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The sponsorship scheme has been hugely successful and has helped this charity to continue to bring a few galgos into this country for quarantine and adoption. When our UK supporters (who bring in the charity’s major funding) meet these lovely dogs and learn of their history, it stimulates interest and support for these poor Spanish bred greyhounds and enables us to expand our rescue and adoption work for them abroad which has always been on a very much larger scale than we can do here in the UK with our anti-rabies restrictions. The major part of GIN’s funds go to financing the rescue, rehabilitation and transport of Spanish galgos and greyhounds to safety and to homes with associations and sympathisers in Belgium, France, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland and other countries of northern and central Europe. The UK sponsorship scheme is one of the catalysts that help raise the funds for this work.
Six new galgos arrived at the Gloucestershire Quarantine Kennels in June and they are the current galgos looking for GIN sponsorship.
Five galgos came from the Arca de Noe refuge in Almendralejo and one came from one from Galgos sin Fronteras in Madrid. The brief character descriptions and the photos are from the Spanish volunteers who rescued them originally. The dogs were sent to a boarding kennels we use in northern Spain in Vic, where the vet, Pep Plans carried out the necessary parasite tests, vaccine, sterilisations and export requirements. The security and time spent in quarantine are ideal for maltreated, frightened dogs to ‘chill out’, regain faith and trust in humans, and prepare them for family life and the world outside.
If you would like to sponsor one of our galgos, please use our Sponsorship Leaflet and contact Carolyn or Lynne on 01784 483206.
ALTHOUGH WE TRY TO KEEP OUR WEBSITE AS UP-TO-DATE AS POSSIBLE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING ONE OF THE GALGOS WHOSE DETAILS ARE GIVEN BELOW PLEASE CONTACT PAT WHIPPS, OUR HOMING OFFICER, ON 01784 434735 OR EMAIL patriciawhipps@ntlworld.com TO CHECK WHICH DOGS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION. THANK YOU.
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 AMANDA
- a light brindle/grey female galga with some white markings. She is 4/5
years old, a lovely looking dog and friendly and seems a very happy dog
who got on very well with her kennel mates in Spain. At the kennels in
Vic she was quite good at digging holes ! She was rescued by Mada of the
RECAL shelter in Almendralejo, she was stuck in a hole and it took 2
days before she could be rescued. RESERVED
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LUA - a small brindle female galga with some white markings. She is approx.2-3 years old and was rescued by Galgos sin Fronteras in Madrid. She is very friendly and got along fine with the other galgos at the kennels in Vic. RESERVED |
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See the galgos for adoption and sponsorship from January 2012.
CICATRIZ
- a lovely looking big male long haired brindle galgo with some white
markings. He is a little timid and will need to gain his confidence. He
gets on well with other dogs. He is approximately 3 years old and was
handed in to the RECAL shelter in Almendralejo by his hunter owner. RESERVED
FERNANDO
- a light brindle male galgo. He is so friendly and likes lots of fuss.
He is approx. 3 years old and was brought to the RECAL shelter in
Almendralejo by his owner. RESERVED
CURRO
-a large black male galgo with some white markings. He is 3 years old and
was handed in to the RECAL shelter by his hunter owner. He arrived at the
kennels in Vic when we visited recently. He was taken out of his travel
crate and was soon enjoying lots of fuss and started wagging his tail. He
needs to put some weight on. RESERVED
CHICA
- a white female galga with some long hair on her back. She is a nice
looking galga and very friendly. She was handed in to the RECAL shelter.
She is around 4-5 years old. She also liked digging in the exercise
paddock at Vic and then liked to lay in the hole she had made! RESERVED