Lily has a severe case of cat flu!
3,900 kg
Dry food offered
3,900 kg
Dry food necessary
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Animal Webaction visited the site 12 September 2019 and confirms the situation described below.
In Spain, this shelter can no longer feed its 80 dogs!
In a few days, Miguel will be out of kibble for the dogs at the shelter.
Weakened by a life of abuse and disease, they are too fragile to survive without kibble....
Overwhelmed by the costs, Miguel can no longer cope, and is preparing to shut the shelter down.
He is now fighting to ensure that all dogs are adopted before closing.
It will take several months, Miguel asks us to help him feed the dogs during this difficult time.
We would like to send 3900 kg of kibble as a matter of urgency.
Among the dogs hosted at Miguel's shelter, only a few do not require specific medical care. Former hunting dogs for the most part, they have suffered abuse, malnutrition, and are also at the mercy of disease...
Last May, the Animal Webaction community mobilized to send 3600 kg of kibbles to the shelter, but this stock will soon be used up, the dogs can't stay without food!
In addition to the expenses related to food (nearly a ton of kibbles are needed each month), tremendous medical care and treatments, and the maintenance of the shelter, Miguel also has to face significant fixed charges.
Established on rented land, the shelter thus requires 600€ per month just for the rent, a sum that Miguel is struggling to raise, and which is about to increase again!
Already overwhelmed by the costs on all sides, he simply cannot buy kibble again.
Miguel has been fighting for the shelter for many years, but the current situation is so critical that he must take action. "There are many aspects to consider, such a lack of partners, volunteers, huge financial expenses that need to be covered, and we can't cope..." explains Miguel.
Up against it, he is therefore preparing to close the shelter, but this will only happen when all the dogs have found a new place to stay. It will therefore take several months, during which Miguel must put all his energy into caring for the dogs and finding adopters.
We must ensure that dogs can eat enough during this period. "Keep in mind that we still need help, we still have our dogs," Miguel pleads, knowing that making 80 dogs be adopted will be a tough fight.
For several years, the association Celtiques Lévriers et Cie has been supporting Miguel as best it can, and has already helped him with food in the past.
But in these difficult times, it must focus its efforts and limited financial resources on adopting and repatriating as many dogs as possible before the situation escalates.
"The future is dark and uncertain, but we must hold on for them," says Sandrine, Vice-President of the association, who hopes that we can join forces to avoid the worst for the dogs in the shelter.
We can take action, we have already booked a truck and pallets, but we have to pay it before October 15th.
If the collection fails, we will not be able to pay, the departure of the truck will be cancelled and none of the collected kibbles will be delivered...
If the collection fails, we will refund all donors.
In Spain, and particularly in this area, abandonment and stray dogs are a real societal problem, especially related to hunting and its practices. Although the shelter is a response to this problem, its usefulness is not recognized by the municipality, which already funds the municipal pound...
The shelter therefore does not receive any subsidies, and no foundation agrees to intervene. The only association invested alongside Miguel does not have enough resources: Miguel can no longer continue like this.
When Miguel started the shelter, his work schedule allowed him to easily organize himself between his professional activities and the tasks necessary for the shelter. But this is no longer the case, Miguel must nowadays comply with other schedules that make the management of daily life very complicated.
Although he manages to get help from a few volunteers, the burden remains very heavy to bear, and adds to the economic difficulties encountered.
Miguel has dedicated his entire life to the animal cause. He is very humble and usually tries to get by on his own, but is motivated by a love of animals first and foremost. For their sake, he asks us to support him to buy kibble.
In Spain, galgos are locked in their owners' basements and only go out to hunt.
They are beaten if their efforts are inconclusive, barely fed, and thrown into the street when they no longer run fast enough to win hunting contests.
Exhausted and abused, dogs are often too weak to survive alone in the wild.
Miguel takes them to his shelter: he heals their often deep wounds, feeds them, and offers them a quality of life that dogs have never known before. Unfortunately, the care of his protégés is expensive: Miguel can no longer afford to buy kibbles!
This collection is organized by the association Cambiando Miradas. The 3900 kg collected will be delivered to Miguel to feed the 80 dogs hosted at the shelter.
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