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  • 14 more Spanish hunting dogs starved and abandoned in Tarragona

    Confiscation of the 14 dogs that form part of the investigated rehala.

    Officers found several malnourished animals on the property, with no water, food or any type of identification. More than a dozen were rescued in a state of extreme weakness. The autopsy will allow to check if they were used for hunting activities.  Rehala dogs are usually podencos.

    The dogs remained locked up in disused farm trailers, with no access to water, food or veterinary care. The deceased specimens were not wearing a microchip or ID collar, which hampered their traceability, while the survivors showed clear symptoms of abandonment and disease, according to the preliminary veterinary report.

    Full article on this weblink.  A 39 year old man is being questioned.

  • Proyeto Adopta – helping podencos in Southern Spain

    Protectora Tarragone 250 starved 08 2011 Here’s news of another group of volunteers in an association, working to save the abandoned dogs of Spain, and especially the podencos. Here’s what they say.

    ‘Protecto Adopta was born from the passion of a very small group of people who want to offer decent lives to these animals History has confirmed they are the best “non-human” friends that we may have, but however, so many times we see them just in kennels, callejeando or even lying in a ditch. Our intention is to educate the people, as well as trying to get homes to all those dogs who have already suffered the cruelty of the human being.’

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