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Tag: save the podencos

  • Accommodation on Tenerife urgently needed

    Tenerife Refugio la esperanza marisa 250As regular readers know, I remind people about the podencos on the Canary Islands who have a terrible life with the hunters and whose main chance of a forever home is on mainland Europe. Here’s a heartbreaking story about a shelter on Tenerife. Please help if you can.

    Marisa Traen’s refuge (Refugio de la Esperanza del Sur) with her many Podencos has to move!

    The new piece of land has been found, but is not ready yet to receive the many animals!! And now the council of Adeje announced a few days ago, that the property where they still are, has to be cleared before the 8th December!! (supposedly for promoting the place with hotels) and that the 89 dogs will be put to sleep if they are still there on that date!

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  • Arca Sevilla and Julio – the tale of a little podenco puppy

    Arca Sevilla Julio01 190 8 2013This is the tale of a little podenco puppy called Julio, because he was found injured by the roadside in Seville in July 2013, saved by Arca Sevilla.

    The story of Julio is like many other hunting dogs. When not used for hunting, are not responsive to the expectations of the hunter, they are abandoned to their fate. And their fate is often very poor. So Julio, a young podenquito, just a puppy, probably not starting out as a hunter like his owner wanted, he was alone and abandoned. Looking for life as he could, through fear, hunger and thirst, more thin, more damaged, more suspicious of all … one day, do not know when or how but he suffered an accident and his front leg was seriously damaged. Then came the pain and infection. In these conditions her would soon have died, anonymously, like many others before him.

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  • Podenca Andaluz Bebe – rescued injured from a Seville motorway, safe in France

    Bebe 250 2012 001Podenca Andaluz come in 3 sizes, small, medium and large. My podenca Bebe is a miniature – weighing in at a mere 6 kilos aged 10 years. She was rescued injured and traumatized from a Seville motorway over 4 years ago by my friend Marisa, a volunteer with El Refugio Escuela. My vet operated on her leg and saved it and she is now the fastest little dynamite on 4 legs! The only time we see a handicap with her leg is when she goes down stairs – she carries her left leg. You can see the scars on her hind quarters where the hair has never grown back. Adorable little dog! Here on video at lunchtime. Scrounging, not me! Nudging your leg to remind you I’m here – not me!

  • A podenco not wanted – because the hunter mutilated him!

    Not wanted Nestle 250 7 2013This is Nestle, look what the bloody hunter did to mutilate him. And yet he is still an affectionate, loyal and trusting podenco. Ok, not pure podenco, but it’s not his fault the hunter cut off his beautiful huge podenco ears…Can anyone offer him a forever home so he is no longer ‘Not Wanted?’ contact via the website.

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  • Holidays in Alicante – no accommodation for this podenca

    I only read this story today, no one contacted me with the appeal. I might have been able to help – put people in touch with each other where others – it’s what I do ‘behind the scenes’ at Podenco Post and Galgo News. So many people tried to help when those who were asked first and should have helped DID NOTHING! So sad. She could have been saved….

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  • Valencia perrera – female podencos on death row

    Valencia femalelessthan1year 250 whiteandredapril2013I’m now back home at my main computer and can post the photos of the 8 podencos currently in the perrera at Valencia. This little lady is not yet a year old! All females, the only male was saved a couple of weeks ago and also a white female. The black one is very unusual but sadly on CESE which is fast track to killing – on the instructions of the owner! All are very young, a couple are under a year old! Details of costs needed to save them, and also to pay kennel fees.
    Contact Dominique for fostering or adopting in Spain adoptadelaperrera@gmail.com
    For pension or adopting through an association contact Anke bracobuddha@hotmail.com

    Many of you helped contribute towards saving some other podencos which are now all in kennels. Funds are needed to pay for the kennels and pet passports. Contact Dominique and Anke if you want to contribute.

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  • Leire, young podenca on death row in Rioja perrera

    And this young beauty, Leire, due to be killed before Easter. Young female podenca, only 10 months old. Contact is dan.asociacion.madrid@gmail.com. Not now with
    Animales Rioja.

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  • Saved from Valencia & Hellin perrera – kennel fees needed and urgent foster and adoptions

    Valencia saved Joya 200I’d like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all your marvellous people who have donated to save podencos from Hellin and Valencia perrera. Anke and Dominique do amazing work and I’m now happy to show you all the podencos you have helped them save and place in a residencia. The appeal now is for donations to pay the kennel fees until, most importantly, these beauties can be adopted. Here is a list of the dogs, who have now all been named. Please send donations and adoption requests to Anke, Paypal bracobuddha@hotmail.com Applications to adopt in Spain go to Dominique and for anyone out of Spain, to Anke. This link gives the costs involved.

    Here’s Anke’s list of podencos SAVED! (photos in name order below)

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  • Podencos in Gesser perrera for killing!

    All these podencos are in Gesser perrera, Cadiz, for killing! contact: maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com

    the 2 are females, looks like Mom and baby, Ibicenco is female – from the size of her teats, she has been used as a breeding machine, poor girl, the others are male How terrified they are.

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  • Cheap accommodation in Tenerife, Canary Islands – food and drinks not included

    Podencos Tenerife 250 3 2013Two stories from PodencoWorld in Holland. To read in English, click on the Translation button top left hand side, drop down menu, click on your language.

    The first one is about 12 podencos living in appalling conditions on a farm in San Roque, Tenerife. The foundation Animal Help Canarias reported the poor state of the hounds on a finca. The way the animals are crammed in the back of a private estate, continuously chained without any room to move. The precarious facilities do not meet the necessary hygiene and dogs have “not even enough food or water,” said a spokesman for the foundation. “Neighbors often call these situations to denounce”.

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