We sometimes question the wisdom of spending valuable and scarce resources on saving very sick or injured animals but, given the choice, I’m sure we would all make the effort. How many lovely stories have we read about hounds saved – Esperanza, Alphonso, Ulysees, and now Miel. Here is a wonderful story about a blind podenco in Portugal, rescued sick, starving, injured and blind from a major road. Aanifeira gave her a chance – here’s her story.
Tag: Aanifeira
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Aanifeira in Portugal – saving a blind podenco
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Helping a chained dog
There is a belief in Europe that guard dogs should be chained up. There is also a belief in Europe that any dog can be chained up, many of them without even shelter. I see it here in France – a border collie chained up in a farmyard particularly angers me. Podencos also suffer this maltreatment and Aaniferira, a Portuguese animal rescue association, have published a piece about dealing with the problem. You can read more about it here.
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28th February – World Spay Day – Aanifeira explains
28th February is World Spay Day when shelters around the world promote the advantages and necessity of spaying dogs and cats. Aanifeira explains.
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Aanifeira, Portugal – the Portuguese Podengo explained
Here’s an absolutely fascinating article about the Portuguese Podengo/Podenco. I didn’t realise there were so many different types of just this one type of podenco. The more I learn about them, the more I love them.
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Portuguese Podenca Sonia – a forever home at last
A story with a Happy Ending. This is Sonia, a Podenco Portuguese, who spent most of the 12 years of her life in a shelter in Portugal. Last month her dream of a forever home came true when she was adopted into a loving home to join 5 more podencos, plus other oldies!
She was adopted from the association Aanifeira. I’ve only just learnt about them from Betty, who adopted Sonia to join her family of oldies, but I hope to get more information about their work.