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  • Seville – Podenca Andaluz Mandarina needs your help

    Mandarina 1 300 Barbara lafrance 11 2011This little lady is Mandarina, a small Podenca Andaluz abandoned in Seville, like so many other dogs. Luckily she was rescued and taken to a refuge. Sadly after a few weeks, she had a bad idea! She got herself into an enclosure with several very large dogs, mastins, and was badly attacked. She is only 12 kilos, just the size of my little Bebe, and she was lucky not to be killed by the dogs.

    Luckily the volunteers heard the commotion and rescued her, but you can see from the photos that little Mandarina suffered badly. She was rushed to the vet clinic, fearing that she had internal injuries but, happily, this was not the case, she simply needed her wounds treating and stitching. She is now recovering at the home of a volunteer, Beatriz.

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  • Podenca pup Luna – in Murcia and looking for her family

    Luna head 250 Tina 11 2011This little lady is Luna, She’s a podenca bitch, blind in one eye. Here’s what Tina of Galgos del Sol says about her. She is approx 5 mths old, super friendly and I was told originally lived with gypsies, then somehow ended up in a perrera. One of my helpers found out and I went and picked her up.’

    What a great opportunity to adopt a young dog, maybe train her for agility? Certainly the young podencos respond really well to training.

    If you can help with her vet fees or, even better, offer her a forever home, contact Galgos del Sol.

  • Noahs Arc, Murcia – e-Christmas card and Calendar 2012 – raising funds

    Here’s a message from Sharon Reynolds, who raises funds for the Noah’s Arc refuge, Murcia.

    ‘Hi there, Whether we like it or not Christmas is fast approaching and I wanted to catch you before you bought, wrote and sent your Christmas cards!

    This film has been especially put together for you as Christmas approaches. I hope you like it and the animated graphics all in the spirit of Christmas.

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  • Podencas urgently needing foster/forever families – L’Europe des Levriers appeal

    Libre 190 EDL 11 2011These two beautiful podencas are looking for foster families or, even better, forever families. L’Europe des Levriers want to get them out of Spain as soon as possible. If you can take one of them, please contact Katia.

    Alana is white, 11 months old, 72cm high to the shoulder, great with cats and dogs, beautiful character and not traumatised atall.

    Libre urgently needs somewhere because she is living not far from her ‘torturer’. She is smaller than Alana, 60cm to the shoulder, calm and happy (surprisingly after her maltreatment).
    Alana 250 EDL 11 2011

  • Podenco Caramello – waiting in Murcia for his forever family

    Caramello_ears_up 190 Tina 11 2011Look 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.

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  • L’Europe des Levriers – saving the galgos and podencos of Albacete perrera

    Bea Irene Albacete rescue 250 10 2011L’Europe des Levriers is the French association from whom I adopted my galgas and with whom I have also travelled to Spain to help with rescues. At the beginning of October (when I was in the UK and unable to help) a team travelled to Spain to bring back 30 galgos and podencos from the perrera at Albacete. Most of the dogs had been there for over a year. And you will be impressed by the excellent conditions at this particular perrera, would that all of them achieved this standard.

    Beatrice, President of the association, tells the tale, and you can see a film of the rescue here.

    ‘Alarmed by the incessant fighting of male dogs who were missing space in the crowded perrera of Albacete, EDL has decided to take out ALL galgos and podencos from there. 30 dogs (50% of them Podencos) were brought to France at the beginning of October, to host families. These pictures do not reflect the expression and beauty: Yuma, Sira, Yiyo, Chicote, Queco, Anko, Nevo, Zuzo, Kronos, Claudia, Aysha, Violetta, Belinda, Tiva, Gala, Mano for galgos! Half of them have already been adopted.

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  • Podenca Andaluz Bebe – a hard day playing on the beach!

    Bebe asleep 190A couple of weeks ago we took our latest foster galgo to the UK to his forever home. After 15 months with foster dogs, we are back to our own 4 permanent residents. So we decided to take them to the beach at the weekend. Les Conches is on the west coast of France, just above the port of La Rochelle. There is little habitation and miles and miles of sandy beach. It was a glorious day, wall-to-wall blue skies and the dogs loved it. The galgas ran free for the first time, although we didn’t risk letting little Podenca Andaluz Bebe off the long lead. But she paddled and jumped waves and enjoyed herself just as much as the others.

    As Bebe is such a little bundle of energy (she is a miniature Podenca Andaluz), it’s not very often that she is completely tired out – but a day at the beach proved more than enough – as you can see from the photo of her fast asleep on the sofa next to me!

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  • Podenco Campanero Chaplin – a big softy looking for his forever family

    Chaplin 2 250 Campanero 10 2011
    This is Chaplin, a large curly-haired Campanero podenco in Seville. He was found in a bad state, with anaemia, ear, eye and skin infection, one ear deformed. He has also suffered burns. Luckily he was saved and treated by a vet, and has been in foster. But now he needs to find his forever family, or another foster home, as there are already too many dogs in the home.

    He is now well, a loving gentle boy, good with other dogs, desires nothing more than regular meals, kind caring hands, a comfy bed and company. Can you give this big boy his forever.

    Contact macu19782010@hotmail.com mobile (Spain)665809169

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  • Protest in Madrid, 23rd October – PACMA

    Please read this report on Galgo News. We must do all we can to stop this terrible threat! Please publicise widely.

  • Urgent! Save this Podenco Maneto abandoned in Seville!

    Podenco Maneto Seville 2 250 09 2011 This little chap is a young Podenco Maneto, abandoned in a town near Seville. He’s going around the bars begging for food, subject to abuse from people, kicking him, chasing him, wandering in the hope that someone will save him from ‘the brats of the village’. ‘Please can someone help me, I need as he needs somewhere safe, but everywhere is full.’ Nati. SEvilla. Contact: natisabe@hotmail.com

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