Totally agree with this quote from Sir Roger Moore - 7 times playing 007 James Bond.
'Sir Roger Moore, seventime James Bond: "Hunting is a sickness, a perversion and a danger and should be recognised as such. People who get their amusement from hunting and killing defenceless animals can only be suffering from a mental disorder. It´s detestable that anyone would choose to get thrills from killing others who ask for nothing from life but the chance to remain alive".
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With somany appeals from mainland Spanish rescues for foster/adoption of podencos, it's easy to overlook how many podencos there are in the Canary Islands. They are used far more for hunting than galgos, and suffer just as much maltreatment. Weblink to an interesting article about Podencos on Lanzarote.
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Article about the Podenco Canario
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The story of Galgo Rescue International Network by Abby who founded the Association in 2006.
I adopted my first ex-racing greyhound in the United States in 1997. I was unaware of the situation with the Spanish galgos until a friend introduced me to their plight in the early 2000s. By that time I had several retired racers and was involved in greyhound rescue, but there was something about the galgos and the extreme nature of their struggle that motivated me to become involved. I began working to gather medical and practical supplies to take to Scooby for my first trip in October 2005. I am a veterinary emergency and critical care nurse, and engaged three of my coworkers to join me in my first trip to Scooby.
Continue reading "Galgo Rescue International Network - the story" »
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Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends has done a tremendous amount to raise the profile of Podencos - not quite so 'Invisible' as they were 12-15 years ago when I first started to foster some back in 2007. Here Bev shares the story of how she and her late partner Warren became involved with these wonderful hounds.
'Angela .. the first senior podenco we rescued back in 2013.
I collected Angela from the perrera, she was 12 years old and surrendered by her owner. When I reached to pick her up I prepared myself for the weight of an adult dog. I took in a sharp breath as it was like picking up a puppy, she was so thin. She had a lot of health issues, a huge hernia her ear was a mess and her kidneys were failing.
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From Lidia Martinez in Badajoz, Extramadura, a terrible place for hinting dogs.
'I introduce myself I am Lidia Martinez and I am a teamer and collaborator of El Refugio de Brown in Zafra Badajoz, her situation is very hard, there are only two people managing more than 100 animals, at a cost monthly of € 2,000 or more in veterinary and residency expenses, already they do not have their own premises, as the city council evicted them from its facilities and also many animals from the kennels from Extremadura and Andalucia.
Please we ask you to value the possibility of being part of these groups since all help is fundamental and donations are desperately needed.
I leave you the link to their website so you can know them a little more and the links of their two groups.
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Paul O'Grady died peacefully on 29th March 2023. He was a wonderful ambassador for Battersea Cats & Dogs Home, finding forever homes for many of the shelter's residents through his TV Programme 'For The Love of Dogs'. RIP lovely man, you will be sorely missed by so many.
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It's not often I find stories about podencos or galgos in Galicia in northern Spain but I've just come across this small protectora of 2 ladies who work with the local animal kennels to try and home the poor lost souls who end up behind bars. Please read their story here.
'Behind Arume we are two women who have been rescuing animals for many years. Looking the other way doesn't suit us, and little by little we became entangled in this wonderful, but also hard, adventure that is to dedicate your life to animals.
We carry out our work in O Carballiño, helping to find families for the animals that arrive at the kennel, to prevent their stay in it from being extended. We are volunteers, that is to say, we are not labor related to the kennel, but we work with the officials who manage it to prioritize the most urgent cases (puppies, grandparents...) and expedite their departure, without forgetting all the others: young people and adults who many times they become invisible, and we try to make them visible through our social networks to find them a home as soon as possible.'
Shortly there will follow the story of Truan, a podenco they have been trying to home for a year.
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In 2015 Sandy and John Cortebeeck sold up in Belgium and moved to Almeria to open a kennels. As with all good intentions, for dog lovers in Spain, the mass abandonment of galgos and podencos takes over everyone's life. Thank goodness there are people willing to give up almost everything to help these amazing dogs, treated like rubbish by the sub-human Spanish galgueros.
Click on this weblink to read the full story.
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