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Spain - how to report a suspected case of animal cruelty

HOW TO REPORT A SUSPECTED CASE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY

August 2011

There are increasing numbers of animal cruelty cases and people who come across them, often don't know how to make an official complaint (denuncia) to the police. Seprona, the environmental arm of the Guardia Civil, has given the Costa Animal Society this set of guidelines on what to do.

ESDAW demands a common EU law to protect animals - sign the petition

Please sign this petition

Costa Animal Society, Nerja - volunteer help needed for animals and committee

This beauty with special eyes is Strella - she is one of 6 hunting dogs which the owner didn't want, so he left them all tied up, starved of food and water. The owner wants rid of them asap so foster homes are urgently required.

CAS is appealing on their behalf. CAS is the Costa Animal Society based in Nerja
on Spain's eastern Costa del Sol. It was founded in 1986 as a registered charity for
the sole purpose of helping abandoned and maltreated animals.

Petite Podenca Pizca from Palencia, Spain, appealing for a forever home

This little beauty is called Pizca; she's a young rough-haired podenca who has been with Amigos de Milord association for over a year. Cristina, of the associations, says 'she has been here for a year and I have no adopting home for her, and it hurts to think she will be in a cage all her life. She is really small, spayed, vaccinated, loving and good with other dogs - male and female - but not with cats.'

If you can offer this little sweetheart a home, contact Amigos de Milord

Sightseeing, Seville - not for this podenca

The first podenca I fostered had been taken to the Jaen perrera by her hunter because she had a hernia the size of a tennis ball. She was rescued and operated on and rehomed in France. Her hernia was nothing like the size of this one.

As you can see, the little podenca is petrified. She was kept in a hut, but luckily rescued and is now with a vet for urgent operation. She will have to go into a residencia afterwards unless a fostger/convalescence home comes forward. And her operation will need paying for. Please contact Immaculate if you wish to help, ask for copies of the vet bills etc. Use a Spanish translator package like Google or Spanish dict.

IMMACULATE GOMEZ GONZALEZ CASE NUMBER 3187.0701.23.1388507616 RURAL

movil665809169 macu19782010@hotmail.com

Ban Animals in circuses - Arvizu, Pamplona, Spain

Please join my campaign on Galgo News to protest about the ponies and lion in a terrible state in the circus. http://www.galgonews.com

Podenco Puppy needs foster or adopting home.....

Just lifted this please from Help the Podencos on Facebook.

Hi Podencos!. Could you please help me out with this beautiful puppy girl??? She was found in the middle of the field with a big open scar... Right now she´s much better but she needs a home urgently. She´s only four month old loving, cute and playful... I cannot keep her because I am a shelter home for abandoned dogs and I got 4 already at home, and one of them is pregnant, due in two weeks and the mummy really needs all my attention. Please, I need your help!!!!

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/lucia.pinilla.diaz

If you're not on FB, I've asked for her email address. She lives in Almoradi.

Podenco Denzil - seeking forever - the perfect hound

Another plea for a forever home for Denzil, the perfect podenco. He's in a foster home, goes to obedience classes and really desperately wants his forever family.

Poor Denzil was found wandering the streets hungry and dehydrated. Galgos del Sol spotted him and set out to rescue him. With the help of The Little Pod foundation we were able to catch him. We could see he had been badly treated and was in terrible condition. Denzil was lucky enough to find a lovely foster home but this has almost worked to his disadvantage.

Proyeto Adopta - helping podencos in Southern Spain

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.'

TARA Podenco Pico - finds his forever home on Gran Canaria

Look at this fabulous photo. We all love a happy ending and here is one for Pico, one of the TARA Gran Canaria podencos. Here's what Brian says.

'This photo is of The Best Little Dog Shelter in Paradise's beautiful Eva and her gorgeous new baby boy! Too cute for words!

Eva, The Vigilent Volunteer of the Year 2011, from the beginning was a wonderful foster mother for many of the little canine cuties from The Best Little Dog Shelter, and wisely swore never to fall head over heals in love with any of her wards, to keep her fostering efforts a pristine example of what grand fostering is all about --- love and release!