Castilla la Mancha – Spanish hunters on the move – join the protest

The galgo hunting federation in Castilla la Mancha have requested the Junta to allow this cruel practice of ‘training’ galgos from motorised vehicles. I have first-hand experience of a galga who went down and was dragged – Paca is in my galgo book, for those of you who have bought it. Please sign this Amigos de los Galgos also writes on the following action she has taken. (google translation)

‘From the Association Amigos de los Galgos we have forwarded the writing contained here down the Parliamentary Association of Defense Animal, (APPDA) which invokes the animal welfare as the ultimate goal of the Association, to see if it may cause any effect.

This has occurred we do quickly as soon as we have had knowledge through people close to the Director General of agriculture that circulated a text as a draft in that General direction to “legalize” this torture.

There are strong reports, among others, of the College of veterinarians of Cadiz against this practice involved in an attack on a major risk to their health and physical well-being of the animal.

We have no response from this Association.

-28050 Madrid A Parliamentary Association in defence of the rights of the animal Chamber of Deputies. Madrid in Madrid to 10 July 2014 the Association of friends of greyhounds presents this paper for its consideration: NO to the LEGALIZATION D the training of GREYHOUNDS with vehicles to MOTOR in CASTILLA LA MANCHA.

We have received the news that the Directorate General of agriculture and livestock of the Junta de Castilla La Mancha and request of the galguera Federation of that region, being processed, in absolute silence rules – even the text – “authorization or legalization of the Greyhound training with motor vehicles” have already drafted.

We believe that this is an apparent animal abuse and lack of consideration to their life and well-being by prevailing galgueros interests from competition at the expense of forcing the resistance of the animal.

This proposal was already tried recently in Andalusia and failed due to great opposition which manifested itself from different sectors such as protective, negative reports of the College of veterinarians and other groups. The Andalusian Administration considered not to adopt this practice to risk running the animal of irreparable damage if the vehicle is driven irresponsibly.

Since our Association Friends of greyhounds, we get in touch with you so from that Parliamentary Association they may mobilize the resources and means necessary in order to not be authorised that medium cruel of training of these animals.

The information we send them below is proof of what we said: summary of an interview with the President of the Federation of Castilla La Mancha, Lucas Alberto;

Q: are processed that you can train to greyhounds with motor vehicles?

A.DL: Yes. We had a meeting with Don Tirso Yuste, Director-General of agriculture and livestock, and at that meeting expressed this problem and send you a draft of the regulation that we had made and which had begun to propose the Andalusian Federation of Galgos. He was commissioned to make it reach the Civil Guard and the Seprona which made a number of changes, and this text came to the legal services of the Junta de Comunidades and already get. I wrote to him on December 9 to ask him how he was handling and he said that it was in legal services and we had a little patience until they resolve this pending. Two things will be achieved with the approval of this law. The first is that we will make much progress and demonstrate the care we have animals, and secondly that the Administration will be the first time to adopt a set of rules created by and for the galgueros.

Has been taken out of this blog:

http://varaorozco.blogspot.com.es/2013_12_01_archive.html “More information taken from the web of galguera Federation Castilian Manchega”: http://www.federacioncmgalgos.com/ training of GREYHOUNDS or vehicle to engine LA Federation of CASTILLA LA MANCHA of GREYHOUNDS has presented LA documentation required before the Board of communities of CASTILLA LA MANCHA, as well as to the DIRECTOR GENERAL of sports for the authorization the training of dogs with vehicle to engineIN SUCH DOCUMENTATION INCLUDES A REPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA THAT AFTER STUDIES RECOMMENDED THAT TRAINING FOR OUR GREYHOUNDS.

MEETING with DIRECTOR GENERAL of agriculture and livestock of the JUNTA of communities of CASTILLA LA MANCHA “therefore refers to the authorization of the Greyhound training, was given to the Director General of different documentation related to this issue, committing Mr. Yuste Jordán to inform the Civil Guard and make public the conditions in which the training of our greyhounds may beconditions marked by the Federation of Galgos of Castilla la Mancha and studies carried out for this purpose.
Since this means we want to thank the availability and attention provided by the Director-General of agriculture and livestock of the Junta of communities of Castilla la Mancha, D. Tirso Yuste Jordán. I will continue informing of these matters.”

We hope that it can be reached in time to stop this outrage as before in Andalusia and thank you in advance and on behalf of the greyhounds their collaboration.
Best regards.

Association “Amigos de los Galgos” No. registration 171937.
Email email: agnblanco@nodo50.org

(Nuria speaks very good English, if you want to email her with your support. Tell her you read it on Galgo News, she knows me.)