Galgos del Sol (Murcia) makes saving galgos in Spain a reality!

PLEASE donate to the Spanish greyhounds .. just  register before shopping online.

It won't cost you anything!

If possible can people take a look at this - easyfundraising. Its a free way for you to earn our galgos money. It would really help us out.http://www.perrosdelsol.es/galgo-fundraisers.html

Like to shop online and want to raise funds for Galgos del Sol at the same time, then this is how!
Just visit the Easyfundraising website using this link  http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/galgosdelsol  and register as a user.  Easyfundraising provide links to the individual websites of over 2000 Brand retailers in the UK, all of whom are prepared to offer a donation to the charity of your choice when you link to their site via Easyfundraising and purchase online.  The participating retailers include most well-known UK high street names like M&S, John Lewis, Debenhams and Boots, as well as Amazon, Argos and ebay plus a host of insurance and phone companies and supermarkets.
 
What's the catch?  Absolutely none, this is a FREE service   - when you shop online these companies save money in shop rental, overheads and staffing costs and to encourage more people to use their online facilities they're happy to offer a donation to your chosen charity for every purchase made.  You pay no more for the item of your choice than if you went directly the company's website and your relationship is still with the individual retailer; Easyfundraising simply record the donations generated for Galgos del Sol, paying these to us each quarter and we receive 100% of the donated amounts. 
 
Although the rate of donation varies between companies it is typically 2.5% of the price of the purchased item but can be more, for example up to 3% for Boots and 5% for M&S.  Purchasing insurance in this way could generate a one-off donation of anywhere between £10 and £35 for Galgos del Sol, depending upon the insurance company.  Don't forget to check out the Special Offers and Increased Donations links on the Easyfundraising website too, some of these offers are exclusive to the Easyfundraising site and just by quoting a Voucher Code when you shop, you could save yourself money at the same time as helping Galgos del Sol raise much needed funds.

You don't even have to make a purchase to raise funds.  If you regularly use a search engine, just switch to Easysearch using this link  http://galgosdelsol.easysearch.org.uk/ and every time you use the search engine, Galgos del Sol will receive a donation.  Easysearch combines a number of search engines like Yahoo, Bing and Ask to give the best results in one simple search.

So if you ALREADY shop online or use a search engine, why not help Galgos del Sol at the same time, at no extra cost to you.  Please help support us in this way. 

This blog is to highlight the plight of galgos in Spain who are working dogs & subjected to HELL once their working life is over & often they are either dumped by the hunters after the season to fend for themselves  .. maybe at under 2 yrs old .. or worse, killed by hanging slowly or by other inhumane ways you likely wouldn't have guts enough to see. Each time I see the links Tina sends to me I cry, I cry with sadness, I cry with anger.  I swear I won't look any more but I have to, to remind myself of these atrocities to these beautiful animals!

The plight of the galgos is a blight on Spain and the hunters and gitanos just don't seem to realise what bad publicity they give the country. Many people won't visit or buy Spanish goods as a protest. You can read about the whole situation in Beryl Brennan's book, From Heaven to Hell - the Story of the Galgo Espanol, purchase through her weblog  http://www.galgonews.com

Here's Beryl

Proceeds are being donated to Tina and co. Please support Tina, Gaynor & their hard working team in their fundraising events.

Above: This is Tina, the refuge's website is http://www.perrosdelsol.es/ full of wonderful info, both sad & happy stories, how to donate, photos of Galgos(greyhounds) & Podencos who need loving homes. There's info on the staff & volunteers & their ongoing work. Please look!

Tina is president of the 'Galgos del Sol' charity, working with her husband Jaime, who is Secretary. Her passion for galgos began here in Spain. On seeing many abandoned galgos on the streets here she investigated further their plight and decided to set up an association to help them. Jaime has been incredibly supportive and has got used to arriving home on occasions to find new furry faces in the garden.

Taking many from the roads and fixing them Tina decided she wanted to do more. Joining forces with Gaynor enabled her to do so.

This is Gaynor welcoming galgos into the shelter.

Now building kennels, Gaynor and Tina work together to rescue broken galgos and make them whole again and doing whatever it takes to find them wonderful new forever homes both here in spain and abroad.   

Tina adopted her own sweetheart who she believe was abandoned because he couldn't hunt. In her own words 'galgos are so precious, I simply adore them'.

Here is the Galgos Del Sol Facebook page - please click on underlined link.

Galgos del Sol is entirely dependent on fundraising for its survival

Please follow this too >> Save The Galgo -Stop the Suffering of the Spanish Galgo on Facebook