Here is the latest update on the 120 galgos, podencos, setters, pointers…all in an enclosure in Bullas, Murcia. Pro-Setter Spain are co-ordinating the rescue, Galgos del Sol in Murcia, along with three other associations, have already taken out 14 dogs. Watch the video – it shows the truth of how thousands of these dogs are kept in rural areas by the Spanish hunters and gitanos. See photos of one rescue.
This year is the worst year yet for the Spanish hunting dogs.
Look at this fabulous podenco, and no one has asked for him! He’s hoping he might have a forever home for his Christmas present. Here’s his story from Tina at Galgos del Sol.
Caramello, originally called Naranja, was living rough and very underweight. Local residents were feeding him until we could get to him. Although fairly easy to catch, getting him into the car to take to the vets was a different matter, he was so frightened.
Another plea for a forever home for Denzil, the perfect podenco. He’s in a foster home, goes to obedience classes and really desperately wants his forever family.
Poor Denzil was found wandering the streets hungry and dehydrated. Galgos del Sol spotted him and set out to rescue him. With the help of The Little Pod foundation we were able to catch him. We could see he had been badly treated and was in terrible condition. Denzil was lucky enough to find a lovely foster home but this has almost worked to his disadvantage.
As with many small refuges, Galgos del Sol struggles for funding to pay for veterinary care and feed for their galgos and podencos. This is one of them, Frank, a podenco x found running up a motorway, starving and frightened. He is approx 1yrs old and fully vaccined and castrated. At present he is too thin. His bloods are negative for leishmania, erlichia and filaria. Frank has a serious food allergy which causes extreme diarrhoea, his pancreas has tested ok and he needs a special food diet. He’s now been taken into the vet clinic for further tests, including an endoscopy.
This is going to cost 500 euros, a lot of money, if you can donate towards the cost of Frank’s vet fees, you will make a big difference to the life of this young dog. At present we are working with a vet to find a diet that suits him.
Sighthounds for Life are now running a mini auction until 12th June, to raise funds to pay for extensive vet fees for Guapita, rescued badly injured from a hunter by Galgos del Sol. Galgos del Sol also have some rescued podencos, so your bids will support their care too. Please support this auction – there are some beautiful collars, paintings, jewellery etc.
You need to register with Sighthounds for Life but it only takes a minute. Please do so and BID.
For a change, a lovely story about Moxie May, told by her forever Mom Meryl Marsh.
‘I am from the U.S. and live most of the year in Belgium because my boyfriend works here. Last spring I started researching adoption agencies on the internet and learned that there are several in Belgium that place dogs from Spain, this lead to me learning about what a sad, desperate situation many dogs face in Spain. Before that, I had no idea.
Every country has it’s issues with animal cruelty, but I was really shocked to learn how bad Spain is with the hunting practices and such. This was also the first time I had ever seen a Podenco. I fell in love with their athletic build and of course the big ears. I was searching for a dog that would be a running companion for me and maybe provide a little protection when I am out by myself on a trail (although Moxie ended up being a relatively small podenco.)
Podenco Lucky is with Galgos del Sol, desperately waiting for his forever family. See his video here. If you can offer him a forever home, please contact GdS direct.
