BERNITA – A SWEET OLDER LADY IN NEED OF A HOME

Bernita is an adorable old lady galga, 8 years old and was brought to Scooby by her owner. She was full of mammery tumours and immediately had them removed, a very big surgery so she spent a lot of time recovering in the infirmary. She was very afraid to walk on the tiled floors, and also in the concrete kennel that she moved to once she was recovered.

In the beginning she was shy around people and bowed her head when you touched her, as if expecting to be hit. Once she gets to know you she is so sweet and loving, and she cries out to you from her paddock as if asking you to help her. She is nervous around the other dogs and is hiding herself away hoping not to be noticed, and its very sad to see. She is old, insecure, weaker than the other dogs and isn’t adapting well to life in the shelter, and she really deserves a life of comfort and safety on her forever sofa surrounded by love. Please contact us if you would like to offer Bernita a chance of happiness.

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6vEa8ALBaM&feature=youtu.be

27 GALGOS AND PODENCOS ARE NOW SAFE AND SOUND

Hoover has travelled recently to Mazarrón area, in Murcia, to collect 27 dogs, mainly podencos and greyhounds. Murcia is a Spanish region where the galgueros and hunters`  brutality is unbelievable.

Some of them are in a terrible condition; like this adorable brindle male galgo that is  ‘skin and bones’ and suffers from Leishmania, and the black female galga that lacks a paw ... Both are in Fermin´s place until they become stronger and ready for adoption.

This season the abandonment has been quite high in Castilla y Leon so we have only been able to pick up dogs in the south of Spain twice; in January in Cadiz and now in Murcia. For now on and until our economic situation improves, we will not be able to rescue more ... Would you like to support our work? Please donate now:  http://bit.ly/2donat or Join the teaming for only 1 €/month:  http://bit.ly/2teaming

 

MORE THAN 200 GALGOS IN TWO MONTHS

The mistreatment towards greyhounds continues in Spain and will do so until the permissiveness towards the hunters and their practices finish.

2 months ago the hunting season ended and Scooby have collected so far more than 200 greyhounds since then. The fortunate ones have been left in the shelter by their owners, however many others have been rescued by us from terrible situations; As terrified as Rodri and Todri, undernourished as Camila, run over after being abandoned as Erwin or with "the shot of grace" wrongly given as in the case of Hope.

Between 70 and 80% of our dogs come from hunting. If this activity did not exist, if breeding and holding were properly controlled, if the penalties for animal abuse were stronger ... our paddocks would be almost empty.

[Pictures by  Torben Schmitz]

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ARTURO – I wanna know what love is

When I see Arturo I always hear this song playing in the back of my head; “I wanna know what love is…” Sweet and gentle Arturo, only 3 years old. He wants to trust you, he wants to be near you, but he is a little insecure as you can see in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9xeN9jhMdQ&feature=youtu.be

Arturo is sooo sweet and really wants to be loved! Can you show him what love is? Thank you.

  

“In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
I can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life

I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me”

- Foreigner