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A New Shelter in Caceres, Extremadura

Earlier this year GIN was contacted by a group in Caceres asking if GIN would
be able to help with their new shelter project. The group, Asociacion Cacereña
para La Protección y Defensa de Los Animales is based in Caceres, a city in
western Spain’s Extremadura región. The group was founded in 1994 and
initially helped at a local animal pound trying to improve conditions but
eventually decided to build and run their own shelter.

After many years the group managed to buy 5 hectares of land about 20kms
from the centre of town and start building work.
After having made contact
with them, it was decided a
visit would be best in order
to meet them personally, see
the site and their progress
with the build.
So, on the last weekend in
June, trustee Leigh and I
set off for Caceres. After
flying to Madrid, where the
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temperature was mid 30 C
Leigh drove us to Caceres
where we met some Board
members in McDonald’s car park!! After greeting everyone, we all set off for
the site of the new shelter.

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Looking around 5 hectares of open land in 40 C and under a blazing sun is no
mean feat, so Leigh and I were kindly offered hats and umbrellas for shade
which I readily accepted! Leigh had had the foresight to take his own hat

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