Podenco Post

Peaceful Protest, London, 1st May 2016 - support with your rescued Spanish hounds

Podenco Alliance in the UK were planning on a peaceful protest at Windsor in March for the visit of the King and Queen of Spain to the British Royal Family. The visit has now been cancelled (probably because Spain has been without a government since December 2015 after national elections failed to produce a clear winner). So a new Peaceful Protest has been organised in London on 1st May 2016. Below are the details so far. Please put the date in your diary and join the peaceful protest if you can, especially with your podenco.

Our new date is May 1st – Day of the Podenco. Keep your photos and texts coming so we can make more photocards to hand in, and please join us with your dogs on the 1st in London or online.

Podenca Angelique in Lanzarote - a lovely surprise

Do you remember Angelique/Tata, the podenca in Lanzarote who was badly beaten about the head by her cazadore? Well, here's the latest news.
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It won't come as a surprise to many of you to learn that Natalie and Martin (foster Mummy and Daddy) have decided to officially adopt Angelique - she could not have wished for a better home! If you haven't heard of Angelique's story please have a look on this link. She was found after wandering the streets for 3 days in horrific condition, she had three fractures to the skull and lost both of her eyes.

Spain - a land of contrasts

There is a 'discussion' on facebook about Spain, expats, volunteers, on the subject of animal welfare and rescuing and rehoming dogs. I have copied the comment below by a Spanish lady, which I think sums up how most of us feel about the problem, especially at this time of year now hunting is finished and galgos and podencos are dumped and abandoned and killed in their hundreds of thousands.

Eva Crespo Corral
January 31 at 1:04pm

Spain is the land of contrasts. Being one of the worst countries in Europe when it comes to animal welfare, it is also the place where an army of private individuals work as hard as they can 24/7/365 to save the lives of the 150.000 abandoned animals every year.

Sign the petition - stop a law to chain dogs on Gran Canaria!

Please sign and share this petition, to be presented to the Mayor at the meeting on 4th February

Portuguese Podengo - two lovelies needing forever homes

Two beautiful Portuguese Podengos needing forever homes. From Jackie Dias.

'A friend of mine recently rescued this Podengo mother and her son. The mother (see pic)is a young adult and the youngster male is about 5/6 months old we think. They are placed in the north of Portugal close to Porto. Please contact: Jackie Dias jb.dias18@gmail.com if you can give either of them a place in your home and your heart.

Scooby rescues 50 more podencos and galgos

Read the story here.