Category: Regional news

  • 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.

    Video 1
    Zander
    Mocha and Sienna
    Jazz

  • Tiny thin young podenca on death row in Valencia perrera

    This is the 8th podenca on death row in Valencia perrera. She’s young and tiny and thin and frightened. Details to donate to save here here. Please don’t forget that after saving, money is needed to pay for kennelling and EU passport and especially to be adopted! Click on ‘8th podenca’ link for details of how to donate.

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  • Valencia perrera – female podencos on death row

    Valencia femalelessthan1year 250 whiteandredapril2013I’m now back home at my main computer and can post the photos of the 8 podencos currently in the perrera at Valencia. This little lady is not yet a year old! All females, the only male was saved a couple of weeks ago and also a white female. The black one is very unusual but sadly on CESE which is fast track to killing – on the instructions of the owner! All are very young, a couple are under a year old! Details of costs needed to save them, and also to pay kennel fees.
    Contact Dominique for fostering or adopting in Spain adoptadelaperrera@gmail.com
    For pension or adopting through an association contact Anke bracobuddha@hotmail.com

    Many of you helped contribute towards saving some other podencos which are now all in kennels. Funds are needed to pay for the kennels and pet passports. Contact Dominique and Anke if you want to contribute.

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  • Urgent – 3 pod pups need foster homes and podenca Blanca needs a very special forever home

    Roz Lewis Blanca 4 2013Urgent appeal from Rosemary, who lives in Valencia region and rescued Podenca Ana a couple of years ago.

    ‘I rescued a beautiful white Podenco and have named her Blanca. I had been feeding her for a long time, then she got sick and I managed to catch her. She was very sick, she had very bad anemia, the vet originally said she was 3-4 years old, so I went of and found her a fantastic home to go to and the lady waited and waited for her to get better.

    Last week the head vet told me that although Blanca was much better she could never be vaccinated as her immune system is just not working well and that she thinks she is nearer nine years old. Blanca also needs to be on steroids now for the rest of her life.

    This meant her home fell through and now I am looking to find somewhere for her to spend the rest of her days. I cannot begin to describe how loving this girl is and how easy she is to look after.

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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.

  • Stunning young podencos on death row in Valencia perrera

    There are currently half a dozen young beautiful podencos in Valencia perrera, two are particularly striking – one white one, one black, very stressed out. Please, if you can help get them out, contact for fostering or adopting in Spain adoptadelaperrera@gmail.com
    For pension or adopting through an Both Dominique and Anke speak excellent English

    Sorry I can’t post photos as am currently in the UK and working from a library computer. For those on Facebook, you can see pix on Help the Podencos

  • EXTREMELY URGENT, please help! In a village in JAÉN! Several podencos in Grave Danger

    I’m in the UK at the moment for a funeral, not much access to the Internet, so a bit behind with posts.

    EXTREMELY URGENT PLEASE HELP!WE PASS THIS NOTICE!FROM A VILLAGE IN JAÉN!SEVERAL PODENCOS IN GRAVE DANGER, THE GOING TO KILL AT ANY TIME!WHO can help to send an EMAIL immediately to: contact: anammm19971@yahoo.es

    From Ana Maria Martinez Martinez. In a village in Jaén there are several podencos shot by hunters since it is a hunting area. People take the garbage and rubbish, but not dogs! They will be killed shortly if we can’t get them out – volunteers, fosterers, shelters. Anyone who can help me, please contact: anammm19971@yahoo.es

  • Podenco on death row in French dog pound – but which one?!

    I have received the following appeal. A podenco, microchipped and registered in Spain, has ended up on death row in a French dog pound. The person sending the information from Spain has STUPIDLY not put where the dogs is!!! Please see the original appeal. If anyone can find out where it is and save it, please do. I have circulated several French rescue associations.

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  • Chocolate podenca Angela saved!

    Bev Angela 1 250 30 3 2013Update from Bev Farmer, who saved Angela from being killed last week.

    Angela had a good first night her blood tests confirm she is positive for ehrlichria but negative for Leishmania, filaria and babesia. She has a severe ear infection, and this has caused irreparable damage to one of her ears. Angela weighs 13 kilos and should be about 20 kilos the photos don’t really reflect how thin she is. She has longer hair but when I bathed her last night I could feel every individual rib and vertebra in her back.

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  • Urgent foster or shelter for podenca with bad dermatitis, Seville

    Carmina Maya 1 250 30 3 2013Little podenca suffering from terrible dermatitis, here’s what the volunteer says.

    ‘We’ve called her Maya. Found in a park in Seville. The person who found her cannot have her in her home and our refuge is saturated. We will have to put her in a kennels rather than put her back on the street. Please can anyone help with either a foster home or space in another refuge?’

    Contact urgently monicasilvan@hotmail.com or Carmina speaks English.