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Tag: Canary Islands

  • Canary Islands, SARA Protectora – help the hounds on the Spanish Islands

    SARA Milka 190 3 2012I can’t emphasise enough about the podencos on the Spanish Islands, Canary Islands and Ibiza. Their only hope of forever homes is on mainland Europe. Please don’t overlook these deserving hounds when you are thinking of taking a podenco into your home.

    These two beauties are in the care of SARA Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

    Milka is about 6 years old, a large podenco canario, and was found abandoned with her sistenr in the volcano on Lanzarote. She’s not much of a hunter, prefers to be with people, loving and obediante, walks without being on a lead. A fantastic hound for a companion dog. She is very good and happy

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  • Fuertedogs, saving podencos on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

    Another Podenco rescue association, Fuertedogs, working on behalf of the Podenco Canarios on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Scroll down the page to the English section, or German….

  • Holidays in Canary Islands? SARA Lanzarote needs your help

    SARA Mestiza 1 250 24 1 2012SARA Lanzarote (Canary Islands) have sent this story about this podenca bitch, yet another of life’s victims discarded by the hunters. Podencos are used on the Spanish islands for hunting rabbit, and suffer horrendous cruelty at the hands of the hunters, just like the galgos and podencos on mainland Spain. The only hope for the deserving dogs in the shelters on Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Ibiza, is to be adopted on the European mainland. Please bear them in mind when considering offering a forever home to a dog. Otherwise these dogs will spend their lives in the shelters.

    SARA tells Mestiza’s story.

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  • Podenco Canario Lelo – in Lincolnshire waiting for his forever home

    SARA Lelo. crop 250 JPGHowever hard the rehoming associations work to fit the right dog with the right home, sometimes situations change and that happened for this stunning Podenco Canario from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Here’s what Rick says.

    ‘This stunning boy has been returned to us after only 5 months in his ‘forever’ home – and not because of anything HE did wrong! The reason given by the family is ‘we couldn’t spend enough time with him as we have started extra duties at church.’

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  • TARA Shelter, Gran Canaria – a successful neutering programme

    TARA neutering 1250 09 2011TARA Animal Shelter on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, in September ran a neutering programme for dogs and cats with the help of a Danish team of vets and nurses. Brian, a volunteer with TARA, reports on the success.

    The dog and cat neutering project in Mogan county from 14 to 21 September proved a big hit for all concerned.

    It was a most collaborative effort indeed: TARA Animal Respect Association recruited Danish Friends of Animals to supply professional animal medical staff to Gran Canaria providing the surgery skills and pharmaceuticals as a donation to the local cause of animal welfare.

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  • Podenca Canario Mami – saved from starvation on Gran Canaria

    Mami 1 Peter Pod 250 09 2011 It’s easy to overlook that the popular holiday desinations of Ibiza and the Canary Islands are also part of Spain. Whilst Ibiza is quite close to the mainland, the Canary Islands are down in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa. Life on these islands is hard for the animals – many used by tourists – whilst hundreds of others are used for hunting. Luckily there are rescue associations picking up the pieces, but the only hope of a life for an animal outside an animal shelter or refuge is to be adopted on mainland Europe.

    This is the story of Mami, a Podenco Canario, whose mouth was taped up before she was dumped in the mountains on Gran Canaria, abandoned to a slow and painful death.

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  • TARA Association Gran Canaria – 14-20 September – cats/dogs neutered free

    If you live on Gran Canaria, Brian from TARA association has sent this message, about having your cat/dog neutered for free.

    ‘From the 14th through the 20th of September Danish Friends of Animals volulnteers, Dr. Javier Castellano (County Mogan Vet), TARA volunteers, and animal support groups and volunteers from around our wonderful island will be working side by side to neuter up to 250 abandoned dogs and cats for FREE!

    Over population of dogs and cats on Gran Canarias leads to the death of tens of thousands of unwanted, unhomed animals bred by humans to be domesticated – needing humans to survive and thrive. Neutering is an important part of the solution.

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  • Holiday accommodation in Las Palmas, Canary Islands? Not for these podencos

    Gran Canaria podencos 200 3 08 2011 Podencos in Las Palmas, Canary Islands; chained to walls, starving, thirsty….the article explains the Order of 28th June 2011 establishing the legal periods for hunting in the year 2011 and conditions and limitations for the said activity in the autonomous Community of the Canary Islands – thank you to Juan Seco. The photos speak for themselves. Contact the association, if you are going there.

    There is a post below which, translated says ‘Hello. These photographs and facts are not on the island of Gran Canaria, but on the small island of la Palma, in the season of hunting, also in the Canary Islands. …..SEASON of hunting on the island of LA PALMA 2011…… I apologise, my geography is not as perfect as I thought.

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  • TARA Podenco Pico – finds his forever home on Gran Canaria

    Eva and Pico 190 TARA Gran Canaria 08 2011 Look at this fabulous photo. We all love a happy ending and here is one for Pico, one of the TARA Gran Canaria podencos. Here’s what Brian says.

    ‘This photo is of The Best Little Dog Shelter in Paradise’s beautiful Eva and her gorgeous new baby boy! Too cute for words!

    Eva, The Vigilent Volunteer of the Year 2011, from the beginning was a wonderful foster mother for many of the little canine cuties from The Best Little Dog Shelter, and wisely swore never to fall head over heals in love with any of her wards, to keep her fostering efforts a pristine example of what grand fostering is all about — love and release!

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  • TARA – saving the animals on Gran Canaria – visit the shelter

    Beloved TARA Friends & Animals

    These are the guys searing in the scorching sun all these hot summer days. Give yourself a great self-esteem lift and mosey on down to the shelter for a WALK, TALK, TOUCH SESSION with this lovely lot! They will raise your spirits, and you will send theirs soaring! Human time and attention will greatly heal the hurt until a foster or adoption companion comes their way.

    WALK, TALK, TOUCH SESSIONS are Monday, Wednesday, and Thursdays from 1715 hours (5:15p.m.); Fridays and Saturdays from 1100 hours (11 a.m.).

    Come and enjoy our community playing to make Gran Canaria a Paradise for Animals too!

    Happy Paws & Claws, Brian, TARA Volunteer

    A note of horror – their facebook page says ‘Dogpound in north of Gran Canaria is getting 25 abandoned dogs EVERY day. Do not buy but adopt !!!’ That’s just on one small island in the Canaries!