Tag: Valencia

  • Valencia podenca rescued from starvation – needs her forever home

    Dora 1 250 EDL 09 2011 The resilience of dogs never ceases to amaze me – and their capacity to forgive humans too. This podenca was rescued starving and near death’s door in the Valencia area. You can see from the photo when she was rescued that she could barely stand – just skin hanging on a skeletal frame.

    Dora, as she has been named, is now in Madrid in a foster home, living with other dogs and cats – so no problem living with cats. She have recovered her health and enjoys playing with her toys – and going for walks with her foster mom.

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  • Red and Buzz – two happy endings for abandoned podencos

    Silvia Red 1 250 08 2011 Red is one of the podencos featured on my FB page Help the Podencos. He has been in the care of Silvia of Galgo Connection Spain since his rescue – this is the picture from when he was rescued, see the photos of him now in his forever home at the end of this post, isn’t he just soooo handsome!

    And this is an amazing story about saving a miniature Podenco Andaluz in Miami. His forever Mom tells the story.

    Deven Soto podenco Buzz 250  08 2011 ‘Miami, Florida USA; a Mecca of unwanted pets. Miami Dade animal services intakes up to 200 pets per day, and with lines out the door at opening, people are dumping their pets and turning in strays…it can only lead to high euthanasia rate- about 150 per day.

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  • Podenca Laila, dumped at killing station, carrying a huge tumour

    Laila hernia 1 250 Silvia July 2011 This is Laila, an eleven year old podenca. She is now in the care of Silvia of Galgo Connection Spain. Here is what she says.

    ‘As you can see, Laila has a big tumour and has bred a lot of puppies. Her owner didn’t want to help the old girl and took her to the killing station. She was there about a month. I was waiting for someone to help her but finally, I thought, I have to do something and the best is to operate on her. So she is now booked in to the vet to have the tumour removed.

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  • PEPA, Valencia, Spain – X Podencos hoping for forever homes

    Toffee8  PEPA 250 Here’s an appeal from a small animal charity based in Valencia, who are desperately seeking homes for 3 podenco x.

    ‘My name is Pat Taylor and I’m emailing you on behalf of an animal charity called P.E.P.A. based in the Valencian Community of Spain. We don’t have any kennels, all our animals are placed with foster carers or in small family run kennels. Our website is
    www.pepaspain.com

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  • Two Podenca Mums in Valencia – anyone room for them?

    Family Trapp Valencia perrera 250 One of the things which amazes me about the refusal of the Spanish councils and authorities to do anything to stop the abandonment of dogs and cats is that there is a high health risk – toxocara canis. Dog mess everywhere, where kids walk and play! Here’s the tale of two more podencas, dumped and now with puppies to feed. Can anyone help?

    This poor podenca is in the perrera in Valencia. You can see from the state of her that she is struggling to feed 10 puppies! They have been called the TRAPP FAMILY. She was picked up and taken to the perrera when a neighbour of the person feeding her threatened to poison her. In the perrera they ae all exposed to viruses and infection. Can anyone help this beautiful podenca? The brave TRAPP deserve our help.

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  • Have you room in your home for these Spanish beauties?

    Reina nose 04 2011 250 Two more podencos desperately needing help.

    This is Reina, an Ibizan Podenca, probably no more than a year old. She appeared at Easter on the streets of Valencia. She has been rescued and is currently in a foster home. She is sweet and loving, submissive at the moment but with care and love, her character will emerge.

    CONTACT: Tina Solera of Galgos del Sol

    Cadiz pod 1 04 2011 250 This is Johnny, a podenco X. He had been running around the roads for 4 days! He has an injured foreleg which has been put in a splint by the vet. He now needs a foster home where he can recover. He is very kind, needs feeding and care and a forever home, of course.

    Contact: yolandacordobesa@gmail.com

    Cadiz pod 5 04 2011 250
    Reina side 04 2011 250

  • Beautiful podenco Bo – waiting for his forever family – can you help?

    Bo 2 04 2011 250 Here’s another podenco desperately waiting for his forever family.

    ‘Hi all, I’m Emi. Arantxa, a volunteer from the kennel Etxauri. This is Bo, who who loves and does not understand how nobody has even noticed him.

    BO came in August 2009 from a seedy kennel in Valencia. His kennelmate Scooby died, and Bo was alone and sad. We rescued him from there 2 years ago and he is still waiting in our kennels, but why? Bo is a hound, Ibizan and Portuguese. Beautiful, noble, good and happy in essence, loves to walk in the mountains and is obedient and loyal. Bo needs a home, but mostly, Bo deserves a family.’

    CONTACT TO ADOPT A BO: ARANTXA, TXIKAS OF Etxauri lasupernena_sun@hotmail.com

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  • Valencia – podencas abandoned and needing help

    Valencia podenco Maribel 29 03 2011 200 All these four podencos have been abandoned in Valencia, Ribarroja, Loriguilla, Cheste……all females, so they need rescuing urgently, before any of them come in season and are covered by a male. Please contact Almudenia below if anyone can help.
    Phone: (Spain) 656.88.29.06

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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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