Podenco Post

Gran Canaria on fire!

A Canarian soccer player has offered his farm and barns for rescued animals. Report on this link.

And a report from PACMA. I've asked for a link to the petition if it is still running.

The #Canaryislands have become the last years in a pleasure of dogs and other animals used to hunt, which badly and die in unfortunate circumstances.

Another year, the victims of political neglect are still the same, and while there are no representatives of pacma in our mayors, municipalities and Parliament, they will continue to have no voice in the institutions. The path to the dignity of animals will continue to look eternal.

Podencos in danger in Gran Canaria inferno

From PACMA Canarias

https://pacma.es/provincias/las-palmas/

We received these unfortunate images of firefighters rescuing several hounds from a cache in an area affected by fire.

A few more minutes and those animals would have died suffocated or charred by the irresponsibility of those who left them moored in the middle of the field without any kind of escape.

In The Canary Islands, #pacma has been denouncing the presence of animals tied in the ravines and rural areas without any supervision, precisely because of the danger that it entails for themselves in cases of fires such as the one that happens, floods and all kinds of disasters. Even though the animal protection act makes clear the illegality of leaving animals in environments where proper surveillance can not be exercised, this type of practices follow whether to pursue or punish.

Who will pay the firefighters to play the guy to save the lives of these animals because of the irresponsible?

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Happy podencos at Hope for Podencos

Rescue shelters are always grateful for volunteers taking time out from work the spend their holidays helping hounds. Hope for Podencos is no exception, with 80 dogs to care for, many rescued from Gran Canaria. Here's a lovely video taken by one of 3 volunteers who recently spent a week with the hounds.

Podenco Friends - HINGA FOR ADOPTION IN THE UK

From Bev Farmer.

'The first photo is where we rescued Hinga from in Gran Canary that was her life chained to a wall with green rancid water and little food. She is 5 years old and before been rescued she lived in a darken building in temperatures over a 100ºf along with 5 other Podencos. Her past life has left Hinga with concerns about meeting new people especially men and nervous about new situations. However once in a settled routine she is quite a lovely podenco who is happy to just curl up and sleep in her bed, play with her toys, being a typical pod counter surfaces, tea leaf, don’t leave shoes around, and loves going for long walks.

She has been in foster in the UK for a few months and she is doing really well, just been on a camping holiday.

Podenca Nela with Valle Verde Animal Rescue

This is Nela, a pretty podenca with Valle Verde Animal Rescue in southern Spain. She's been waiting nearly 2 years for a forever home.

Nela is a sweet-natured girl. She’s 3 years old now, neutered, chipped and ready to travel. Although she’s a little timid, she’s great with other dogs, not so much with cats.

Who will find a place in your heart and in your home for this lovely girl?

Contact Valle Verde animal rescue.

Podencos saved from a life of hell!

Great news for these podencos! The original story on Podenco Post. Read the story here.

Tilly - the life-changing podenca - don't forget the oldies

I first met podencos when I travelled to Spain in 2007 with a French rescue association L'Europe des Levriers, and that's when I got involved in publicising what fabulous hounds they are and the terrible maltreatment they suffer at the hands of the Spanish hunters, both on mainland Spain and the Canary and Balearic Islands. Here Bev Farmer writes about the podenca which changed her life.

'This photo is of Tilly back in 2003 when we first adopted her from a local rescue here in Spain, what was a podenco? I had no clue but I leaned very quickly and to say she tested me is an understatement. I considered myself an experienced dog owner, having dogs my whole life and Dobermans for over 20 years but everything I knew about dogs I threw in the bin and started from scratch with her.

2 Podenco puppies in Valencia perrera...

Spanish hunters hold life cheap...they care not how many puppies are bred, just to be thrown aside. these 2 puppies are in perreras - luckily not all perreras are quick to kill stations - some will hold dogs for a while. Keep your fingers crossed for these 2 babies.

Micha, black podenco, male, 9 months, 14 kilos, is still sitting in the killing of Valencia. How can it be that no one is reporting for this cute mouse? Shall he die at 9 months? We are looking for Micha a foster home from 24.08.2019-gladly also foster with option on adoption or adoption. He is social with all the dogs. We haven't been able to check it out with cats yet He's not afraid. Please send me a personal message. Club: Avpdogs.

Animals In Need, La Linea - forced to close

Nightmare news for this well established shelter in southern Spain near Gibraltar.. Always the innocent animals suffer then the wrong people own the land. Read the story here.

Animals In Need, La Linea

Portuguese Podengo Lydia looking for a forever home

Sweet little Portuguese Podengo Lydia, not yet a year old and already ended up in a municipal pound until Dogs of Portugal took her to their shelter. She is looking for a forever home, contact DOP direct on this link, where you can see more pix and a video.