)
My friend Sandra of NOS in Seville has appealed to me for help in publicising a very poor shelter in Cordoba, which hasn’t even got dog beds. They have about 20 dogs there, including galgos and podencos. You can see some pictures here. Sandra is appealing for donations of dog beds, bedding, food, collars, leads, medicines, feed bowls, anything to help these lovely dogs. Chris Marshall of Almerilife is going back to the UK next week and is willing to bring back donated goods for the shelter. Here are details of how to contact him, and photos of some of the lovely dogs at the shelter.
All these podencos are in Gesser perrera, Cadiz, for killing! contact: maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com
the 2 are females, looks like Mom and baby, Ibicenco is female – from the size of her teats, she has been used as a breeding machine, poor girl, the others are male How terrified they are.
A beautiful unusual blue merle podenco boy really needs his forever home. Here’s his story.
‘Billy is a very unusual ‘blue merle’ podenco dog, approximately 16 months old. He is 20 inches high (from floor to withers) and from tip of nose to end of tail he is 42 inches. We are not sure on weight as we do not have scales (but is regular podenco size if that helps at all).
He is a rescue dog and was originally rescued by CAS when found on the Rio Seco in Nerja Jan/Feb 2012. He has been in his current home since March 2012 and has come on in leaps and bounds since then. He now understands basic commands (Sit, Wait, Down, Out, Paw), and is very willing to learn more.
Lina Orta is one of a group of volunteers who help the dogs that the town council worker takes to Hellin perrera to be killed. There are two podencos in now, waiting to be sacrificed. Their names are Chispo and Rubius.
The costs for saving each of them are 50 euros chip and vaccine and 3 euros/day residence (kennel) fees. If you can help, contact Lina (she speaks good English) and you can Paypal to her address. linaortu@gmail.com
Two stories from PodencoWorld in Holland. To read in English, click on the Translation button top left hand side, drop down menu, click on your language.
The first one is about 12 podencos living in appalling conditions on a farm in San Roque, Tenerife. The foundation Animal Help Canarias reported the poor state of the hounds on a finca. The way the animals are crammed in the back of a private estate, continuously chained without any room to move. The precarious facilities do not meet the necessary hygiene and dogs have “not even enough food or water,” said a spokesman for the foundation. “Neighbors often call these situations to denounce”.
Martin Usborne lives in London and works as a professional photographer, has written a number of books. He wrote to me last year for information about the plight of the galgos. He has just returned to London after spending a week with the galgos and podencos of Malaga. You can read the full story, including a link to his blog ‘A Year to Help’ with the story of his trip, here.
