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Category: Advice
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Dogster – 5 stupid questions for dogs
Have a chuckle – ‘5 stupid questions for dogs’. Recognise anyone?!
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ASPCA – list of plants which are poisonous to dogs and cats
List of plants that are poisonous to your pets. Most animals have the sense to know which they are. ASPCA
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Wild Time Radio, Spain – ACTIN highlights the animal cruelty problem
Vivienne Wharton of ACTIN was recently interviewed for Wild Time Radio and you can listen to it here. The interviewer is not the best in the world (I’m an ex BBC radio presenter and I can tell you he wouldn’t last long there!) But Vivienne does manage to get over a lot of important points to draw attention to the terrible dog abandonment in Murcia and animal cruelty in general.
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Animals in Distress – links to useful articles and information
Animals in Distress (A,I.D.) links to useful articles and information
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100,000 + galgos abandoned at the end of hunting every year – work it out for yourself!
People say the figure of 50,000 galgos abandoned every year is exaggerated – usually it’s the hunters who say so, of course, as they don’t want the bad press. Vera of Galgos en Familia, Malaga province in southern Andalucia says, ‘Co-inciding with the end of the hunting season at this time of year, more than 5.000 galgos are abandoned by hunters in our province.
It is estimated that 1,500 galgos are collected each year from the streets of Malaga province and the majority of these from the valley of Antequera, where they are used as tools to capture hares,a hunting activity that is banned in other european countries but is still very much allowed here in Spain.
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How to report a case of animal cruelty or neglect in Spain. ACTIN explains
How to report an animal cruelty or neglect case in Spain. ACTIN explains the action you should take.
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2013 List of Galgo & Podenco Rescue & Rehoming Associations
Thanks to Caroline Grebbell for help with sorting out and updating the list of Galgo and Podenco Rescue Associations. Here’s the link to the page
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Eurogroup for Animals – latest news on companion animals
Latest news from Eurogroup for Animals in respect of companion animals – which unfortunately does not include hunting dogs. But we can keep up the pressure on them, for those of us who have galgos and podencos as companion dogs. Please sign up for their newsletter and put pressure on them.