All animal rescue associations in Spain do an amazing job, some of them are lucky enough to have hundreds of supporters to raise funds for their work. Which sadly often pushes out the small associations who lurch from month to month trying to pay feed and vet bills. You'll know from previous posts on Galgo News that Charl and 112carlotagalgos has worked tirelessly for many years - longer than many larger associations - to raise awareness of the plight of the galgos and podencos. You can read more about the dogs here.
She now has some seriously ill galgos in her care, and the vet bills are mounting up as we speak.
1. Harley - arrived with a seriously damaged eye. He is in the vet clinic now, operated on for the removal of the injured eye. Please pray for the recovery of his eyesight in the good eye. Pray for the swelling of the good eye to go down, and for his enormous pain to ease.
2. Please pray for Prince, rescued in severe malnutrition condition, with leishmania. He is now in the vet clinic with a bad bladder/kidney infection, no appetite and is losing weight (which he seriously cannot afford to do).
3. And there is Emily, a traumatized galga who cries much of the time.
New arrivals Sol and Star, not yet a year old and chucked out by their galguero, Mozart and Tigra, two young galgos in poor condition - galgos thrown over the fence into the garden of a friend, which Charl has taken in - even though there's hardly room. And Sam and Sallie, two young galgos also seriously underweight.
You can read about the dogs here
Please think of these small associations who don't cry out that they are likely to close if they don't get thousands of euros....These small associations like 112carlotagalgos are the ones who give the individual care and rehabilitation. Hopefully all these galgos will finally return to good health and be ready for forever homes.
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Just for starters, this is the story of Mozart who arrived at the finca yesterday.
I'm just a young pup of approx 1 year old. I was found in the river bed of dry dust, the local common place for dumping canines like me! I've never ever felt more alone, despite having been in an unsure past. I was never treated greatly, in fact harsh and cruel, I tried not to moan or complain, but it wasn't good enough. I wasn't good enough.
So alone I lay, on cardboard for a bed, amongst the dust and dirt. With fleas for friends. They didn't abandon me. But they sure made me itch! I didn't know the score or how to be, so I decided to lay and see what's what. A man drove by and stopped, he saw me there, but I wasn't going to care. I'D GIVEN UP ! You see, what's left for a galgo such as me? I lifted my weary head just a week ago, and he walked over, I didn't bother because I thought what's another rod, or beating. A man's a man, right? Not this time, the kind man scooped me up, placed me into his car. Off we went to the vet where my tail had such mass infection it had to be cut. They've brought me here to finca 112 carlota galgos, they tell me it's here I will learn to be a galgo, and play. 'Ill always be grateful to the kind man who stopped, and took me home. Cared for me and fed me 4 meals a day and now I'm ready... Negative in leishmania, erlichea, filaria. Just need a few preparations and 'Ill be looking for a forever. That's what the galgos tell me here happens ... So here I am, if you can love me? Lets make music.. My name's Mozart.
Harley tonight
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