INFORMATION LIBRARY
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Free the Galgo
Myriam Wälde-Behning, Linda Baumeister, Mary Jane O'Connor and Eva Quirbach are the creators behind a new website www.freethegalgo.com www.freethegalgo.com is an international network that not only draws attention to the fate of galgos but also helps give them a...
For the love of Greys – Mon. Davenport
For more than ten years, Monica Davenport from Shropshire supported the charitable needs of ex-working Greyhounds, through attending events, fundraising and even through her skilled craftsmanship in knitting coats for the Galgos rescue work in Spain and even...
Poem called the Walk by Jean Barford
Travelling to Europe with your pet? Changes you need to be aware of
Travelling to Europe with your pet? Changes you need to be aware of The rules for travelling to the EU and Northern Ireland with your pet have changed. It’s not quite so straightforward now! Since the 31st January 2021 you can no longer use a UK pet passport to...
Brucellosis
The UK has recently seen an increase in the number of dogs presenting with symptoms of Brucella canis. Brucella canis is zoonotic to humans and infected dogs pose a risk to humans especially veterinarians, when performing surgery, and laboratory staff, when...
Homing Pack
Thank you for your interest in adopting a galgo (Spanish bred greyhound). Please read through this information and when you feel ready, kindly complete the Homing Questionnaire and then we will be able to start the adoption process by arranging a home...
Adopting a galgo – what you’ll need
Now that you’re close to adopting a galgo here’s a few ideas about what you’ll need to think about before you bring your new dog home. Galgos are big couch potatoes so let’s first look at beds as they’ll spend a fair bit of their day snoozing. They need soft beds as...
Multilingual Bulletins
View our Multilingual European Bulletins below. Click/tap to open the PDF. Multilingual Bulletin 2006 English Multilingual Bulletin 2006 Flemish Multilingual Bulletin 2006 French Multilingual Bulletin 2006 German Multilingual Bulletin 2006 Italian Multilingual...
Newsletters
View and download our archive newsletters (2020 -2004). Click/tap to open the PDF file. Read our latest newsletter here. Autumn Winter Newsletter 20 Spring Summer Newsletter 20 Autumn Winter Newsletter19 Spring Summer Newsletter 19 Autumn Winter...
The Plight of Greyhounds (1995)
The plight of the greyhounds: Some 14,000 greyhounds are bred every year in Ireland. Annually, 1000 are exported to Spain; 9000 to Britain and other countries where animals are treated poorly. Britain breeds an additional 5000 greyhounds annually. It is not difficult...
The Work of GIN (2000)
Dedicated to the welfare and rescue of greyhounds everywhere, especially those in Spain. The Work of GIN This picture drove me in 1991 to travel to Spain for the first time to observe the conditions of the Irish dogs racing at the tracks in Barcelona, Mallorca and...
Dedication
WARNING Please do not enter this DEDICATION area if you are adversely affected by unpleasant pictures. This area is not suitable for children or minors. "Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one...
Arca de Noé Sevilla relentlessly closed down (2006)
Tremendous solidarity saves 150 dogs and 60 cats in Sevilla ; February 2006 Spanish animal welfare organisation Arca de Noé Sevilla relentlessly closed down by the Authorities On Sunday, February 12th 2006, the police handed over an official order to the volunteers of...
‘Animales Vagabundos’ at Cadiz, Spain
'Animales Vagabundos’ at Puerto Serrano, Villamartin, Cadiz, Spain 04/02/04 Some readers may already be aware of the grave situation at this city council dog–pound where Juan Jesús Portillo (mmssinhogar@wanadoo.es) has an almost impossible task caring for hundreds of...
Visit to Spain (2010)
In September, Martin, our Chairman, Carl our Veterinary Trustee and I visited Spain. This was a visit that we had wanted to do for some time but it took a while to plan as we hoped we could visit several refuges and had to make sure we could fit in with everyone plus...
Meridiana Greyhound track (2003)
4th August 2003 To whom it may concern A letter to all those with an interest in the Meridiana Greyhound track, (Canódromo Meridiana), Concepción Arenal, 165, Barcelona, 08027, Spain [Versión española por debajo] I write as Trustee and Founder of the above Charity, a...