I just signed a petition about Greyhounds which were found shot in the head and dumped in a quarry last year. The case is finally due to be heard on April 25-26 this year.
It’s urgent that people sign this petition. There are just a few days left for it and they don’t have a lot of signatures. Please sign now.
Category: Campaign
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Greyhounds dumped in a quarry – court case – please sign this petition urgently
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Cuenca Refuge – saved from becoming a perrera again!
Cuenca refuge in trouble. Original story. I now have this news from a reliable source.
The licence has gone to Rescani Belgium which work together with people from Madrid. So it stays a shelter.
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Avaaz Petition for the Galgos – 50,000 signatures reached – update.
Great news about the Avaaz petition. Here’s what Danielle says. ‘My petition reached 50,000 and I sent it today to the Spain Prime minister, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Real Sociedad Canina, 2 Spanish TV channels, 2 Spanish national newspapers, and the permanent representation of Spain to the EU.’ Danielle will let us know if she gets any response.
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Spain’s stray dogs used in pet food!
I’m now back from the UK – funeral and house clearance – never a nice job. So now trying to catch up on the news.
Here’s a story which will shock you. Please publicise widely.
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4th April 2013 – Happy Belated Birthday DutchGalgoLobby
Apologies that this news is a little late. I’m currently in the UK for a funeral and flat clearing and have restricted access to a computer.
Happy 2nd Birthday DutchGalgoLobby on 4th April 2013
On April 4th, DutchGalgoLobby celebrates her 2nd birthday. In her relatively short existence, DutchGalgoLobby has achieved quite a lot. Dutch Politics are now well aware of the Galgo mistreatment in Spain and one of the parties even set up a resolution to ask the Dutch government to take action. Regretfully this resolution did not get enough votes to pass because they still think it is an internal Spanish problem, to be solved by Spain. (Subsidiarity principle)
Therefore we approached the European Parliament which is in progress but takes time. European parliament is rather sluggish!
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A Spanish galguero condemns his hunting dogs to a slow death – Update
A story about two hunting dogs – not galgos or podencos – but typical of the actions of many a Spanish galguero now the hunting season has finished. If anyone can help ACTIN, please contact them direct.
UPDATE: They are saved, read it here. But now ACTIN needs funds to pay for these dogs, for vet fees, food, fostering…If you haven’t already done so, please join ACTIN and support their work.
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ACTIN – fighting animal neglect and cruelty in Murcia
ACTIN is working hard to change the situation on animal cruelty and neglect in Murcia and ultimately Spain. a Spanish lawyer and animal lover has recently joined their team and you can now read the story of the first rescue they have undertaken, with the law on their side. On this link, you can read the story of Mara, a pointer chained up and neglected at Bullas, Murcia, who was rescued along with 120 podencos, galgos and other hunting dogs in January/February 2012.
Please join ACTIN and support the work they are doing.
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Donations for the Cordoba shelter – collection details
Donations for the poor Cordoba shelter – instructions from Chris Marshall, who will bring them back.
If people want donations bringing back they need to get them to Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, for 8.30am on the 25th March. I am sure I can arrange for the person to take delivery of them before that over the weekend if necessary. Susan Dawson is the lady. Her email is dogblues@hotmail.com she is happy to be contacted to arrange drop off over the weekend x
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Goods to donate for the Cordoba shelter – Contact Chris soonest
With regard to the recent appeal for the extremely poor shelter in Cordoba, Chris Marshall will be collecting donated goods on his next trip to the UK. Read about it here on his blog. If you have any dog beds, bedding, collars, leads, medicines, dog food, anything which the shelter could use, please email Chris here as soon as possible so he can organise and co-ordinate collections
These are some of the dogs in the shelter which need your help, including galgos and podencos
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A letter to Senor Galguero…
To Senor Galguero, from Beryl Brennan
I woke up ANGRY this morning. And it’s YOUR fault.
Why?
I’m a writer; I write for newspapers, magazines, websites. I’d like to write more books – I’ve got plenty of ideas, but not the time. I used to get paid for my writing. Now, writing about anything other than galgos and podencos has taken a very back seat, so I lay the drop in my income firmly at your door. Because I don’t earn any money writing about galgos and podencos, I do it because I must, for these innocent souls. That’s for starters.