Blanca

Another rescue, almost another tragedy her name is Blanca , obviously because of her black skin, it was a joke, a bad joke, I know. Ok a part of her history we have just told to you , because she is the mother of the puppies that we have caught this summer, you know we tried with the trap, with the anesthetic rifle , we tried everything and we couldn´t catch her, anyway she made the mistake of getting into a fenced garden and there she was caught , please look carefully at her , her face , her body, her eyes they are the real symbol of horror she is absolutely terrified, if you try to touch her, she starts shaking , this is a real disgrace but we have seen so many like her , I don´t know what the hunters can have done to her but you can be sure that we will do our best to recover her trust on human beings, I am going to try to introduce her in my group and litle by litle she will become better. Again sadly, very sadly , kisses, licks and hugs from Fermin 

Video Blanca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k39vBh9IIuc

Make a solidarity purchase!!

If you want to help the Scooby animals you can now make a purchase in our Support Shop.
All yields will go to the care of our shelter animals and to cover their medical expenses.
We collect more animals in need of treatment for various medical conditions they suffer in our facilities on a daily basis, every day we need your help.
If you would like to support Scooby and at the same time acquire a beautiful gift, you are welcome to enter our Support Shop and make your purchase.
We have plenty of wonderful items in store for you!
Visit our shop at: https://www.facebook.com/tiendascooby?ref=hl

The hunting season is nearing.

The people working in the refuge don’t need to watch the calendar to know that the hunting season is coming near. It is just as easy as picking up the phone and start writing down the notices they are giving us: galgo with a broken leg, galgo with an open fracture, galgo puppy overrun, galgo on the motorway, galgo malnourished, to just name a few. And already these terrible stories are coming in, stories of abandonment and abuse. If we are lucky we can rescue the animal.. on other occasions it is already too late. The horror for the galgos is closing in and also a very bad time for our refuge. If it is already a tremendous burden to get each and every one of our inhabitants ahead in life, you can imagine what happens when our premises are completely saturated with galgos with serious health problems and in need of veterinary care. So again, we need your help. We unfortunately always need your help because the situation in this country does not change and in the end it is up to the refuges to rescue and save the life of these poor animals. Please help us so we can rescue all the more animals and they might have a chance of a somewhat dignified life. 

Mitache received his treatment

Today is a great day for Mitache. At last, he could receive the
necessary treatment to combat the heartworm infection.
It was administered by our vets this morning and hopefully all is going
to work out for the best in the coming weeks.
As mentioned earlier, this is an invasive treatment which may provoke
severe side effects. That’s why Mitache has to stay under 24 h
monitoring so that the vets are able to help him in case any
complications will arise.
We would like to thank all of you who have been worried about Mitache’s
health, and special thanks go to the Clínica Veterinaria Huellas for
making it possible to treat him today.
Without all those good-hearted people it would be impossible to rescue
so many animals and save so many lifes.
THANK YOU!

Rainbow

Today we received a call concerning a galgo puppy who had been hit by a car on the highway. The person who called said he was curled up at the roadside, immobile, with a broken leg. The caller hadn’t seen him for him-/herself, but had been notified by another person who had driven by in his/her car.

We immediately set off to look for him, but we didn’t find him. We took the service road next to the highway driving there to and fro several times, but nothing.
Eventually we decided to take the highway to search from another perspective, and after a few kilometres, we spotted blood on the lane, a lot of blood, but no dog.
We drove again along the service road, stopped where we had seen the blood, and passed through the scrub that borders the highway to get to the site where we thought the accident had happened.
What we found was appalling. Inexplicable streaks of blood that suggested that more than one animal had been run over, or that one and the same animal had been run over several times. No body.
The first impact must have had happened in the fast lane, and there were dragging trails of blood towards the edge of the lane.
A few meters farther, also in the fast lane, there were signs of another impact and more dragging marks up to edge of the carriageway, pieces of skin, fibres, blood, in a zigzag pattern
along the edge of the carriageway, for meters and meters, eventually disappearing. No body.
We thought the service staff of the motorway had already removed the corpse, and we were already about to go, when we finally checked some bushes a little farther away for a last time.
And there we found him, horribly wounded, broken, stripped, he had just recently died. Dropped or thrown into a bush, like garbage. 

We called him Rainbow.

The Rainbow of today is just one of them, but there are many Rainbows out there, they come and go without having anyone feeling for them or taking responsibility for their lives and deaths.
So many people are responsible for his death!
His galguero, first of all, who abandoned him to his fate, thereby condemning him.
All those who had seen him wandering unhurt or already wounded.

Those who saw him wounded in the early morning hours, taking their time before calling us for help after hours.

Those who saw him wounded without doing anything at all.

He/she who ran him over the first time, leaving him in agony, or even dragging his body over the pavement.

Those who saw him curled up in agony.

He/she who hit him a second time, once more dragging him over the asphalt and leaving him bloody, stripped, and terrified.

All those who did not do anything to help him.
I only saw him when it was too late, and I am not able to get the picture of that poor, small wren out of my head, as he lies curled up, frightened and desperate at the roadside. I do not want to imagine the pain and the fear he must have felt, the hours passing by without anyone doing anything. I cannot shake off the guilt that I feel for not having been able to help him, and I wonder what kind of person can run another living being over and leave him agonizing like that, and go on living in peace.

Welcome to the beginning of the hunting season, Spain 2015!
Simonetta

Forgotten dogs at Scooby

October 5th is our FORGOTTEN DOGS DAY, the day we want to bring your attention to the dogs in our shelters in Medina, Zamora and in the Residencia that are waiting far too long for their forever home. Though we are a good shelter and we always try to do our utmost for the wellbeing of our animals, we are only a shelter and never can give them as much love and attention as they need and most of all, DESERVE! Scooby is for sure a wonderful temporary solution for all dogs in need but it should only be the first step into a brighter future and not the end of the line. So please have a look at the dogs below, click on the images to enlarge if needed, read the short character sum up and take those ones into consideration first if you are looking for a new companion for life. It is THEIR turn to become special to somebody special!

Bobadillo

A simple history, the hunting season has started and the abandonment of galgos has started , and he is one of the results, a young galgo male abandoned and with a broken leg, we don´t know if it is because of a car accident or if he broke his leg running and then he was abandoned, but Bobadillo is with us and he will need a surgery , I am going to make an appointment with our friends from Mediterraneo in Madrid and Margot will treat him very soon. Kisses , licks and hugs for all of you. We will keep u posted. Fermín