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  • The Story of Izzy – happy ending for a failed podenco huntress

    Izzy 3 170Michelle tells the story of how she came to offer a forever home to podenca Izzy.

    ‘It started with a photo. Not a great nor clear photo, but poignant and heart-breakingnever the less. It was of a tiny female Andalusian hound chained to a wall in a filthy Spanish cellar. No windows, no bed, just damp concrete to sleep on and a rusty dirt encrusted water bowl that was bigger than the dog.

    The reason – she wasn’t good at hunting, and like many Spanish hounds in her position, she was thus regarded as trash. The luckier ones are rescued, but many are abandoned, hanged, burned alive, thrown down wells, or stabbed to death. She needed someone to offer her a home, otherwise she would most likely have suffered one of these fates.

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  • Introducing George – a ‘child’ of the olive groves

    George's arrival at 8 months 250 Dec 2012The introductory story to George was included in an email from Yvonne Warwick. So I asked her to write the full story of how he came to work his way into her heart and home.

    The original message.     This is my beautiful George! He arrived on our land at around 8 months old. We’d seen him in the village and on our land in the mountains with his parents and two sisters. We believe that the DaddyDog told him to go off
    and seek his fortune when he got to 6 months. He came to us when we were picking our olives…skinny and starving with a wound on his nose.

    We thought long (OK, 3 days!) about what to do…in the meantime he made up his mind that he was staying. Very brave of him to come so close to us….it was meant to be! He is 3 and a bit now and a fantastic dog. Luckily he wasn’t taken as a pup by a hunter. His feral upbringing has meant he has lovely manners and is the sweetest dog ever, though his recall skills could do with improvement!

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  • Poet Alan Brian and Pepi

    Alan with book 250 26 12 2014Poet Alan Brian and Pepi with THE BOOK – finally arrived for his for Xmas! Order your copy here Proceeds to Pepis Dog Refuge to help the hounds.

    And look what was dumped on them on Xmas Day, under the rubbish bags! Jane says it’s the first time dogs have been dumped in a proper dog bed! 2 more mouths to feed – 80 dogs – costs 650 euros/month to feed them all. Please help, including Satin.

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  • Desperate help needed for a podenco

    Kate pod 2a 170A friend of mine has just rescued a podenco in terrible condition…two boys helped her catch him. She is in an area with a lot of hunters and gitanos. She suffers from ill health and has not the means to pay for the vet treatment he needs. So we desperately need an association to take him on. She is in southern Spain. Here’s what she says about him.

    1/12/2014 – ‘Walking through the square I saw a very, very thin podenco with one front leg held up and dangling, searching under and around the bins. I asked two little boys to watch him, rushed into the shop which luckily is on the square, grabbed a packet of frankfurters for 2€ and rushed out again. After he’d eaten several, he hopped off, but we followed him and one of the little boys (Gitanos – lots here and not crueller to animals than anyone else) managed to go up to him and gently stroke his head and hold him, while I tied my scarf round his neck.

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  • Hellin perrera – podenco with gunshot wounds, broken legs….

    Mac Gyver shot podenco 250 4 2014EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR MAC GYVER

    Translation from Dutch

    This is from Addy, ‘What happened with this boy goodness knows. He has gunshot wounds, a broken leg, a broken hip and is so dumped in Hellin perrera, Albacete (one of the worst). Of course we can not leave this boy and there is an urgent and fast assistance. I start to apply a great action to recruit for all of his medical expenses. Today we pick him out and bring him to a clinic for further care and all it takes. If you want to help, you can send a donation to ACC.no NL82 INGB 0004 5655 95, A.M. Kale or PayPal Addy concept Mac Gyver to helpingoutdogs@hotmail.com”

    She will let me know what happens.

    This is the story from Spain

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  • Cheap accommodation in Spain

    Cheap accommodation in Spain – the side the tourists don’t see. To find out more about the podencos waiting for forever homes with Bev Farmer, contact her.

  • Reflections on the Bullas, Murcia, rescue on 9th March 2012 – 120 dogs

    The Shame of Spain -250 Viv 3 2012Regular readers will have been following the two large rescues carried out in Murcia in January and February 2012, namely at a gypsy camp with 74 dogs, and Bullas with 120 dogs. Vivienne Wharton lives near Cartegena, Murcia and has written about her experiences with the Bullas rescue on 9th March 2012.

    The shame in Spain

    I recently started my activities in a facebook group – Animal Welfare Support Murcia, whilst waiting for my Association, Actin, to be registered by the Town Hall. Actin – Animal Care Treatment International Network is not a rescue charity but an Association which will endeavor to make changes to the overwhelming situation of abandoned and neglected dogs, cats and other domestic animals in the region. We plan to do this through many activities including education and campaigns.

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