Category: In the media

  • Tiny Podenca Tita hoping for a forever home

    Tita 400 10 2024
    I adore these tiny podencos, they have such huge characters. This is an older little lady who should spend the rest of her years in a forever home, knowing love and a warm soft bed. My little Bebe lived to be over 17 years old so there are plenty more years ahead for Tita.

    Tita is a small, sweet female dog of about 12 years old, who has been at the shelter for four long years. Her previous owner, a hunter, sadly passed away, leaving Tita without a home.

    Despite her tough time at the shelter, Tita remains a social and affectionate dog, who loves attention and cuddles. She gets along well with other dogs, cats and older children, making her a great housemate. With her gentle character and friendly personality,
    Tita deserves a warm and loving home where she can spend her golden years. She’s completely fine: chipped, vaccinated, and sterilized, and patiently waiting for the chance to be loved again.

    email to adopties.sira@gmail.com

  • SOS Galgos – protest against the Spanish Animal Protection Act 7/2023

    SOS Galgos campaign 400 10 2024
    SOS GALGOS (oficial)

    One year after its implementation, we protest the Animal Protection Act 7/2023, a law that denies hunting greyhounds rights and sentences them to a lifetime of suffering. Come on, that’s a f*cking law.

    Become a partner to protect the greyhound from this unfair law!

    Protest with us by sharing the campaign so that everyone knows what is happening with the greyhound.

    #Noscagamosenlaley

    (The link is on Instagram, apparently)

  • Investigation into the high rise of vet fees in UK and USA

    Pet owners in both the UK and US have felt the impact of the high rise in vet charges over the past several years and it’s not the vets who are benefiting from the increase. Having said that, are they benefiting from selling out their practices to speculative companies who have nothing to do with animals and thereby benefiting in that respect? Basically, to me, it all boils down to human greed, and pet owners and animals are suffering as a consequence.

    Below are links to 2 articles which are looking at the problem.

    UK

    USA

  • CACWGAS – calling keen campers in the UK – camping with your galgos and podencos

    CACWGAS logo 400
    We have caravanned for decades but not been able to take our Spanish hounds with us as we always had too many – usually 4 or 5. Now reluctantly back in the UK from France and down to 2 hounds, last year we took our podencos caravanning with us. Wondering how to contain them on a huge campsite, I found a wonderful facebook group which members gave me lots of suggestions and help.

    The group has a website which is full of information plus during the year Dave Landey, the admin, organises 4 big meets where all sighthound passionatas can join together and share companionship and fun with their dogs.

    (more…)

  • Young Canary Islands Podenca deserate for a forever home

    Kalima 400  2024
    There are so many dogs hoping for forever homes, it’s getting harder and harder now. Especially as the galgueros keep breeding podencos and galgos every year. Here is a beauty hoping for a forever home.

    ‘Often we whisper in the ears of the dogs, we are trying to find you a home, and then it is a very big matter of the heart.
    Kalima was different. She already had someone want to adopt her and everything seemed perfect. But at the last second, the man had just disappeared. Had we known this, we would never have taken little Kalima out of the Perrera, but given her a chance to be seen by more people.

    (more…)

  • Marching in Germany for the galgos and podencos

    NAC Leipzig demo 1 400
    Last weekend in both Leipzig and Mainz in Germany hundreds of people and dogs were marching to ban hunting with galgos and podencos in Spain.

    (more…)

  • URGENT – protect the dogs of Los Infiernos Protectora, Lorca – send a letter now!

    Lorca Volunteer 400 10 2024
    This is tragic. Please send an email even if you aren’t an animal person. Read to the end for the email addresses.

    I’ve asked for a Spanish translation and as soon as it is available I will publish here. Maybe best to write in Spanish.

    From Los Infiernos Protectora Supporters
    ·
    Dear Lorca Town Hall ( Ayuntamiento de Lorca )

    I am one of the volunteers at Los Infiernos Protectora and have been volunteering with the dogs there for eight years now, not as long as some people, but it’s been a while. I’ve seen volunteers come and go. It happens, it’s not for everyone. I can honestly say, the volunteer group we have now is the very best team we have ever had. We have people working so hard in the background, it’s not all about showing up and walking the dogs and feeding the cats, although we are very good and dedicated in doing that.

    (more…)