Podenco Post

Tag: Seville

  • DDEVIDA – Claus is looking for his forever home

    DDEVIDA Claus[ 250 05 2011 This is Claus, an adorable podenco with the DDEVIDA association in southern Spain. He is desperately looking for his forever home. He’s only 8 months old, 7.2 kilos so a small boy, spent the winter living on the street as a puppy! He likes to play, is healthy and loving and loyal, he captivates everyone who meets him. Please take him into your life. Contact Elena Martin elenaddevida@gmail.com

    DDEVIDA is one of the associations which spends a lot of time visiting schools and youth groups educating the younger generations in Spain that animals should be treated with respect, how to care for them, not to dump them, etc.

  • Podencos puppies rescued from death row – have you room in your heart for them?

    Achilles Hercules 250 Just received the most wonderful news. these two podenco puppies were in a killing station, but the Sofia El Refigio Escuela rescued them and here they are now, waiting for their forever homes. Just look at the different in these handsome hounds, away from the smell of death. This is what the shelter says.

    ‘The world’s most handsome hounds are Achilles and Hercules and are with us! We took them out of the killing station with their faces in shock, their bodies trembling and their eyes filled with dread.

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  • 25th March 2011 – join the march against animal cruelty

    On www.noalmaltratoanimal.org  you can read or see about a big manifestation through whole Spain on the 25th of March against mistreating of animals and longer sentences in prison for people who are guilty of this.

    There is a comprehensive list of all the major cities and towns where a march is taking place, including time and place to meet.  Please attend and get as many of your friends, supporters, neighbours etc. to take part, if you live in Spain or the Canary and Balearic Islands.  They ask for 80,000 people, I'm sure there could be many more.

    UPDATE    28/03/2011 – people turned out in their thousands, it was very successful.  When I get more news, I'll post more.

  • Zaragoza killing station – podencos desperately needing rescue

    Podenca Zaragoza 1 08 2011 250 The hunting season is now over and hunters are getting rid of their '4-footed tools'!
    These are the Perricos to be slaughtered in a few days at the Zaragoza perrera. This is the appeal I received

    'We are only two volunteers who have many dogs in kennels which we pay the fees and we can't take any more dogs.  We have all this responsibility on our shoulders and we desperately need adopters for the dogs in our care, and more so we need special people who can rescue these young podencos before they are sacrificed in a few days.

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  • Podencos – victims of Spanish hunters – hear their plea

    La Linea hanged with trap 1 02 2011 250 The following stories have come in showing the unnecessary cruelty which hunters will inflict on their dogs when they are no longer of use nor wanted.  The first podenco was the victim of being hung by a steel belt!  The old one was abandoned at a petrol filling station, searching for food.  The third one – well, you can see the terrible condition, how long had this poor podenco been on the streets of La Cazalla (70km from Seville), with no food.  La Linea at Cadiz is one of the shelters which has hundreds of these dogs, all deserving a forever home.

    Seville perrera puppies 02 2011 250 And two tiny podenco puppies in the Seville perrera!  If you can help them, contact perrosurgentes@hotmail.com

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  • Extremadura hunters – Fepaex says ‘Take Responsibility for your Dogs!

    Extremadura hunter fepaex.org 02 2011 250 Podencos and galgos both suffer unimagineable cruelty at the hands of the Spanish hunters and gitanos – Spanish gypsies.  Most publicity comes from the regions of Andalucia and Murcia, as well as the Spanish Islands Ibiza and the Canary Islands.  However, the Spanish interior including the region of Extremadura is also hell on earth for galgos and podencos.  Here is a report from Fepaex – Federacion de Protectoras de Animales de Extremadura.

    THE PROBLEM for  HUNTING DOGS  in EXTREMADURA =  Irresponsible HUNTERS + passive and complicit

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  • BEBE – a Podenca Andaluz – rescued injured from a Seville motorway

    Family animals 2010 040 210 Bebe is my miniature Podenca Andaluz.  Here is her story.

    Bebe was found, traumatised with fear, starving and dumped on a Seville autoroute.  She had been badly injured by a vehicle and her left hind leg damaged to such an extent that she could not walk on it.  She was rescued by a volunteer from an animal refuge and taken to her home.  The following day, a vet at the refuge clinic diagnosed a badly dislocated hip and other wounds to her body from the accident.  Her age was put at between 3-6 years old.

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