Podenco Post

Category: Campaign

  • Duathlon, 19th March 2016, Clumber Park, Nottingham – Sponsor Team Pepis

    Anca podenca blind 250 8 2015Pepis Dog Refuge in Pedrera, Seville, has an outstanding vet bill so far of nearly 4,000 euros! That includes sterilization of dogs (the first thing to be done with the arrival of each new dog, to prevent unwanted puppies), vaccinations, dogs needing operations, medication…the list is endless.

    It’s desperate that this bill is cleared and to that end Ellen Stevens and 2 friends have entered the team event in the Duathlon at Clumber Park, Nottingham, on 19th March 2016. If you look on the Youcaring link below, you can read all about it.

    Please sponsor Team Pepis and share widely with family and friends. Let’s raise the total and more if possible. Help Jane and Alan Brian help dogs like blind podenca Anca, in this photo.

    Youcaring Team Pepis

  • PACMA making progress on Animal Rights in Spain

    Read the article here

  • Scooby Medina and Scooby Valladolid – saving podencos and galgos

    Maybe you read the news on the Scooby blog or maybe you don´t, but the histories about the trips Scooby makes to save galgos is every time a different one, it´s not that we repeat the same rescues every time. Therefore I put them here again and it’s from January until 23 February, so the rescues from December and before are not included:

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  • DeAnimals – fighting the corner for animal cruelty in Spain

    Not about podencos but an example of the incredible work done by DeAnimals firm of lawyers in Murcia. And why they need funding and sponsorship to fight more cases and run more courses to educate lawyers, judges, police, Seprona and volunteers on how to prosecute cases of maltreatment of animals. Please sponsor them through ACTIN here. If donating through Paypal, please go through family and friends and mark Donation to DeAnimals

  • NAC peaceful march against hunting with hounds in Spain – Sunday 7 February 2016

    Marchers in over 14 cities in Spain peacefully protested against the maltreatment and hunting with galgos, podencos, pointers and other hounds and the cruelty inflicted on them by the sub-species who handle them. In Mardrid there were over 2,000 marching. Here’s a video of the event. And remember, it’s the Spanish marching against the Spanish hunters.

  • 78 podencos with filaria on Tenerife – Project to save them achieved!

    You may remember back in February 2016 there was an appeal to help 78 podencos on Tenerife. Here is the news – best of all, all the dogs are clear of the filaria (heartworm). Final result PROJECT TIERRA BLANCA FILARIA FREE nearly 8,000€ worth in heartworm treatments received, thanks! Amazing!

    ‘So many things have happened since we started this wonderful project. Thanks to Podencoworld and dozens of supporters who donated the cost of the treatment for all these podencos.

    We received the 78 filaria treatments that were needed and managed to have some extra treatments for the future as thanks to an auction carried out by volunteers of Podencoworld it was possible to create a piggy bank which we have already been using for new filaria positive arrivals.

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  • Axarquia Animal Rescue, Malaga – stunning podencos waiting for forever homes.

    When I was at the PAES conference in Murcia in October 2015, I met some lovely ladies from the Axarquia Animal Shelter in Malaga. They have several podencos amongst the dozens of hounds they have in their care. Please get in touch with them direct if you can offer a place in your home and heart for one of them.

    Bud
    Chico
    Oro
    Polly

  • Peaceful Protest, London, 1st May 2016 – support with your rescued Spanish hounds

    Peaceful protest Bebe 250Podenco Alliance in the UK were planning on a peaceful protest at Windsor in March for the visit of the King and Queen of Spain to the British Royal Family. The visit has now been cancelled (probably because Spain has been without a government since December 2015 after national elections failed to produce a clear winner). So a new Peaceful Protest has been organised in London on 1st May 2016. Below are the details so far. Please put the date in your diary and join the peaceful protest if you can, especially with your podenco.

    Our new date is May 1st – Day of the Podenco. Keep your photos and texts coming so we can make more photocards to hand in, and please join us with your dogs on the 1st in London or online.

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  • Spain – a land of contrasts

    There is a ‘discussion’ on facebook about Spain, expats, volunteers, on the subject of animal welfare and rescuing and rehoming dogs. I have copied the comment below by a Spanish lady, which I think sums up how most of us feel about the problem, especially at this time of year now hunting is finished and galgos and podencos are dumped and abandoned and killed in their hundreds of thousands.

    Eva Crespo Corral
    January 31 at 1:04pm

    Spain is the land of contrasts. Being one of the worst countries in Europe when it comes to animal welfare, it is also the place where an army of private individuals work as hard as they can 24/7/365 to save the lives of the 150.000 abandoned animals every year.

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  • Sign the petition – stop a law to chain dogs on Gran Canaria!

    Please sign and share this petition, to be presented to the Mayor at the meeting on 4th February