Galgo News

Category: Advice

  • MRW – transporting animals around Spain

    MRW article 250 3 2012MRW is an animal transport company in Spain which is used by many refuges and association to move animals from perreras, refuges etc. They are used in preference to private transport companies because they are cheaper.

    This is a translation of an article in the Spanish press.

    MRW mistreats the animals they transport. Seprona has verified this information.

    Arca Madrid says that is a scam to get money. Refugiocan, in Valencia, has also verified it. They say that:

    As Protective Association we corroborate what Seprona says.

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  • Why Spain does not act against animal abuse.

    I thought you might be interested to read this piece by Oscar van Gastel which he has posted on Animal Welfare Support Murcia on facebook. Although it refers to bull fighting, it could also apply to all animals used in fiestas, plus the Spanish hunting dogs.

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  • Letters to write – please join my campaign – write now!

    Letters 200It’s time to run another letter-writing campaign to the Spanish national and provincial governments. Thank you to Dioni del Rio for this translation. Please copy and paste the letter into a word document and post. This link takes you to the list of addresses for the recipients – the national government – Prime Minister, Ministers of Tourism, Environment, Sport, Interior, all in Madrid, Andalucia, Murcia, Extremadura, Castilla la Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Balearics, Canary Islands, Valencia, Basque. The relevant addresses are highlighted in bold. You’ll need 15 copies of the letter if you write to them all. I’m beginning to get replies to my letters, so someone is reading them! Please join in, the galgos and podencos desperately need your help.

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  • Euthanasia – gas chambers – the truth explained

    Euthanasia or killing – the latter is what goes on in perreras, if the dogs can’t be saved. Here’s an article which explains it.

  • Closing down a bad perrera – creates more problems than it solves

    Mairena perrera death row 4 1109 250Closing down a perrera does not solve any problems, it simply creates more problems. Many perreras keep the dogs and cats on death row in reasonably clean conditions, with food and water. They are also happy to allow adoptions of the animals, to give them a second chance of life. Other perreras keep the animals in atrocious conditions, as we know from publicity on the Internet.

    At the end of the day, improving the conditions for animals in the bad perreras should be the priority, not closing them down. I posted a link to an appeal organised by a third party to close down Mairena perrera but stated that I did not agree with it. Comments further down the post also confirmed that other people agreed there are preferable solutions.

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  • Dry Eye Syndrome in Dogs

    Dry-Eye-dog-1 200I’ve received the following story from one of my GN readers and wonder if anyone else has had a dog with a similar problem. If so, it would be useful to share notes.

    ‘Our Greyhound is being treated by a veterinarian ophthalmologist for “Dry Eye Syndrome“(DES), which in our case is caused by inadequate production of tears. This condition occurs in both humans and dogs/cats and is potentially very serious, even resulting in blindness if untreated.

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  • Asociacion Baas Galgo – denouncing the hunters – how you can help

    Baas Galgo new refuge Toledo poster 190 12 2011Sandra Baas of Asociacion Baas Galgo is not afraid of taking on the hunters through the Spanish courts. Each case of animal cruelty is recorded when she and her team make a denuncia in the area where it happens. This is the latest case, in the hellhole of Toledo, and Sandra is appealing to everyone to get in touch with her with similar examples of the hunters’ cruelty, to enable her to build a solid file.

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  • Dog-Walking in Spain – Spanish law explained

    Exercising galgos BBA couple of days ago I asked the question – what is the law in Spain on exercising galgos, if they are companion dogs. Andrew Hurrell, a founder of Noahs Arc in Mazarron, has personal experience of the problem; he shares it here with you.

    ‘Fury from Camposol ex pats regarding hunting fine of 300 Euros

    My partner and I worked tirelessly with a dog rescue for three years in the Murcia area, and fostered and rescued numerous Greyhound types (called Galgos in Spain) which were cast off by hunters at the end of each season; you can imagine that hunters are not the most well thought of individuals amongst the dog rescue fraternity in Murcia.

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  • Spanish Legal Expert needed – law on galgos running free

    Cordoba galga mama 250 1 26 07This is a question for the legal experts to answer. A couple in Palencia found two starving galgos in a ditch a couple of years ago. They adopted them and walk them in the fields in a morning, letting them run free. As they are so well fed, they don’t tend to catch anything!

    The couple have now been told – by a man with two (unleashed) hunting dogs – that they are breaking the law by having the galgos run free in the campo, that they spoil the hunting. If he sees them running free again, he will file a report with the Guardia Civil.

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  • TARA Gran Canaria – neutering programme a great success

    TARA neutering 1250 09 2011TARA is an animal rescue association on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands; in September they arranged a neutering programme for dogs and cats with a team of Danish vets and medical staff and this is what Brian, a volunteer with TARA, says about its success.

    ‘Dog & Cat Neutering Program A Success. The dog and cat neutering project in Mogan county from 14 to 21 September proved a big hit for all concerned.

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