Do you remember the appeal by Macu for help to pay for operations to restore the sight in the eyes of two podencos she had rescued from a galguero camp? Thanks to help from many people, the two dogs have both been operated on and here you can see a video of them enjoying life. Remember Atila, the young 2-year-old, had to hold his head at a peculiar angle to try and see – now he can look forward to a full life seeing everything! Both podencos are now looking for forever homes. If you would like to apply, please contact Carmina (English speaker) or Macu.
Category: In the media
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Podenco Friends – meet members of the ‘family’ in Murcia
With all the heartbreaking stories and appeals for podencos needing help, I thought you might like to look at these wonderful videos of podencos in foster with Bev Farmer in Murcia, Spain.
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Spain’s stray dogs used in Pet Food!
I’m now back from the UK, funeral and house clearance – never a nice job. Catching up on news.
Here’s a story that will shock you. Please share.
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Cheap Accommodation in Murcia – for Easter Weekend – many vacancies
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?
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GRIN and Scooby – US & Spanish rockers to visit Scooby
Great news for Scooby from the GRIN team. Read more here.
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Terrified podenco puppy abandoned in Seville – urgent foster or shelter please help
Urgent appeal from Mercedes in Seville.‘Hello. I need urgent help! I found this puppy podenco at the door of my work and it was terrified. I work in a place where there is a very dangerous road to the side, and I knew that leaving it there, it was only a matter of time before it would be injured. So, just in case the same day, I tied it next to my car. The poor dog was that be there for eight hours until I got out of work and took it home.
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Cheap accommodation in Tenerife, Canary Islands – food and drinks not included
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”.
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Podenca found alive in trash bin with microchip savagely cut out of its neck
Two stories in the news recently about podencos, both the victims of unbelievable cruelty. If you wish to see the pictures, then click on ‘Continue reading’.
This is the first time I’ve had a story about a podenca dumped in a trash bin, always before it has been galgos who have suffered such an atrocity.
Someone had stabbed her and destroyed her neck to remove the microchip. After she was thrown in the trash. she remained there for two days without help. She somehow ate garbage to stay alive. Her neck had been torn to remove the microchip. Luckily someone realised she was there and called the police and saved her.
She is now in Madrid in a veterinary hospital, where they are trying to save her. Her neck has been operated on, and they are working to save her. She has been named Vida.
The volunteer says, ‘I curse with all my strength these monsters, torturers, no guts, no heart, that they are capable of doing these savage actions. This poor dog has had to suffer a horrible agony. We will fight tooth and nail to save her! Irina.animalessinhogar@gmail.com
The second story is about a podenco found very close to death in the campo. She was rescued and attempts were made to save her – you will see in the photo she was too weak to stand, was a mere skeleton, and had severe leishmania. Appeals were made on Facebook for donations to save here. Personally, I believe it would have been kinder to put her to sleep, rather than try and revive her and put her through more suffering. Queen did not survive.
BEWARE, UPSETTING IMAGES
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Dogster tells my story of working with greyhounds and galgos
Dogster is a great website, they have very interesting articles. Please subscribe. They have a column for stories about rescuers of dogs, here is my story.
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Seville – podencos for hire for hunting!
I’m still stuck in the UK because of snow, and struggling to post. Here’s a story I received earlier this week, emailed on to associations I hope can help, and now post you the story. Apologies though, as I’m using a computer which won’t allow me to post pix.
‘On January 6, 2013 I drove with my husband and adopted dog (from a perrera near Malaga, ‘El Paraiso’) from Tarifa to Seville, and on to Cordoba.
We stopped at a rural restaurant for coffee where I became aware of a whole lot of dogs crying somewhere in the vicinity.