Category: Campaign

  • Cheap accommodation in Spain, book into a perrera!

    Gesser is another perrera in Jerez, southern Spain. It is built for 70 dogs but there are 190 there, mostly they will be killed. Amongst the dogs were 35 galgos taken there by the hunters. Pro-Galgo reports on their German website that 80 dogs were saved by various associations both in Spain and abroad. This is a basic translation.

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  • Seville, galgos in terrible conditions – please help

    Seville 2 01 2011 gypsies Please can any associations help this brave lady? Here’s the appeal I received.

    CAN YOU HELP SAVE THESE GALGOS, PLEASE?

    These galgos are in a shanty town in Sevilla. For two years Inmaculada has been rehoming them little by little. She doesn’t have photos of them all as the people become very angry and won’t allow her in the place. There were eight females, seven males and six mixed breed.

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  • Publicity for Podencos – help and forever homes wanted

    For many years Rick and Lesley Beauchamp in the UK have been helping rehomed podencos rescued by SARA Lanzarote; virtually the only chance of a loving forever home is on mainland Europe. Thanks to Ed of Podencoworld for forwarding this clip of a BBC interview with Lesley. Please contact Ed or SARA Lanzarote if you are interested in helping these fabulous hounds.

  • Greyhound Protection Review 2010 – Let’s hope we can do the same for the galgos

    Many thanks to all those who have helped raise awareness over the past 12 months of the British Greyhound Racing industry’s inherent cruel practices – an industry that is responsible for the deaths of thousands of greyhounds – currently estimated to be 12,000 annually. To see how we are winning the campaign to protect greyhounds – please click here

  • El Camino Walk – summer holiday in Spain for a week, help the animals

    El Camino 01 2011 200 URGENT, we are still looking for people who want to join us on our trip to Santiago de Compostela with and for the animals. Everybody who loves animals, likes walking and wants to join us is welcome. You can come with your dog, donkey, horse or any other animal capable to walk an average of 24 km a day.

    We can offer you a special 20% discount if you register and pay before the end of the month, so your weekly contribution would be only 336€ including accommodation and food. Please be aware that we cannot do anymore, it is extremely expensive to organize this trip, including transport for animals, support vehicles, etc.

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  • Cruel Spain – galgos tied up in caves to starve to death – shame on Spain

    Cuevas Chinchilla cave entrance 01 2011 190 The entrance to Hell. From A.P.A.P. Albacete Noah’s Ark we want to present a new case of animal abuse, which occurred in the town of Chinchilla de Montearagón. Again, the galgo, noble animal, an innocent victim of the cruelty and ruthlessness of some heartless owners.

    Last week members of the Protective went to check the call of some youths who made a grisly discovery, several bodies of dogs in a cave near the village.

    Fearing the worst we viewed some of the caves in the area and found in several of them the same sad scenario, dogs in various stages of decomposition, bound with ropes to rocks inside the caves where they had been left to die slowly of starvation. .. and even whole litters thrown into small pits from which they could not leave.

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  • Join the campaign p write to your MEP – Spanish and Dutch translations here

    Join this campaign, please send a letter to your MEP. Here are the links to find your MEP. List of MEP 1 List of MEP 2

    Below is a translation of the letter into Spanish for writing to your Spanish MEP
    Below also is a translation of the letter into Dutch for writing to your Dutch MEP. Please copy and paste and send either by email or post.

    Thank you to Consuelo and Lisa for the translations.

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  • Cruelty to Galgos In Spain – response from Ms Vassiliou at the EU

    One of the British MEP’s, Fiona Hall, has kindly responded to one of her constituents about asking your own MEP to support a Parliamentary Question submitted by Derek Vaughan MEP.

    Subject: Your email to Fiona Hall MEP Our Ref: FH/JF

    19 January 2011

    Dear….

    Thank you for your email regarding the treatment of greyhounds in Spain. This issue has been raised with me by a number of constituents and I share your concerns that so many dogs are being mistreated.

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  • Seville, City of Shame, behind the glitter – who’s starving in the winter sun

    Abandoned galgos 2 19 01 2011 250 I wept when I received this story. 4 galgos,abandoned, starving and barely able to stand. A woman is leaving food and water but she can’t take them in, please can anyone help. Here’s the appeal I received (Google translation!)

    A few days ago a woman called me crying, 4 dogs skeletal and more dead than alive. I went to see and do photos, and what I found on arrival was eerie. They are two males and two females. Of the males, one is very sweet and young, have white teeth, and let me pet him about looking for love. not too thin, and hits all the food (normal if starved), but it’s a terrific galgo and loves petting.

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  • Cheap Spanish holiday? Try Mairena or Jerez Perreras

    At least 10 galgos, one injured on its neck, and 4 podencos are amongst the dozens of dogs due to be put down this week at Mairena. Dogs and cats, all with love to give to the kind hands extended to them – but where to take them, the shelters are full, foster homes full………. Contact elcitardelacortesana@hotmail.com
    mabelea@hotmail.com

    And another 11 in Jerez perrera – contact Maribel (0034) 0 605637101 Maribel de 9 a 5,30