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  • Galgos France – helping the Gran Canaria podencos

    Galgos France logo 400Galgos France working with two British podenco rescue associations. News from GF website.

    17/2/2017 Two of our protégés came out last week from the hell of the Canary pound: Bryonny and Rosetta are in a pension in Tenerife while waiting to leave for Irene in Alicante (Hope for Podencos) who will take care of them and arrange supplementary tests while awaiting adopters.

    They will join Tianna who will soon leave with host family in the United Kingdom and Erica.

    So there are 6 podencos sponsored by Galgos France that are still impounded. Penelope, Sweets, Spinet, Smiley, Lottie and Nancy …. Hopefully they survive until their release …

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  • Real life story from Tenerife, Canary Islands –

    Murdered podenca Guardia Civil 250 5 2014Tenerife, Canary Islands. A 77 year old man has been arrested because he murdered his pregnant podenca who was due shortly to give birth!

    A neighbour reported hearing him kill the dog by beating it to death so agents from the Garachico nature protection service (Seprona) went to the place of the complaint. They found the podenca buried and a vet certified that death was because the animal had received repeated blows in the cranial area, as well as that the hound was about to give birth.

    And the following story from Jane Brian of Pepis Refuge, Pedrera, Seville.

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  • Urgent appeal for podencos in Tenerife

    Tenerife Tierra Blanca 250 13 12 2013Regular readers will know I always mention the refuges in the Canary Islands and the podencos there whose main hope of a forever home is on mainland Europe. Now there is terrible news from of the shelters.

    There has been torrential rain in Tenerife and the refuge Tierra Blanca has suffered badly with flooding. If anyone would like to help a podenco to have a shelter from the elements, below is more information and an translation from María Isabel Padilla Peraza vet and manager of Tierra blanca.

    We currently have over 130 Podencos in our patio area , an open area that has been devastated by rain. Right now we are constructing the area , but besides building costs we need funds to buy shelters.

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  • 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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  • Tenerife, Canary Islands – life behind the sunshine and beaches

    Regular readers will know I frequently highlight the maltreatment of the podencos on the Canary Islands. They have a terrible life and their only real chance of a forever home is on mainland Europe.

    Evil metal snares are often used in woods and forests and sadly the podencos get caught up in them. The picture below is an illustration of one such case. This female Podenca was found like this in the forest in La Esperanza and is now in Valle Colino shelter in La Laguna, Tenerife. They think her leg has been cut by a trap… She now urgently needs a foster or a forever home. Contact a.vallecolino @ hotmail.es

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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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