From Polly Mathewson.

Dear Podenco People!

Are there any pod families in the Dover area of Kent, UK?

Writing on behalf of this sweet newly adopted handsome fellow and his loving Mum who has recently moved to Dover and who would be glad to meet some fellow pod families to share tips and trips…maybe a regular joint walk. This little hound is very easy at home, good with people and other dogs and even on public transport, but has a high prey drive, so it would help his Mum to gain confidence to get out and about more if they had some partners in crime! And it would be more fun.

The more pods the merrier!

There are quite a lot of us poddie people up here on the north Kent coast, but are there any down south? Or are you in Dover and part of a really friendly dog (not specifically pod) meet up group? Or on your own with a dog and would love a walking mate.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591775?fbclid=IwAR2iBW6ClTkwDyT98tscNtmm7hP1dJcUv44UNOcsDhB5x0SdXf52hF4jBc8

This appeal is from the Association which worked to free the Podencos of Mogan and is caring for them ready for rehoming.

‘Every year in the field many see our grounds and neighborhoods invaded by hunters who respect nothing. We get pellets in the yard, dogs get in the house, hens kill us, break us crops, fences, pipes… threatening us. We fear for our lives, our animals and goods.

They take advantage of places with few neighbors and little surveillance to commit their atrocities. Officers usually arrive late if they arrive and we are unprotected by lack of surveillance and impunity for hunters.

They also don’t respect the environment, they hunt in special protection areas where hunting is prohibited, they shoot protected birds, cats and whatever is terrified.’

We want the law to be enforced. Respect for the safety zones, not allowed to hunt alongside houses, crops, domestic animals, roads, recreational areas and protected spaces. Increase the available troopers and take measures to ensure compliance with existing regulations.

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From PACMA

‘Good news. The case of the Podencos de Mogán, which you will surely remember, is finally advancing in the courts. Statements have been taken and, in general, the instruction of the procedure seems to be on the right track. We will fight to the end to obtain the maximum sentence for the people responsible for the terrible state in which these dogs were.

After years of intense struggle by PACMA together with protectors from the area, in April 2020, at last, those known as “the 90 podencos de Mogán”, who lived crowded, famished and among their own excrement in this municipality of Gran Canaria, they were seized and rescued from a life of exploitation and mistreatment. A few months ago we were able to see how they recover, free and happy, in foster homes.

Already in 2013 we began to denounce the horrible situation of mistreatment and overcrowding experienced by the podencos used for illegal breeding and hunting in the Canary Islands. In Mogán, the PACMA team witnessed and documented the deplorable confinement of almost a hundred hounds, locked in cages, severely malnourished, without any hygienic measures, living with the corpses of their companions and feeding on their own faeces. After years of fighting and denunciations, last year their luck finally changed.

At PACMA we work every day to save animals like them from exploitation, abandonment and abuse, to toughen penalties and to prohibit hunting.

Hopefully there will be more good news about this case soon. And, as always, for them, the fight continues!’