Here is part one of the beautiful story of the rescue of Gitano, who is being fostered and rehabilitated by Nano Calvo. Link to Part 2 here. Waiting for Part 3 in English.
Category: Campaign
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Adda petition to the government of Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Another petition to sign in support of the galgos, organised by association ADDA. Here’s a translation, the link to sign is here. Just needs your first name, surname, email address, postal code and country.
‘Galgos are eliminated each year at the end of the season. Considered as hunting tools, they are treated as waste material if they don’t comply with the expectations that are required or when they cease to be useful. Many of these animals are sentenced to die in the most cruel and slow way. Images of galgos hanged, beaten, thrown into wells… constitute irrefutable evidence of this shameful, absurd and reprehensible practice against noble, sensitive and helpless beings.
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Ireland, Australia, China, Macau – Help greyhounds in the Far East – 3 petitions to sign
A year or so back I publicised a campaign to stop greyhounds being exported to China for racing. I mentioned that some of the Australian greyhounds were sent to the Far East, which provoked some lively discussion from Australian greyhound trainers/breeders. There is a campaign running at the moment to protest against greyhounds being sent to Macau. Here’s apetition to stop the export of Australian greyhounds. Please sign and also read on, as there are two more petitions to sign.
Here’s the protest about dogs being cooked alive – in China, where else!
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Spain – hunters – galgos – read what a Spaniard has to say.
It’s always encouraging when the Spanish speak out against the galgueros. I was sent this link – by le Bulletin des Levriers – to a very interesting article about the galgueros, written by a Spaniard and translated into English. Here is a link to the third article – interesting photos but not yet translated. I’ve asked for the link to the first article as I have not been able to find it.
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Shame on Spain – Veronika Wild speaks out from Australia
More publicity, from an Australian reader, about the atrocities perpetrated against the galgos in particular in Spain. Be warned, the photo is not pleasant.
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Closing down a bad perrera – creates more problems than it solves
Closing 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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Badajoz – galga on dearh row – Madrid – galga looking for a home
Two galgas desperately needing foster and forever families.
Kena is a small white galga, about 3 years old. She was delivered to Badajoz perrera by a hunter, without a soul or heart. She is very sweet, kind and affectionate, desperate to love and be loved. Due to be killed on 23 February. Here’s a video of her
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Urgent – blinded galga needs a safe shelter for treatment – Toledo again!!
And this poor beauty was also stumbling around the streets of Toledo. Here’s her story.
‘This morning when I was coming from the Talavera hospital, this galguita was in a service area. I have seen she is very, very weak and something happens to her in her eyes that they close and they weep a lot.
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Jerez, Cadiz – cheap accommodation in Cadiz!
These are just 4 of the 7 new galgos to arrive in the Jerez perrera for killing. Poor Mama galga, used for breeding, has a huge tumour. It costs 30 euros for an organisation to take the dogs including chip, rabies vacc, passport and worm and tick treatment. Contact Maribel maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com 605637101 Maribel de 9 a 5 tarde. www.perreras.org in perrera 1
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Urgent – Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, to Stockholm – anyone flying after 23rd February?
Urgent appeal from TARA association on Gran Canaria
We need an animal lover who has a flight to Stockholm to assist in the re-uniting of a lovely little dog named Mysti and her loving human, Zandra.
If you have a ticket from Las Palmas to Stockholm after the 23rd of February and would be willing to allow TARA to place the dog on the plane this rehoming dream will come true. There are no costs and no delays to the passenger.