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Happy Endings for two little podencos

I’m pleased to report that Lucia, the little podenca with the terrible scar on her back, has already been reserved and will be going to her forever home in the USA. And Dobby, the podenco on death row, is hopefully going to a forever home in Belgium. Here is a lovely video of him in his foster home. Thank you to Galgos del Sol for saving them.

Sadly there are thousands of puppies on death row throughout the perreras of Spain; we can’t help them all, we just focus on the galgos and podencos. Action is long overdue to stop the over breeding of dogs for material gain and those born to abandoned un-neutered bitches.

24 September 2011
Scooby Medina appeals for homes for beautiful podencos

This is a plea from Scooby Medina looking for foster and forever homes for these beautiful podencos. Here’s what Eva says. ‘The Refugio Abyda shelter in Jaen needs help. Scooby and I have been able to rescue 6-8 dogs in the last few months, but we are packed at the shelter, so I can’t take any more dogs into our shelter unless they already have a place to go. Please contact Scooby if you can help. These beauties so deserve to know love and comfort for the rest of their lives.

Kiko is podenco of about 5 years, measuring 56 cm and weighs 11 kg. He was very malnourished when found but is now in good health and should gain even a little weight. An art student found him abandoned on the street. He watched the dog for several days, scrabbling around the garbage bins. He was sorry for him and put him in a flat used as a studio for painting. The problem is that the people there

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8 April 2011
Happy Endings, Cadiz – saving the podencos of Chiclana

Happy Endings is a small association in Chiclana, Cadiz, run by Margarita Gloerson, a Norwegian lady who could not stand by and see the abandoned, starving, injured podencos dying by the roadside. This is the story of Happy Endings.

'My name is Margarita Gloersen from http://www.happy-ending-final-feliz.eu/ in Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz. I have been working with dogs since I arrived Chiclana in 2005. I am from Norway, and when I came I just could not believe my day to day experiences with animals lying in the road, killed by cars and all the others just left to themselves with no chances to survive in the long run. Sooner or later they would become run over by cars, since all the trash bins are alongside the roads.

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1 March 2011
List of Podenco Rescue and Rehoming Associations

AUSTRIA

Galgo in Not
Galgos.AT
Windhunde in Not

BALEARIC ISLANDS

http://www.hunde-aus-mallorca.de/index.php Mallorca
http://www.tierhilfe-menorca.de/ Menorca

BELGIUM

Amour del Galgos
Association Passion Podenco
Galgo Save Belgium
Greyhound Rescue Belgium
Greyhounds in Nood
Pod & Co
Sighthounds 2 Save

CANARY ISLANDS

The Kennel Klub Lanzarote
SARA Protectora Lanzarote
Vallee Colino Centre Tenerife
Kim’s Animal Rescue Fuengirola
http://podenco-grancanaria.de/index.php Gran Canaria
Saving the Gran Canaria Podencos
Huella Association Lanzarote

CZECH REPUBLIC

Great Hounds in Need

DENMARK

Foreningen for Galgoer i Nød
http://podencofreunde-fulda.de/

FINLAND

Espanjan Koirat Ry

FRANCE

L’Arche des Lévriers
Le Bulletin des Levriers
http://aire-france.jimdo.com/
Coeur de Galgo
CREL
L’Europe des lévriers
Levriers en Companie
Levriers sans Frontieres
Les Fils du Vent
Galgos Espoir
Galgos France
Lévriers.net
Levriers du Sud
Passion Lévriers
Podencos Levriers
Soli Galgos
SOS-Lévriers

GERMANY

Animal Help Espagne
Arche Noah Teneriffa
ASPA
Bulli in Not
Denia Dogs
DUO Ibiza Tierhilfe
Far From Fear
Galgo Hilfe
Galgos in Not
Great Hounds in Need
Greyhounds-Galgos
Greyhound Protection International
Initiative WindhundeHilfe
Initiative Villamalea Perrera
Newgraceland
Podenco-Hilfe-Lanzarote
Podenco in Not
podencorosa
Pro-Greyhound
Tierfreunde Hund
Tierhilfe Fuerteventura
Tierhilfe “Sara” Lanzarote
Tierschutz in Andalusien
Tierschutz Spanien
Tiervermittlung Pro Animale
Windhunde in Not
Windhundmäntel

GREAT BRITAIN

SARA Podencos
Greyhounds in Need
Ibizan Hound Rescue
http://www.lozzaslurcherrescue.co.uk/podencos/
Lozzas Lurcher Rescue
Podenco Friends Bev Farmer
Podencos In Need Scotland

Italy

SOS Levrieri
Scooby Medina
http://www.progettoanimalistaperlavita.it/
http://www.angelisenzavoce.it/

LUXEMBOURG

Windhunde in Not

NETHERLANDS

Galgo Support Holland
GRH – Greyhound Rescue Holland
Opvangcentrum Acogida San Anton
Stichting Djimba – Senior Dogs Home
Galgo Love Foundation
Podencoworld
DutchGalgolobby – does not rehome – works on legal aspects of the galgo problem

PORTUGAL
Goldra Dog Sanctuary

SLOVENIA

Hrtji Svet Slovenije
Pomoc Hrtom

SPAIN

Cordoba
Pepis Dog Refuge
Amigos de los Galgos
Animales Rioja
APASA – Asocición Protectora de Animales de San Antonio
Arca de Noé Cordoba
Asociación Amigos de los Animales de Granada
Asociación Baas Galgo
Cuidad Animal
Degalgos
DDEVIDA
http://www.dejanhuella.es/
Galgos 112
Galgos del Norte
Galgos sin Fronteras
Happy Endings Final Feliz
Podenco Friends
Last Hope Dog Rescue
Noah’s Arc Mazarron
Paws Patas
http://pepaspain.com/
Prodeanse
Recal Association
Scooby
Refugio Kimba
Sofia El Refugio-Escuela
SOS Animals and SOS Animals UK
SOS Galgos
SOS Galgos (Barcelona)
Pro-Galgo
SPAX Valencia
TAIL Torrox
Valle Colino Centre, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Hope for Podencos
Little Pod Association
Huella association
Galgos del Sol

SWITZERLAND

Happy-Land für Windhunde
Lévriers Swiss Adoptions
Galgo Espanol

USA

American European Greyhound Alliance
Galgo Rescue International Network
Save a Greyhound Espanol SAGE
Sighthound Underground
Hound Sanctuary
www.galgopodencosupport.org
Ibizan Hound Club United States

28 January 2011
Moxie May – a little podenca with her home in paradise

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.)

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27 January 2011
Podencas needing forever homes – can you help?

Mindy and Roda are two gorgeous young podencas which are now in foster care in France and desperately looking for their forever homes. Here's the story of how they came to be in France.

If you can offer either of them the rest of their life in a forever home, where they will give you total devotion, please contact Phoenix Association.

You may not know the breed Podenco but they are a sighthound,like the Pharoah Hound, and are subject to bad treatment and abandonment by the Spanish hunters. For most in shelters on the Spanish Islands, forever homes in mainland Europe is their only hope of life outside the shelter. They are an extremely loyal breed and make fantastic companions.

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27 January 2011