Tuesday, the 9th of february. Tuesday morning at
3 in the morning I get into the Scooby truck with Fermin for another long
rescue trip. I don’t know what to expect of today but I am happy to get
a chance to experience it. Our first stop is 700 km later, a meeting point for
Spanish volunteers and galgueros, where they can bring their dogs that are no
longer „suitable“ . A few galgueros arrive and hand over their dogs to Fermin
without any sign of emotion, others don’t even show up. We continue our trip in
the same way where we pick up dogs at several points. The last stop is a dog house… I need to be
strong! We were supposed to pick up 5
galgos but then I see Fermin looking around there too and in the end has done
his utmost not to take just 5 but 15 dogs out of there. A great job but on the
other hand it is very emotional to leave all these little faces behind their
bars! Finally we return to Medina, where we arrive at around 9 pm. A long day
with a rollercoaster of emotions.. but Fermin and his team at Scooby are doing
a wonderful job. It takes hours of organising, arranging stuff, driving for
miles to be able to help as many animals as possible. If you have a chance to look behind the
scenes you understand better the work they are doing, the amount of work and
especially the fact that they need a lot of support to be able to continue
doing this. Respect Scooby!!
