Podencos in the Canary Islands suffer an horrendous amount of maltreatment and often end up spending their lives in shelters. Fuerteventura is one of the smallest of the Canary Islands and their fate is sealed as soon as they are born.
Category: In the media
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The Faithful Hound – Podencos in Scotland
The Faithful Hound project now completedDiscarded in Spain, Loved in Scotland
Step into the magical world of “Podencos In Scotland,” a mesmerizing coffee table book that combines Scotland’s romantic landscapes with the irresistible charm of the Podenco.
Read more about it and order your copy on this weblink. Raising funds for Podenco rescue associations.
And Podenco Post got a plug too!
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Breaking News – animal shelter being closed down in Antas, Almeria
From PAWS PATAS Animal ShelterDear friends & supporters
Some of you may be aware of a developing situation at another animal shelter within our region.
Paws-Patas have been asked by both the Ayuntamiento de Antas and a District Judge to urgently take in over 100 animals into our care.
We are therefore, in conjunction with the authorities and our trusted partners, undertaking an emergency operation to co-ordinate the safe transition of these animals into our care.
This is a difficult and challenging situation for all concerned and our absolute priority, as always, is for the welfare of the animals.
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Free Spanish Hounds – peaceful protest London February 2024
Join the Peaceful Protest in London in February 2024/Every year in Spain the hunting season finishes on 1st February and now thousands march in cities throughout Spain to protest about the abuse and maltreatment of galgos and podencos. Thounsands of them thrown out in the campo, in perreras, on the street to get injured – because the bloody galgueros won’t keep a dog if it’s not hunting or breeding more galgos!
Visit this website for updates on the peaceful protest in London on 3rd February 2024.
Fill in the online form to tell us if you can join us.
Help us share the story of your Spanish dog(s) by providing details and photos
You can also purchase limited edition merchandise for the protest!
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Fuerteventura Dog Rescue, Canary Islands – Podenco Presley hoping for a forever home
Podencos on the Canary Islands have a very hard life and their only hope of a forever home is on mainland Europe. This lovely boy is Presley with Fuerteventura Dog Rescue.‘Presley
Found on 7/28/23 in Corralejo along with Nelson.
He’s a 11-month-old podenco, very friendly, playful, and affectionate.
He gets along well with all dogs and people.He needs a forever home.
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Remembering a beloved pet
They saw you watching over them
As they finally closed their eyes
They smelt your scent as they breathed
In and out for the last time
They heard the way your voice broke
As you told them they were loved
They felt you as you held them
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Educating the Younger Generations – for associations involved in dog rescue
Order your pack from GIN on this weblink
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Podenco Honey with Greyhound Protection UK – hoping for a forever home
Honey is another stunning podenca rescued from Spain and now in a foster home in the UK. Read all about her on this weblink and contact the association direct if you can offer her a forever home.