Useful links
- All Dogs Matter – London Dog charity
- Animals' angels
- ARK – animal rescue kerala
- CARE – Corfu dog charity
- Charlotte Del Rio's Galgos
- Compassion in World Farming
- Dogs Trust – Large UK dog charity
- East Sussex Wildlife Rescue (WRAS)
- Galgo News (info about Spanish Hunting dogs)
- International animal rescue
- Martin Usborne Photography
- Network for Animals
- ORCA – helping whales and dolphins
- Pondenco Post (spanish hunting dogs)
- Wildlife SOS India
- WSPA – world society for the protection of animals
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Previous Posts
- My new book about Spanish Hunting Dogs
- PLEASE HELP THESE LOVELY DOGS…
- UPDATE ON THE ARK IN INDIA – surprising news.
- MANGO UPDATE
- DAY 396: THE END
- DAY 395 (penultimate blog): SOME TRUTHS HIT HOME
- DAY 394: (penultimate-but-one blog) HOW HAPPY IS YOUR SUPERMARKET?
- DAY 392: WHAT DO THE LABELS ON MEAT ACTUALLY MEAN?
- DAY 391 (almost done): THE BORING BUT AMAZING POWER OF LABELS
- DAY 389: CHASING PIGS ACROSS SOUTHERN EUROPE
- DAY 387 (over-running): HITCHING WITH PIGS ALONG THE RIVEIRA
- DAY 385 (nearly there!): THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT ON A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LONG JOURNEY
- DAY 383: TO EAT THE CHEESE OR NOT EAT THE CHEESE?
- DAY 380: WATCH ME WATCHING ‘EARTHLINGS’. HAVE A LOOK AT SOMEONE LOOKING AT SUFFERING
- DAY 379: BADGER CULL FAILS SO THEY EXTEND BADGER CULL
- DAY 378 (over-running): INTERVIEWING A TORY AND A LABOUR POLITICIAN ABOUT THE BADGER CULL
- DAY 373 (over-running): DID I KILL A COW WITH MY THERMOS?
- DAY 370 (over-running!): INTO THE FOREST OF CONFUSION WITH A DOMINATRIX
- DAY 368 – DARK NIGHTS HUNTING BADGER HUNTERS
- DAY 364: VIDEO: WHEN PIGS WAKE YOU AT 3AM
- DAY 362: VIDEO: STRANGE FEELINGS ON EXITING A SLAUGHTERHOUSE
- DAY 361: UNDERCOVER IN A SPANISH SLAUGHTERHOUSE (part 2) Still no photos!
- DAY 360: UNDERCOVER IN A SPANISH SLAUGHTER HOUSE, PART 1 (no photos!)
- DAY 356: PAIN IS YOUR FRIEND. GO HIT YOURSELF WITH A HAMMER
- DAY 354: PLEASE PASS THIS ON.
- DAY 351: A CLOSE CALL AT PSYCHO FARM
- DAY 348: ENTERING A PIG FARM UNANNOUNCED. OOPS
- DAY 346: GOING UNDERCOVER INTO A SPANISH PIG FARM – PLEASE PASS THESE IMAGES ON.
- DAY 343: THE DIRTY FACE OF SPANISH PIG FARMING
- DAY 340: THE LONG (BUT BRIEF) JOURNEY OF AN EU PIG FROM BIRTH TO DEATH
- DAY 338: ANOTHER PIG DISLIKES ME..BUT I FEEL I’M GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER NOW
- DAY 336: I HAVE A DREAM… THAT ONE DAY BADGERS WILL NOT BE SHOT
- DAY 335: OH BUGGER, THEY’VE STARTED RANDOMLY SHOOTING BRITAIN’S MOST ICONIC ANIMAL
- DAY 333: TAKING PIGS FOR A WALK IN LONDON IS HARDER THAN YOU THINK
- DAY 331: TEN FAST FACTS ABOUT PIGS…OINK OINK!
- DAY 328: AND THE MYSTERY ANIMAL IS…..
- DAY 325: INTENSIVE FARMING IS THE GREATEST CAUSE OF SUFFERING ON EARTH – DISCUSS
- DAY 323: DOES VEGETARIANISM MATTER? SOME VAGUELY INSULTING Q&As
- DAY 321: ON A MARCH AGAIN – who would have thought…
- DAY 319: HOW DO I SAVE FARM ANIMALS? THOUGHTS PLEASE!
- DAY 316: WILD ANIMALS IN A SILENT ROOM – PHOTOS OF ILLEGAL CONTRABAND
- DAY 315: HOW I ACCIDENTALLY GAVE MONEY TO A CRIMINAL TAXIDERMIST
- DAY 313: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IVORY COMES THROUGH LONDON? I VISIT A SECRET POLICE HAUL IN LONDON
- DAY 311: I CHAT TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S PANGOLIN EXPERTS – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
- DAY 308: BACK IN THE UK AND FOX WALKS INTO OUR HOUSE.
- DAY 305: HAVE I FINALLY LOST IT? RESCUING FROGS WHILST AVOIDING TINY DANCERS IN HANOI
- DAY 303: HOW EASY IS IT TO BUY ILLEGAL PANGOLIN SCALES IN HANOI? I TRY AND FIND OUT.
- DAY 302: THE PANGO STING FALLS FLAT: I DELAY FLIGHT BY THREE DAYS ONLY TO MISS THE BOAT BY ONE HOUR
- DAY 300: WHY I NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT CLIVE
- DAY 297: A SMALL THOUGHT ON KINDNESS
- DAY 296: RESCUING 7 BABY TORTOISES. DO SEVEN RIGHTS CORRECT ONE WRONG??
- DAY 294: RELEASING WILD ANIMALS FROM JUNGLE MARKET GOES A LITTLE WRONG
- DAY 293: DEEP IN THE JUNGLE, BUT WHERE ARE THE PANGOS?
- DAY 291: FOUND IT! OUTSIDE THE HQ OF ASIA’S MOST WANTED WILDLIFE TRADER
- DAY 289: SPOTTING MY FIRST ILLEGAL PANGOLIN TRADE TRUCK
- DAY 287: PANGOLIN EXPERT SENDS ME OUT ALONG MEKONG RIVER TO TRACK WILDLIFE TRADE
- DAY 284: BUS JOURNEY FROM HELL INTO LAOS. NOW I KNOW WHAT PANGOLINS FEEL LIKE.
- DAY 283: I’M OFF TO LAOS TO GET CLOSER TO PANGOLINS
- DAY 281: TOO LATE TO RESCUE THE DOGS FROM SLAUGHTER?
- DAY 280: DOGS AWAITING SLAUGHTER WEIGH HEAVY ON MY MIND AS I VISIT RESCUED PANGOLINS IN HANOI
- DAY 279: TWO PUPPIES SAVED FROM DOG MEAT TRADE – CAN YOU HELP ME NAME THEM?
- DAY 277: UP PANGOLIN CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE
- DAY 276: ANTS WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD AND EAT OUR FACES…unless we save the pangolin
- DAY 274: MEET ‘LUCKY’ THE PANGOLIN
- DAY 273: AND THE MYSTERY CREATURE IS….A PANGOLIN!!!! (never heard of it??)
- DAY 270: I’M OFF TO VIETNAM
- DAY 269: TODAY IS BEST DAY OF THE YEAR – IT JUST TURNED TO SHIT. CHINA TO KILL 1000’s OF DOGS
- DAY 268: A GUEST PORTFOLIO FROM A GREAT DOG SUPPORTER
- DAY 266: A FLASH OF INSPIRATION FROM ANIMALS ASIA
- DAY 265: THE SAN MIGUEL SIGN ON DOG-MEAT RESTAURANT IS REPLACED BY COKE ADVERT
- DAY 263: ANT ATTACK STRETCHES MY COMPASSION TOO FAR
- DAY 261: 24 HOURS FROM DEATH AND NOW BRITAIN’S CUTEST STAFFY?
- DAY 260: MAD MEN AND UNCERTAIN VEGANS
- DAY 259: SOME (VEGETARIAN) FOOD FOR THOUGHT
- DAY 258: MINI-ME FINDS NEW HOME
- DAY 256: MANGO UPDATE
- DAY 254: PLEASE COMPLAIN TO SAN MIGUEL – CLICK THIS LINK
- DAY 253 – DEPRESSING DAY IN PARLIAMENT AS I GET TRIPLE WHIPPED
- DAY 251: TWELVE REASONS BADGERS ARE RELATED TO HIPSTERS
- DAY 249: INJURED SHEEP IN FIELD – WHAT DOES ONE DO?
- DAY 249: I’M GETTING POLITICAL – WAS IT SOMETHING I ATE?
- DAY 247: BRILLIANT BADGER MARCH – DID I BREAK BRIAN MAY’S GUITAR FINGER?
- DAY 245: BADGERS GET A SAY IN PARLIAMENT AND I GET A CHANCE TO MEET A FASCIST
- DAY 243: A DAY OF IDYLLIC TRESPASSING
- DAY 240: ARE LOST DOGS FOLLOWING ME?? Japanese Akita found in street
- Day 239: CUTE HEDGEHOG POSTER WARNS OF GARDEN DISASTERS
- DAY 236: WHAT’S THIS BADGER CULL ALL ABOUT? SOME BASIC FACTS
- DAY 234: IN THE UK- I KISSED A MAN-BADGER OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT AFTER DYING ON THE TUBE
- DAY 232: FINAL DAY IN INDIA…NOW HEADING BACK TO HELP THE BADGERS
- DAY 230: BUY POSTCARDS OF INDIAN DOGS TO HELP AVIS – a difficult telephone call to Kerala
- DAY 226: WHAT I AM NOT ABLE TO TELL YOU….FOR NOW
- DAY 223: MANGO UPDATE – FROM LONELY BACKSTREET TO INTERNATIONAL STARDOM
- DAY 221: UPDATE ON DELHI STREET PUPPY
- DAY 219: JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I COULD RELAX… LOST PUPPY IN DELHI FOLLOWS ME
- DAY 215: BEAR RESCUE ENDS MYSTERIOUSLY
- DAY 214: BEAR CUB RESCUE (part 1)
- DAY 212: I’M OFF TO RESCUE A BEAR WHILST WEARING MASCARA
- DAY 210: I’VE OPENED UP A CAN OF BEARS
- DAY 207: A SHOCKING READ ON FLIGHT TO JUNGLE GIVES ME MOTIVATION
- DAY 205: HOW DANGEROUS IS IT TO RESCUE WILDLIFE IN INDIA?
- DAY 203: THOSE WHO RESCUE BEARS ARE VERY TIRED INDEED
- DAY 200: BACK IN INDIA- BUT THIS TIME TO HELP WILDLIFE
- DAY 199: DEAR SAN MIGUEL.. I LIKE YOUR BEER BUT DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE SPONSORING A DOG MEAT RESTAURANT
- DAY 198: WE DID IT! MANGO IS FLYING BUSINESS CLASS TO THE UK
- DAY 197: A (slightly latest) HALF YEAR REVIEW – part 3, oh god is this it finally?…YES!
- DAY 197: A (slightly later) HALF YEAR REVIEW – part 2
- DAY 196: A (slightly late) HALF YEAR REVIEW – part 1
- DAY 194: BACK TO THE UK ONLY TO FLY OUT TO INDIA (again)
- DAY 193: ‘RESCUE MANGO FUND’ GOING STRONG!!! Half way there!
- DAY 191: BUY PRINTS TO GIVE MANGO A NEW LIFE
- DAY 191: A PUPPY SAVED FROM THE DINNER TABLE!
- DAY 189: DO YOU REMEMBER CORDELIA FROM INDIA?
- DAY 188: AN INSPIRATIONAL WOMAN SHOWS HOW TO HELP
- DAY 187: WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE MAYOR – NO WONDER ANIMAL CHARITIES HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING A DIFFERENCE
- Day 185: I HAVEN’T FORGOTTEN YOU, GALGOS – some cover designs for a possible book
- Day 184: MALI – THE ELEPHANT THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO SAVE BUT NO ONE CAN. YET.
- Day 183: PAWS FOR FOOD, PAWS FOR THOUGHT: a visit to a dog meat restaurant leaves me with little taste for San Miguel
- Day 182: WELCOME TO THE PHILIPPINES – viagra anyone?
- DAY 181: WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT EATING HORSE?
- Day 180: WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT EATING DOG?
- DAY 179: FBM – A VISIT TO A DOG RESCUE CENTRE WITH MORE SURVEILLANCE THAN THE WHITEHOUSE
- DAY 178: I STROKE A GORGEOUS LADY
- DAY 177: MEETING MINI ME: MARTIN THE RESCUE PODENCO
- DAY 176: ON ROUTE TO ANOTHER GALGO SHELTER I TAKE SOME UNUSUAL PHOTOS
- DAY 175: SHALL I MAKE A PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK ON GALGOS?
- DAY 172: BACK WITH THE GALGO GANG IN MALAGA
- DAY 170: AND A SKETCH OF AMBO (FOR MY RETURN TO CHARLOTTE)
- DAY 169: SKETCHES OF SPAIN – new prints for sale to support the two rescued dogs.
- DAY 168: HOW THEY WERE RESCUED
- DAY 167: BACK TO SPAIN!
- DAY 166: THE DOGS HAVE BEEN SAVED!
- DAY 165: 7 REASONS TO BE (sort of) CHEERFUL…
- Day 163: TRYING TO CATCH A LOST GALGO ..(CONCLUSION)
- DAY 163: TRYING TO CATCH A LOST GALGO (part 2)
- Day 162: WONDERFUL NEWS, ANOTHER DOG’S RESCUE IS COMPLETE
- Day 161: HUNTING A HUNTING DOG (part 1). Trying to catch an abandoned Galgo
- DAY 160: GALGO AND PODENCO SAVED FROM PARADISE…BUT NOT AS YOU THINK
- DAY 158: CAN WE PERFORM THE GREAT ESCAPE?
- DAY 156: PRINCE UPDATE
- VALENTINES SPECIAL – GALGO PRINTS FOR SALE: Buy photography, save dogs’ lives.
- DAY 154: Video diary update
- DAY 153: A TRIP TO PARADISE …. or… ‘Oh, crap, does anyone want a dog??’
- DAY 152: SOME WORDS FROM CHARLOTTE
- DAY 152: A NEW LIFE FOR PRINCE (thanks to you all)
- 151: GOOD NEWS AT LAST…PRINCE IS GOING TO MAKE IT
- DAY 150: THE RISE AND (almost) FALL OF THE GALGO – the story of the Spanish hunting dog
- DAY 149: EBRO AND JADE
- DAY 148: ARRIVAL IN SPAIN! I MEET MY FIRST GALGO DOGS
- DAY 147: HOW MUCH EGO IS INVOLVED IN HELPING OTHERS?
- Day 145: I’M OFF TO SPAIN TO HELP ABANDONED HUNTING DOGS
- DAY 144: I’M ON (erherm…local) ITV NEWS!!
- DAY 141: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO RESCUING A SEABIRD
- DAY 140: MY OUTBURST OF SHAMEFUL EMOTION
- DAY 138: MY DAY OF INSANITY, MEETING THE POLICE AND FIXING MY MOUTH
- Day 135: CUTEST STAFFY WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
- DAY 130: THE (TERRIBLE) CHRISTMAS PRESENTS I BOUGHT TO HELP ANIMALS….
- DAY 126: HELP…WHICH OF THESE WAYS IS BEST TO HELP WILD ANIMALS?
- DAY 125: UPDATE FROM SNOWY LONDON
- Day 121: In which I get hitched and then fall in a ditch
- Day 116: Our broken selves.
- Day 114: inappropriate photo of a cute staffy
- Day 113: Help needed!
- Day 110: 2013 and my friend Leo gives me tough love.
- NEW YEAR MESSAGE…sort of…
- Day 106: Last day in India
- Day 105: Dog falls down 100ft well but is now…well.
- Day 104: I messed up big time – sorry everyone….
- DAY 100: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU
- Day 99: GOT A STAFFY? LAST CHANCE TO ENTER ‘CUTEST STAFFY’ PHOTO COMP
- Day 97: MAGGOT DOG RESCUED!!! CHRISTMAS HAS COME!!!
- Day 95: SEARCH FOR THE DYING DOG – FIRST SIGHTING
- Day 93: OFF WITH MAD AND A BAG OF DROOL TO FIND THE MAGGOT DOG
- Day 92 (eve) – A BLISSFUL BREAK IN THE GLORIOUS SEA ENDS PRETTY WEIRD
- DAY 92: DESIGNING MY FIRST CAT PENTHOUSE AND MEETING CAPTAIN ‘MAD’
- Day 91: CORDELIA THE COW-DOG
- Day 90: What do you do when you meet a mass dog-killer with a charasmatic face?
- Day 89: Dear Family, merry xmas from sunny miserable India
- Day 88: How to catch a stray dog in India
- Day 87: Is compassion a muscle? If so are there any gyms nearby?
- Day 86: video update. Great Dave needs your help
- Day 86: too angry?
- Day 85: Angry
- Day 84: So to India…
- Day 83: Crow rescue leads me up my friend’s chimney
- Day 82: Off to India to help dogs
- Day 81: What goes around comes around – I am genuinely touched
- Day 79: Wonderful photos entered for Britain’s Cutest Staffy!
- Day 78: Do you have Britain’s Cutest Staffy?
- Day 75: Is caring for animals a bit mental??
- Day 72: have I done the wrong thing?
- Day 72: night mission to the dog kennels
- DAY 70: Corfu continued…mysterious dog sanctuary
- Day 70: CORFU Discovering the mysterious dog ‘sanctuary’
- Day 68: CORFU. Where do I go from here?
- Day 64: ‘Poppy’ – update
- Day 62: Corfu. Heading south to see Marjorie Pandi
- Day 61: Corfu. Never mind the bo***cks
- Day 59: Corfu. Dogs on chains, goats on ropes and me in a muddle.
- Day 56: down to earth with a….scoop
- Day 54: Corfu. Who let the dogs out?
- Day 52: Off to Corfu! Sun, sand and street poisonings. I’ll pack my speedo’s…
- INTERLUDE: fairly gratuitous but ridiculously cute puppy photos
- THANK YOU – a small post
- THOUGHT: why is so hard to be soft?
- Day 50: Poppy continues to sleep in the space between my ear and shoulder.
- AGONY AUNT: my spider with dusty legs is not eating!
- Day 48: Not a nice blog post.
- COMMENT: why am I not as brave as this woman?
- Day 47: what do I do with two baby staffies?
- Day 46: Going undercover to rescue a Staffy (part 2)
- DAY 46: going undercover to rescue a staffy off Gumtree (part 1)
- Day 45: No one at my secondary school ever had skin THIS bad…
- Day 43: Can photography make a difference?
- DAY 42: I’m on the radio tonight talking dogs
- DAY 41: Helping to rehome my first dog – Rupert is saved!!!
- DAY 38: A visit to doggy ‘death row’ in East London
- The truth about Gum Tree and the puppy farms in the UK
- I need to rescue something that doesn’t fit into a tupperware dish – dogs here I come!
- Snail rescue – the sequel (and who says sequels aren’t good?)
- Spider rescue goes wrong – but ends in beautiful new relationship
- Baby duck rescue – part 2
- Baby duck is stuck – do I have to break the law?
- Very ugly baby pigeon makes a weary Londoner feel lucky again.
- What you can see if you climb into the hackney canal
- Trying to confront man who beat his dog in London Fields
- Back to reality with a bump – crap rescue posters fail to change the world.
- The volunteers – what makes them tick?
- Baby bat is bizarrely beautiful
- Wildlife rescue – why disney got it wrong (part 2)
- Sussex wildlife rescue – why Disney got it wrong (part 1).
- My first wildlife rescue – a bird stuck in a tree?
- I’m off to rescue wildlife in East Sussex
- 24 hour walk round London: PART 2 (Midnight to Midday)
- My non-stop 24hour ‘walk of compassion’ around London: PART 1 12:00hrs – 20:00hrs
- What’s wrong with me?
- U.S. toad update
- Letter from America – long distance toad-rescue is good but monkey-rodeo not so much…
- I’m all at sea with dolphins and whales….
- 150 snails and one suicidal slug are saved
- Dog fly-posting
- Stolen Pitbull update
- Today I accidentally destroyed two lives.
- Day 1 – I try to save a stolen pitbull
- About to start….
Thank you for this.
A bond with an animal is indeed powerful and works as amazing therapy. Great Post!