Podenco Post

Category: Fund raising

  • Injured podencos in Spain – just left to suffer?!

    Twice on 3rd September 2022 on my Podenco Post facebook page, photos and appeals have been published about injured podencos…the first one the hunter doesn’t want it, the second one videod and left at the side of the road!!! So many times I feel impotent that I can’t go and get them!! Here’s the story of the first one, which does have a positive ending.

    PODENCO WITH BROKEN LEG! The beautiful chocolate brown podenco was no longer wanted by its owner due to a knee injury. Walter has many scars on his body… his life was terrible.

    The hunting dog breeds most frequently abandoned are podencos and galgos.
    When they’re no longer useful to their owners, these dogs meet a tragic end. Many are shot, poisoned, hanged from trees, or thrown over ravines at the end of Spain’s hare coursing season.

    We need urgently HELP FROM ANY ASSOCIATION!

    Contact: Natasha Trillo#


    Update    : UK association will take him and rehome but we need your help for his operation: 700€

    PayPal: Anewleashforliferescue@outlook.com Ref: Walter Please, help him

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  • The Story of Galgo’s Rescue Almeria

    GRA Marlos face 400 6 2022
    In 2015 Sandy and John Cortebeeck sold up in Belgium and moved to Almeria to open a kennels. As with all good intentions, for dog lovers in Spain, the mass abandonment of galgos and podencos takes over everyone’s life. Thank goodness there are people willing to give up almost everything to help these amazing dogs, treated like rubbish by the sub-human Spanish galgueros.

    Click on this weblink to read the full story.

  • 3 Podencos safe with Galgos Rescue Almeria

    GRA 3 podencos 400 8 2022
    Earlier this month Galgos Rescue Almeria, along with other rescues, were involved in taking to safety over 70 dogs living in terrible conditions in a shelter which the authorities closed down. These 3 podencos were among the dogs GRA took to their shelter.

    ‘We picked up these 3 podencos in terrible condition and now a period of recovery and healing can begin for them, as well as the galgos we took too. They’ve been in an unimaginable filthy shelter for God knows how long and unsurprisingly they all have Anaplasma and Erlichia, fleas and ticks. Fortunately it can be treated but also can’t be underestimated. Untreated it can also be deadly.

    They’ve now had a shower, for one boy we need to visit a groomer because his coat is in bad shape. You can see flea infestation needs treating urgently too. Named Madroño, Artillero and Teddy.

    Any help with vet fees will be gratefully received.

    Paypal|: galgosrescuealmeria@gmail.com

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  • Walking in Scotland for Podencos in Need

    Podencos in Need Scotland help rehome both podencos and galgos. As with all the rescue organisations, they rely on donations and fundraising. Here’s the latest fundraiser.

    Just 5 weeks until Edinburgh Kiltwalk, when Levi the Galgo and family are walking to raise awareness and funds for PINS. Not sure if training walks have been manageable in this heat but their fundraising is coming along nicely. Thanks for all the donations so far!

    If any of our supporters would like to sponsor their efforts then please use the link below

    Donate on this link.

  • Old sick podenca dumped in the campo to die

    Astrid old podenca 400 1 8 2022
    From Astrid Jordon from whom I adopted Rosely

    WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP…..PLEASE

    It never ends but this is truly the lowest humanity can sink……..

    This 12 year old Podenca was found severely dehydrated and very underweight, out in the burning hot temperatures currently plaguing Spain. She was wandering alone in the countryside and arrived at an isolated country house. The owner of the house called Eleanor Nikki Fearn to tell her that a dog had appeared there in very bad condition.
    She was taken straight to the vet and it was discovered she also has aenemia and several mammary tumours. She is really in a very bad state and definitely has not known any happiness in her long life.

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  • Podenco in Spain – abandoned, injured on the road, saved

    Angelica podenco 400 6 2022
    And another story not uncommon for the abandoned hunting hounds in Spain, from the same shelter involved with the mass rescue of 58 hounds recently.

    This morning I was leaving my parents’ house when I found a podenco puppy in the middle of the street. I stopped the car in the middle but wouldn’t let me catch him and started running away. After almost half an hour running around trying to catch him he ended up getting lost in the streets. I took a few more turns but I couldn’t see him again.

    Although we don’t have space in the shelter, I am very sad that I can’t help him.

    Then I get a picture of a girl I know from the association of my town and I see that the one in the picture is he. I notice he got run over and he has a very ugly lump in his abdomen, makes me so mad it happened.Thanks to Anabel, Marilo, Luna, etc. from the association the little one is now in our clinic. He is being tested because he peed with blood and wasn’t eating or drinking. So far the tests look like he got lucky and they’re not serious. Our vet has named him Raffaello because he says he’s the only white chocolate candy.

    Video

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  • Protectora Scooby – a desperate situation – over 450 dogs rescued since December 2021

    From Cobie at Scooby Valladolid

    ‘At the beginning of this year, Scooby saved the lives of many, many galgos and podencos from Andalucia, Murcia and Extremadura. We had thought that most of them would be adopted by now but that is alas not the case. So please, if you think about adopting a dog, consider to give one of our boys or girls a chance and on top of giving them a so much earned home, you can lower our costs because with all prices skyhigh, we really struggle to make ends meet.

    For donations please:

    Paypal fundacion@scoobymedina.org

    Bank ES84 0049 5219 5422 1645 9780.

    Thank you very much!’

    Read more about the problem on this link.

  • Podenco Marlos with broken leg – please help with the huge vet bill

    GRA Marlos 1 400 6 2022
    From Galgos Rescue Almeria

    ‘This is Marlos. The beautiful chocolate brown podenco was no longer wanted by its owner due to a knee injury. Marlos came 11 March 2021 to GRA, a cheerful playful young fellow who apparently was not much bothered by his limping hind leg.
    After an examination by the traumatologist, the advice was not to do surgery for the time being and to wait and see how it developed further.

    11 February Marlos could leave to Cristina’s place, Casa degli Elfi where he could get used to home life with other Podencos.

    After a few months it turned out that he was experiencing more and more trouble and his leg also became painful. So underwent major surgery and is now convalescing with a foster family.

    The vet bill is huge, nearly 2,000 euros, so much for a small shelter like us.

    All help / support is welcome to cover his costs.

    PayPal: Galgosrescuealmeria@gmail.com

    Teaming – https://www.teaming.net/group/list?q=galgos%20rescue%20almeria

    volunteer — Galgosrescuealmeria@gmail.com

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  • Protectora Scooby – desperately needing help – 450 dogs rescued since December 2021

    Bev Adonis and Riley 400 9 2020

    Terrible news from Scooby, they are full and running out of funds.

    Fermin Perez, president of Scooby, said: “We’ve had a tough few months with more galgos and podencos dumped than more or less ever before. The flow of galgos and podencos has been unrelenting after the most recent hare coursing season.

    “We are not the only shelter to experience this. Fellow rescues agree that we have not seen peak numbers like this since about 30 years ago.

    “We have rescued 450 galgos and podencos, with 200 other breeds in the shelter as well. Quite simply, Scooby is full and we cannot rescue more dogs for time being.

    “As you can imagine this places significant pressure on our resources and we are now in survival mode.

    “We will need to solve this crisis if we are to continue.”

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  • Galgos 112 – saving 70 abandoned dogs in Jaen

    Galgos 112 1 400
    Galgos 112 don’t just rescue galgos. They rescue podencos too. Here’s their latest news.

    ‘We aren’t very good at posting numbers of our rescuers but for once, we’re going to do it at least in partial mode.

    From January 1 to March 8, 2022 there are 70 dogs picked up from the street alone in the Jaén delegation. Dogs that were abandoned, many with fractures and mostly sick, some in gravity. Of these 70 dogs one is a mastin, the other is a pointer, 3 are galgo crosses, 6 are podencos and the remaining 59 are galgos. 2 have passed away, 24 have been adopted and the rest some are still recovering and others waiting for adoption.

    We don’t lie when we ask for financial help or foster homes, nor when we say we can’t anymore and that we need adoptions. I wish it wasn’t necessary, but the situation of Galgos in Spain is what it is. Numbers sing though many deny it and want to shut us up.

    Donate by Paypal through this weblink

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