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Visit to SOS Galgos, Barcelona

One windy day in February, two of GIN’s Trustees, Leigh, who is the Charity
vet and myself, set off to visit SOS Galgos Barcelona, a charity which is run
by Anna and her team.

Anna and a pretty, (soon to be rehomed) galga met
us at Barcelona Airport and took us to the office
and clinic where Alberto, SOS Galgos’ vet, carries
out any operations or treatment necessary for the
galgos. This allowed everyone to talk about the
Charity’s work and future projects and also for
Leigh and Alberto to have a “vets’ chat”.

We also met galga, Bonny, who is currently being
fostered until her adoption by Diana later this year.
We had the opportunity to have a walk with Bonny to
see how well she is becoming accustomed to people
and a loving environment and it was lovely to see so
many more Spanish people enjoying a walk in the Bonny
sunshine together with their dogs.

Next day, we visited the kennels in the
Barcelona area where SOS Galgos has galgos
ahead of rehoming.

The galgos rehomed by the Charity are
usually found abandoned in the Seville area
and rescued by volunteers or members of the
public who take them to kennels, who help
SOS Galgos, where they are given initial care
and treatment.

Once the galgos have recovered and are
ready for fostering or rehoming, eight at a
time are brought up to the kennels in the
Barcelona area.

Every month GIN sponsors the eight galgos’
kennelling in Barcelona and the transport
from Seville to Barcelona, which enables
SOS Galgos to rescue even more galgos.

The galgos in kennels were AILA, her sister
ELLEN, BEN, LORI and PEPON. TEDDY and
BEAR just wanted to stay in their igloo
Christine (left),Leigh & Anna together.

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