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.
Tag: Murcia
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Helping a chained dog
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SOS Animals – Podencos for adoption – all of them survivors from Spain
Here are some beautiful podencos with SOS Animals UK & Spain, desperately hoping they will catch your eye and your heart, forever. They are all young, ready to be trained, with full EU passports and bloodtested. Monica is an especially unusual girl, as the Podenco Orito is not a well known type of podenco, unlike the popular Podenco Ibizan and Podenco Andaluz. Guadiamar and Bembezar are brother and sister and have very unusual markings. Gemma came from Operation Rehala where 120 galgos and podencos were saved in January/February. All these super hounds have a survival story to tell. You can see more about them on the SOS Animals website.
Guadiamar
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Bullas boys searching for forever homes – contact Ibizan Hound Rescue
I recently posted an appeal for homes for some podenco puppies whose Mom was one of the podencas rescued from Bullas, Murcia, in Operation Rehala. 4 of the pups are still waiting for their forever homes. They are in foster in Spain and will be ready to travel to the UK at the end of July. They will be stunning Ibizan Hounds and, as mentioned before, the breed can make superb agility dogs – they often compete in agility in Germany. If you can offer one of these gorgeous boys a home, please contact Valerie of Ibizan Hound Rescue.
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SOS Cuenca dog pound – Young Podencos waiting forever…
SOS Cuenca have hundreds of dogs in the pound, each hoping they will catch the eye of someone who will take them into their heart and home. Here are some of the beautiful podencos which have been waiting for months…including 4 at the end which are podenco x. Most of them are babies, between 1-2 years old. They all get on well with other dogs, are affectionate, not been tested with cats, Aron, the chocolate one, needs to get out urgently because the other dogs won’t let him to the food and he is losing weight. Simeon is still nervous. If you can offer a home to one of them, please contact Oscar at SOS Cuenca. Website
Photos in the following order: Aron (above), Chedar, Chus & Olga, Cima, Gabo, Mar, Radar, Simeon, xpods Estre, Trucha, Otis, Viernes (galgo/podenco)
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Dumped on a Spanish street, podenco puppy now winning prizes
This gorgeous little podenco puppy was thrown from a car onto the street. Luckily uninjured, she was rescued and is now in the safe hands of Bev Farmer, who is earning a well-deserved reputation for training podencos to prepare them for finding forever homes. Here’s the story of Jazzy so far.
‘Another post on Facebook, another Podenco dumped, this time thrown out of a car without any consideration what would happen to this puppy. At 7am Michelle heard a car racing off and a dog screaming. Her first thought was that a dog had been seriously hurt. She rushed out of her house to see a puppy on the street shaking in fear and covered in oil. Her front claws were ripped, a classic sign of having been dragged along by a car.
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UK alert – the Bullas Babes are arriving –
4 of the Bullas Babes, podencos rescued in the Orhuela, Bullas, project, have now arrived in the UK. Terri and Star, Molly and Ella have all been adopted and are now with their forever families. We wish them well in their new life, flying the flag for the podencos and alerting people to the cruelty perpetrated against these fabulous hounds. Thanks to Little Pod Foundation in Murcia and SOS Animals UK. Well done to all.
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Pro-Galgo and their Bullas dogs, latest news
Pro-Galgo took 8 of the Bullas dogs, here’s the latest news about them. If you want to adopt, apply direct to Pro-Galgo.
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Reflections on the Bullas, Murcia, rescue on 9th March 2012 – 120 dogs
Regular 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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The Bullas Babes – podencos saved by Operation Rehala
Here’s a picture gallery of The Bullas Babes, as the 8 podencos saved from the hell of Bullas, Murcia, have been named. It is reported that the owner of the site has been arrested; a Spanish group have identified the second site where he holds more dogs and horses.
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Operation Rehala, Bullas, Murcia – more pix and videos
More photos and videos of Operation Rehala on 9th March 2012, and the rescue of – altogether over the course of 2 weeks – 120 galgos and podencos (with a few pointers and alsatians) Click on the link