Considering adopting a Podenco? Here are two beautiful videos of Denzil and Dobby, both fostered and trained by Bev in Spain, before going to forever homes in Sweden and Belgium.
Category: Campaign
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Operation Rehala, Bullas, Murcia – help save the podencos
Los Perros de Bullas – Today (8th March 2012) it has been agreed with much teamwork from The Little Pod Foundation, SOS Animals UK, the Animal Welfare Support Murcia group and Podenco Friends to find temporary care and rescue for some of the misfortunate Podencos in the Bullas tragedy. If the rescue is successful, it is hoped that between 8 and 10 dogs will be saved, plus any puppies that are still there.
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Sugar substitute – don’t poison your dog!
Sharing some information received from Spain.
Just a warning the new sugar substitute Xylitol is poisonous to dogs one teaspoon will kill a GSD, this advice has come from UK vets. It is also in some processed foods/candies and sweets, for example Orbit Gum so please be aware, it acts like giving a dog insulin and there is no antidote. So if you have 2 teaspoons in you tea/coffee and the dog drinks it you have a serious problem on your hands. It can cause liver failure for the dogs. Please share as widely as possible.
Have to say our dogs never drink our drinks
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Operation Rehala, Murcia – 120 dogs at risk – the whole story
24 hours to save the dogs from Bullas
6 March 2012
by Irene CrespoYes, the authorities only granted 24 hours to rescue all the dogs in Bullas (Murcia) and out of the hell where they are. Removing the remaining 70 dogs in that situation in 24 hours … Mission Impossible?
Well this is not the first bureaucratic difficulty with which foundationn Pro-Setter (The association that is coordinatating the rescue of these animals) and volunteers from other organizations that work with them are encountering.
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Bullas, Murcia – 50 podencos need getting out – Pro-Setter Spain organising, please help
I’ve just had news that there are still 50 podencos which need getting out of the camp in Bullas, Murcia, where the owner has been denounced and Seprona have said the dogs will be put down if they are not rescued. Here’s some pix of them. It’s a mammoth task as all the dogs rescued need flea and tick treatment, some have diahorrea, some are sick, most are malnourished. Contact details for Pro-Setter Spain on this link.
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120 Podencos and Galgos in Bullas, Murcia – rescue associations please help
Here is the latest update on the 120 galgos, podencos, setters, pointers…all in an enclosure in Bullas, Murcia. Pro-Setter Spain are co-ordinating the rescue, Galgos del Sol in Murcia, along with three other associations, have already taken out 14 dogs. Watch the video – it shows the truth of how thousands of these dogs are kept in rural areas by the Spanish hunters and gitanos. See photos of one rescue.
This year is the worst year yet for the Spanish hunting dogs.
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Jerez, Cadiz – galga & podenca abandoned on the streets
SOS JEREZ CADIZ – galga and podenco abandoned on the street, she’s possibly pregnant. Please contact Maribel if you can squeeze them in somewhere safe.
maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com 605637101 Maribel
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28th February – World Spay Day – Aanifeira explains
28th February is World Spay Day when shelters around the world promote the advantages and necessity of spaying dogs and cats. Aanifeira explains.
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Valencia perrera – more podencos on death row
Earlier in the week I published a piece about an injured podenca in Valencia perrera. Here are some more podencos in the same place, mostly young ones, some very scared.
Here’s what a volunteer says.
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Huesca perrera – dozens of podencos hoping for a home
Huesca is a small city in north eastern Spain, in the province of Aragon. It’s not a province with galgo hunting, rather hunting with podencos. If you don’t know the podenco breed, then read all about them, and the different types, on Podenco Post.
Like the galgos, podencos are not a breed which are often adopted by the Spanish but, also like the galgos, they make fabulous companion dogs. There are dozens of them in the Perrera of Huesca, waiting to find out what life has in store for them. The photos are on Facebook, for those of you who use Facebook The person to contact at the perrera is the vet, joseabarca@internacionalplayers.comand the person you have to talk to if you want to know something about the dogs and if you want to reserve any. There are a lot of podencos there who need help. Here are somebetween 6 – 12 months old.