18/06/13: This little lady is capturing the hearts of all who meet her as she is SO sweet and friendly. Now I have some lovely photos of a very relaxed, happy cat!
16/06/13: Daphne also traveled to Germany this weekend, where she is already much happier, following her foster Mum Jessika around like a little dog, sitting on her knee and even allowing herself …
17/06/13: Tonight I am remembering the night, 3 years ago, that little Fleur arrived in our home with her broken leg. She is sitting behind me in my office, fit and beautiful and healthy, thanks to the skill and care of my lovely vet Miguel.
30/04/13: Tomorrow beautiful little Fleur is 3 years old and we will be having Merluza as her special treat because unlike my other cats, Fleur does not like prawns. The love of her life is Mori, and her second best friend is Oscar. Chris and I are probably next in line, and sometimes she will play with Dusky and Kasper, and even say hello to Saidi. She is a little character, sweet, but also feisty and brave. I am VERY VERY happy that she is our cat. She is our little princess. Enjoy some recent photos. She is still a tiny, very pretty little girl. Read the full story »
17/06/13: Another year has gone by, and the true love between the big Spanish TomCat and his little Hungarian lady continues. This is SO SO Sweeet!
28/08/12: Chivers (now Big) and his little girlfriend have now been in their forever home for over 2 years, and Kerstin has recently checked up on them. Both are still very well apart from little Luna needing a tooth …
16/06/13: Marmalade arrived in his new home in Germany this morning and I already have news and lovely new photos of him. A big thankyou to Pauline his foster Mum here for all her love and care, but your little man has moved quickly on! “Everything has worked fine! Marmalade is very bright and not at all tired! Already after 10 min he wanted to …
14/06/13: Wow another year has gone by and already we have had the pleasure of our beautiful little man for 2 years. He is the sweetest, kindest cat and loved by all. Enjoy some recent photos of our handsome fellow. Every year I will think about what would have happened to him if Chris hadn’t persuaded me that we were going for a walk along …
11/06/13: I am a day late with this post. Kasper was 1 year old YESTERDAY! Sorry Kasper. I have been a little busy with foster cats and walking Teo a lot while Daddy is away. Kasper had some lovely tuna for his birthday breakfast and spent the day on the roof and cuddling in the comfy cat beds, and on the new cat trees, …
09/06/13: Brady is another Pechina cat. Jenny and I saw him as an only kitten in the cattery with the big cats when we visited on Wednesday. The poor little man was trying to be friends with the others, but all the adults were hitting him away. He is only about 10 weeks old and the main pen is not a place for a kitten. …
Earlier today Charlotte del Rio of www.112carlotagalgos.com/ was on iTalk FM discussing the plight of the Galgo Español.
Not the best recording in the world, and there is a short break about two thirds of the way through but you can listen to it via the player below.
06/06/13: Lena is another beautiful, friendly female cat of between 1 and 2 years, still at SOS Pechina. I first saw her there months ago and I am determined that she will be out of there in the next few weeks. She has spent many weeks during that time, caged while she recovered from a bad cold, but like most of the cats, …
03/06/13: Noa did travel to Germany on the May transport and now lives VERY happily with his new best friend Anton! The report from his Mum is great. The 2 boys have great fun playing and romping through the house, Noa is completely settled, and they now have 2 little cats to greet them when they come home from work! Noa has had a slight …
02/06/13: Bugsy is STILL waiting for a family, and he is so so cute in his latest photos. Enjoy them below!
22/04/13: Bugsy has now been in Germany for over 2 months and amazingly he is still waiting for his forever home. Maybe you need to meet this little character to really love him. Here’s hoping it won’t be too much longer before he is permanently …
Welcome to our 6th newsletter of 2013.
May was a busy month, both in terms of PETS transports to the UK, transportation of rescue animals within Spain, and putting the final touches to our TRACES registered transport and the Bosnia transport (see below).
One thing that concerns me more than anything else at the moment is the continued use of non DEFRA/AHVLA transports. I was made aware …
02/06/13: Dany is another beautiful cat found by the lovely Spanish lady who has her own private rescue. He was abandoned hear her home, and from the first was a friendly sociable cat. Due to his character and handsome looks, Dany quickly found his family in Germany and has actually been with them for about 6 months now. A couple of days ago, a fantastic …
01/06/13: Gethan has now been in his new home for about 2 weeks and having taken a little while to settle, he is now very happy. At first he was hiding but from the latest email from his Mum, it seems they are now good friends: “We’re fine, every day a little bit better. He eats now even if I’m in the kitchen, is sitting …
01/06/13: Very latest good news is that Pali herself now has a new family. She will live with a number of other friendly cats, but NO dog, AND 3 of the babies already have adoptants. Enjoy the latest cute photo of sleeping babies.
30/05/13: Today we have the latest photos of the babies, now 11 weeks old. All are healthy now. A BIG thank you to …
31/05/13: It seems we now have 2 hunter cats in the family, big Mori and little Kasper. Kasper is not a big cat but he has LOTS of character and attitude, and this morning he proved that he is all grown up by bringing home the breakfast! He came rushing down the stairs from the roof terrace and was immediately surrounded by all the other …
30/05/13: This little chap travelled to Germany on the February transport where he has a lovely forever home with his best buddy MarieJose!
02/12/12: I met lovely little Anthony just over a week ago when he came with Montse for a photo shoot. He IS as you can see from his photos completely adorable, and at just 3.5 months old he is very cheeky and playful. …
30/05/13: Amazingly it is nearly 6 months since I wrote about these little cuties, now 8 months old. Rodri was the first to find his forever home, traveling to Germany in January. Then in February MarieJose travelled to Germany with his little buddy Anthony, who will be his forever friend in his new home. That just left little sister MariePure. Her chance came with the …
A couple of months ago Sands arrived back at our UK home to find a note had been left by the local Office of Fair Trading officer saying they had called round and could we give them a call to arrange a meeting. I must confess it seemed a little strange, but a phone call quickly informed us that the reason for the meeting was …
28/05/13: Bonny is another beautiful tame, abandoned cat, now about 18 months old. He was lucky to have been found by a kind Spanish woman before he starved or became very sick on the streets. She took him to her vet, who kept him while a foster home was found. He is now with Pauline but only has a pen in her garden, as her …
For those not aware what TRACES is DEFRA provide this description:
TRACES is a web-based service for the application for, and issuing of, Intra Trade Animal Health Certificates (ITAHCs) and Common Veterinary Entry Documents (CVEDs) for intra-Community trade in live animals, their products and germplasm. TRACES is the system used for notifying Member States of movements of live animals, germplasm and certain other commodities into or …
27/05/13: There has been a lot of traffic on Facebook recently, about how lovely black cats, and also dogs are and that people shouldn’t forget them when they are looking to adopt. In Spain and other countries they are considered unlucky which may be why there are ALWAYS black cats looking for homes at SOS Pechina. Last transport 3 black Pechina cats traveled to …
Further to our recent post regarding an increase in DEFRA inspections in the UK, and with the recent increase in the number of new transport companies and new people looking to help re-home cats and dogs to the UK from Spain, it seemed a good idea to clarify the situation regards the transport of cats and dogs into the UK from Spain.
There are two distinct …
26/05/13: And today more lovely photos arrived! See below. It seems they each have a BIG friendly rabbit to be their friend!!!
22/05/13: Now I have some lovely photos of these 2 in their new home.
26/04/13: Luca traveled to Germany on the 06.04 transport, originally destined for a lovely foster home there. However the week before the transport a family decided to adopt him, AND they …
26/05/13: Today a lovely cuddle photo arrived of our beautiful girl. Life is looking pretty good for her now!
12/05/13: Mercedes has arrived in her new home today. She does still have a slight cold but looks fine in this first photo.
11/05/13: Mercedes has been spending her last few days here in Spain on my balcony with little Ellie. She still wasn’t eating well in …
23/05/13: Today the news of Ellie is much better. She is now eating a lot and seems recovered. It will however take some weeks for her to re-build her weight and musculature. I think this little lady was rescued just in time. Thenkyou to the children who cared enough to pick her up, and to the lovely Spanish lady who has used all her experience …
When it comes to the effects of psychological trauma, cats, like many other animals are no more immune to it than us humans are. Unlike us however, cats can’t apply the same rational to how past traumas affect them, or ask for help. Therefore, as their owners, it’s up to us to help make them happier animals.
Psychological trauma can affect any cat that has endured …
20/05/13: Just received some more lovely photos of beautiful Izzy looking very settled in her new home in Germany, so I thought it was time to introduce her! Izzy ( now 2 years old) was rescued by a lovely English couple when she found their garden, having been, they think, abandoned by her previous owner. They took care of her for several months but decided …
14/05/13: Lovely new, recent photo of Maya in her forever home!
25/11/12: Maya is now in Germany. She traveled on the last transport to a trial home, to be the friend of a lovely sociable tomcat, whose last friend had recently died. In the first days the news was not so good. Maya’s new friend was possibly being too attentive, even bringing her gifts of …
14/05/13: Here are 2 more lovely young cats that unfortunately got left behind when their owner had to go back to the UK for health reasons. Their owner, a lovely man, DID care about them and their friend Blackie, and gave a family free use of his house in Spain if they would look after his inside/outside cats. This family it seems were not lovely, …
14/05/13: Today the latest very good news came from Germany about our lovely boy. “Hello dear cat team. Now I manage to finally write to you. Our boy is really good. He is an absolute treasure and needs quite a lot of love and affection. The whole evening he is either on me or on master’s tummy and cuddles. Even with our Luna things just …
12/05/13: Poppy is a gorgeous little girl, now 3-4 weeks old, who I had the pleasure of bottle feeding for 10 days, after she was rescued from a garden here in Almerimar. She was one of a litter but for some reason Poppy’s mother moved her brothers and sisters and left Poppy behind all alone. The girl who brought Poppy to us waited a whole …
21:00 Latest news of Darcy is that he is very playful and relaxed in his new home. He is not touchable yet but I think he just needs a little more time to learn that people are friendly, and hopefully his tame cat friend will help him to build his confidence.
12/05/13: There were actually 3 black cats from Pechina on this weekend’s transport to Germany. …
10/05/13: When I first saw Dulcie at SOS Pechina a few weeks ago she was recovering from her sterilisation and still had milk, so I assume her kittens had only recently been taken away from her. This whole family was taken to the protectora by Dulcie’s former owner. This is the same sad story. Spanish people often do not sterilise their cats and when …
April was, as planned, a quieter month for us, with Sands going to the UK, and no UK transport until the end of the month. Must say that the break was most welcome and gave us time to recharge and rethink how we want to continue helping the cats and dogs in Spain.
Interesting to see that two of the rescue sites have recently set up …
07/05/13: Polly is a little darling of a cat, found badly injured and taken to SOS Pechina. She is now about a year old and has needed surgery on both her back legs which were broken, maybe from being hit by a car. This surgery has been done at a vet’s local to Pechina, and I have been told all is now fine and …
03/05/13: Meet Oz an Almerimar cat. He was rescued earlier this week from the ventilation shaft of one of our lifts. Mary heard him yelling when she went to get her car out of the garage early one morning. We are not sure how long he had been in there but he was very very hungry, and at some point had scraped all the fur …
Unfortunately the life of a stray cat isn’t as glamorous as Disney’s Aristocats would have you believe. There are countless thousands of stray and feral cats in Europe, and for the majority of them life is about survival and hardship, as opposed to enjoying jazz. So how do you recognise the poor things, and most importantly – what do you do when you find one …
29/04/13: Leah is another lovely little lady, of about 1 year, that has been at SOS Pechina for months. I feel very sorry for her particularly as she has spent a lot of that time caged as she kept suffering from a reoccurring cold, and the outside pen was too cold for her. Now she is finally looking healthy and a much better weight. She …
28/04/13: This gorgoeous little boy of 7 months has found himself being prepared for Germany by a private rescue home, and he isn’t even a street cat. His family need to move to a new apartment, and the owner will not allow them to take their 3 cats. 1 has already been re-homed to a friend, and they are hoping to be able to …
26/04/13: Time to meet another lovely, 2 year old, boy cat from SOS Pechina. He is now in my foster room along with Princess and Mercedes, waiting for the next transport to Germany. He is showing a little attitude to the other cats but I’m sure it is just stress from having been confined with a lot of other cats. Today he is also more …
25/04/13: Our 2 little ladies traveled to Germany on the April transport. At first they were off to a foster home together but the week before the transport they were actually adopted, AND on arrival their family loved them immediately. Both little girls came out of their boxes after the long journey with their tails in the air, ready to greet and cuddle with all! …
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Last month on Facebook a graphic description of events at a perrera in Spain shocked many, and served as a reminder to others as to why so many expats living in Spain get involved in Animal Rescue.
For many this was their first real exposure to these ‘killing stations’ as in recent months a huge amount of ‘newbies’ have got involved with helping to rehome dogs …
Welcome to our 6th newsletter of 2013.
May was a busy month, both in terms of PETS transports to the UK, transportation of rescue animals within Spain, and putting the final touches to our TRACES registered transport and the Bosnia transport (see below).
One thing that concerns me more than anything else at the moment is the continued use of non DEFRA/AHVLA transports. I was made aware …
Allo Allo. Listen carefully, I will only say this once! The last couple of weeks have highlighted both the good, the bad and the ugly of animal rescue in Spain. The good? The passion, amount of new people involved, success stories and increased awareness of the plight of so many innocent cats and dogs here in Spain. The bad? The self centred arrogance, the bitchiness, …
11/06/13: I am a day late with this post. Kasper was 1 year old YESTERDAY! Sorry Kasper. I have been a little busy with foster cats and walking Teo a lot while Daddy is away. Kasper had some lovely tuna for his birthday breakfast and spent the day on the roof and cuddling in the comfy cat beds, and on the new cat trees, …
27/03/13: Teo is still doing really well and we have definitely bonded. I think he trusts me now to look after him. For the last 3 days we have had longer walks again late morning, and were even joined by my friend’s grand-daughter the other day. He remains nervous of most things, but stops less on his walks now, I hope because he believes I …
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