Our work abroad The early part of every year is the worst time for the abandonment of the galgos.   The hunting season lasts just 4 months and once this is over many galgos are abandoned and often brutally killed. In some areas of Spain there are laws that dogs must be microchipped.   One would hope that in these areas galgos found abandoned could be traced back to their owners but sadly this law can work against the galgos.    Owners have tried to remove these   microchips themselves when they   abandon the dogs so that the dogs   cannot be traced back to them and those we work with have found galgos who have bled to death after this has been done, some found tied to the   refuge doors. Recently Balbino of the Arca de Noe refuge in Albacete asked if we could help with a galgo they had rescued called Bollilo. Neither he, nor his volun- teers, could believe their eyes when they examined the galgo back at the refuge.  Someone had removed the microchip from his neck and pulled the resulting wound together with what seemed like thick thread/garden string.   Fortunately for Bollilo he was looked after by Balbino and his veterinary team, and later by Pep and Pilar, and as you can see from the photo on the left here he is now  enjoying his new life in France, thanks to Wilfrid of Levriers en Difficulte.   28      Bollilo at the refuge