This is a petition currently running to close down Mairena killing station, because the dogs which end up in there are kept in horrendous dirty conditions, starved…etc. Here’s the link. The information required is
Category: Campaign
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Petition to sign – close down Mairena del Aljarafe killing station
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Letter to Seprona – Spanish version – join the campaign
Letter to Seprona in Spanish. Add to the end of the letter your name and country, and those of family, friends, anyone who wishes to be included,and
Email to dg-seprona-jefatura@guardiacivil.org
Estimados señores;
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Letter to Seprona – please join the campaign!
Below is a letter composed by Vivienne Wharton of Animal Welfare Support Murcia which she is asking as many people as possible to email to Seprona, the division of the Spanish Guardia Civil which is responsible for animal welfare. Copy and paste the letter into an email or Word document, add your name to the bottom of the letter after Vivienne’s, plus members of your family, friends, any local organisation to which you belong etc. The more names added, the better!
Email the letter to
dg-seprona-jefatura@guardiacivil.org
Dear Sirs
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Malaga – walking the streets in Protest
Traffic in Malaga was today brought to a standstill when animal lovers in Andalucia took to the streets to protest about animal cruelty in Spain and in particular the plight of the galgos at the hands of the hunters. It’s at this time of year that the galgueros get rid of their dogs – upwards of 50,000 every year. The protestors wore black, many of the dogs wore black collars and scarves. Well done, everyone.
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Happy Valentine’s Day? Not in Badajoz perrera
3 of many more of the galgueros’ disposable dogs, galgos on death row in Badajoz perrera. Due to be killed on 16th February, unless any association can take them. Contact sosperrerabadajoz@gmail.com 622928360
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Accommodation in Spain – not for the faint hearted!
A couple of videos for you to watch; one is a galguero telling the truth about the attitude to their galgos, and the second illustrates the conditions in which galgos are often kept. Note also a horse is kept there too! And a third video – life for the galgos, life for the volunteers – it takes its toll on them all.
There is also a campaign being run now to stop British and Irish racing greyhounds being sent to India; here you can see them being used to hunt in Pakistan!
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Motoring in Spain – or how to train galgos to run….faster…
One of the ways of training a galgo is to run it alongside a motor vehicle or motorbike. This was made illegal because of the injuries suffered by galgos who went down. I have seen the injuries, horrific, on one galga we brought out of Spain. In 2011 the Junta of Andalucia legalised it. Here is a video showing what happens, a group who were trying to stop it, other galgueros who came in to support their friend, and finally Seprona arrived. Correct link here if you have problems with the other one
Here’s a rough translation
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Asociacion Baas Galgo – denouncing the hunters – how you can help
Sandra 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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Malaga, 12th February, 12pm. Organised Walk for galgos and podencos
There will be an organized walk in Malaga on the 12 February at 12.00 to mark the end of the hunting season and what happens to the dogs. It is a well organized event and attracts a lot of publicity people will wear black and put black scarves on their Podencos & Galgos. If anybody is interested in attending this event here is the information on Facebook. Further details below.
If anyone wants to go, and hasn’t got a galgo or podenco, you might be able to borrow one from 112carlotagalgos
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Accommodation in Spain – fun holidays in Spain!
This is not the face of Spain that the Spanish people want to show the world, but this is the face of Spain which the galgueros show to the world. Sickening, senseless death and injury caused by irresponsible hunters who take no responsibility for the misery they cause. And now the streets, refuges and killing stations are overflowing with abandoned galgos, in their hundreds every week, across Spain. Only the other day I heard that some galgos had been hung in Murcia. Please publicise the problem far and wide; one day we have to shame Spain to take action to stop it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xn28kxi1ac&feature=share