For those of you supporters who wrote to the Lady Mayoress of Palma to protest about the closure of the centre, and who had their email returned, I have received the following reply.

Loosely translated from Spanish, it says,

‘The council are not into “sacrificing animals if they can help it”. The centre was opened in 2000, and licenced for 10 dogs. It now has more like 44. and local neighbours have complained.

Over a long period of time they have discussed this with the centre,

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Many of the email addresses did not work because they have been so
inundated by emails that either they have suspended the email address or
blocked them.

The association has managed to obtain a court injunction stopping the
removal of animals from the refuge.

The judge is still to rule if the association can keep the animals or
not.

We are in touch with the association and they appreciate the support you
have all given.

Thank you.

Saludos
Paul Agius
Presidente de ADANA
www.adana-estepona.com
0034 699 026 129

PLEASE HELP US and “NO” we don’t need your Money!!

We run a dog rescue shelter in Mallorca, a small island off of Spain. > We are a member of WSPA and the RSPCA.

TODAY Palma Council plan to close us down. We’ve fought with them for years, but there’s every chance that on

VALENTINES DAY FEBRUARY 14TH, they’re going to send the Police into us & confiscate all of our resident dogs, cats, donkeys and horses.

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Charlotte has just sent me this poster, and manifestation (.pdf). Apologies it is in Spanish. I’m desperately looking for someone to translate it into English for me, as she hasn’t time at the moment.

But basically it’s a protest against hunting with galgos and supporting animal welfare and the passing a new laws, everything we are fighting for, the national law will protect galgos, podencos and other Spanish hunting dogs.

If anyone can send me an English translation, I’ll be really grateful.

This weekend, L’Europe des Levriers has carried out another urgent rescue of galgos from Spain for rehoming in France, as the number of dogs abandoned by the galguerros intensifies at the end of their hunting season.

This rescue comes only 3 weeks after their last one, which also marked a milestone. For the first time in France, 2 associations which fight for improvement for the life of the Spanish galgos organised a rescue together.

Blandine Nowak, President of L’Appel des Levriers, a new association in Landaise, and Beatrice Monnet, President of L’Europe des Levriers, travelled to Spain with their teams to rescue 25 galgos, marking a turning point in the fight against the barbarism of the Spanish hunters.

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There’s a 50% chance of it making a difference.

This link is to ask for your signature for one of the worst cases of abuse which came out on the TV – you may have seen it – it’s where a man was seen beating his dog with a stick, filmed and denounced.

However the case is closed and these signatures will help to get the case re-opened and justice can hopefully happen.

Please take a mo to sign it and then pass it on.

www.tenerifeenlinea.com/firmas.php

CHICLANA is a town near Cadiz. A few hundred eople, roughly 400 according to the estimates by the Peña Galguera Santa Ana (galguero club) enjoy, as a hobby, training galgos for competition.

Traditionally, they have trained them in El Fontanal, the Pinar público and the Cañada la Asomada, making them run behind their motor scooters on a course of about 15 kilometers in length.

Now they are denouncing the Seprona for not letting them train in these traditional areas because, according to their information, they say that “they border on private land”.

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/peticion-against-cruelty-to-galgos

Another petition, this time from PETA, can be found here.

Here’s another on-line petition for you to sign, and send details on to all your friends.

Don’t be afraid there are no horrific pictures on the petition, those are available through a forewarned link.

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/tortured_spanish_greyhounds

in the beginning there was darkness but now there is more light… but we still have a long way to go

I applaud Beryl’s new venture here in France to create an English language website with continuing news of the galgo situation in Spain. Awareness of the plight of the galgos of Spain and their rescue, has come a very long way in the last 10 years, thanks to all of you.

Here’s how it began…It was the plight of the imported Irish greyhounds which in 1991 drove me to go to Spain to investigate and try to improve their conditions at the tracks in Mallorca, Valencia and Barcelona.

I had to spread the word abroad urgently as, due to the UK’s animal import laws, I desperately needed some sympathisers in mainland Europe to take in the discarded greys for adoption…a cumbersome task before the days of the internet.

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