Category: Campaign

I’ve been in correspondence with Gareth Thomas, International Project Manager for RSPCA International, on the subject of the abandonment of dogs and cats in Spain, particularly with regard to galgos in my own case.

He has been extremely helpful with explaining the Society’s stand on this subject, and this is what he has to say:

‘RSPCA International focusses its aid and training on strenghtening local partners’ work to improve animal welfare, such as projects to improve responsible pet ownership, increase neutering and introduce animal welfare education into schools.

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Each Spanish region has its own legislation for animal protection, some even have none. Read what the Bright Eyes Society says.

Bright Eyes Society also has this suggestion for denouncing cruelty in Spain.

This link quotes Animal Protection Law in Andalucia. Scroll down the page to the appropriate heading.

Interesting read on EU legislation.

Also http://www.vierpfoten.eu/website/output.php?id=1284&language=1#

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This is Eros.  Look long at his gentle trusting smiling face.  He’s not even a year old, just a baby.  He’s just been stolen by the galguerros from the sanctuary of the refuge trying to rehome him.  What expression of fear and terror must be on his face now.

Help the campaigns to wipe out this cruelty, wipe out hunting with galgos, control their breeding, put an end to horrors of their murder.

Join my campaigns, write to the Spanish Prime Minister, email the Minister of the Environment, sign all the petitions! If you’ve already done it, do it again!

August has arrived, soon it will be September, and the beginning of the hunting season in Spain. Hundreds of galgos remain in refuges at the moment, rescued by brave over-worked volunteers.

But most of the refuges are unmanned at night. And the galgos are now in a vulnerable position – in danger of being stolen and finding themselves back in the hell of the last hunting season.

Passion Levriers report several galgos which have already been stolen from a refuge before they could be removed by the association.

One cannot begin to imagine the hell they will suffer yet again, after having found sanctuary.

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Why we love a galgo. This video shows some of the things which happen to them at the end of the hunting season at the end of January.

Don’t switch off. Don’t be too afraid of watching it, it is not too horrific, The pictures say a lot to explain the origins of the galgo, and follows the story through. And it shows just how much love these fantastic dogs can give, even though they might suffer so much hardship.

Please watch, and pass the word on, about the plight of the Galgos

Maria Daines and Paul Killington were invited into the BBC Radio Cambridge studio to talk to Sue Marchant about how they use their wonderful musical talents to help all animals and also to promote the release of Racing to Death and try to raise awareness and highlight greyhound ‘Remembrance Weekend’

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Greyhound Action International Alert

Greyhounds in Australia that are surplus end up being tortured in vivisection labs or end up being exported to hellholes in Macau, China Wild life Park, Vietnam or Korea where they end up terrified and eventually chopped up in the horrific dogmeat markets.

The vast majority of greyhounds that are exported to Asia are from Australia so please keep up the pressure on the Australian govt to stop the export of greyhounds to Asia.

Also the tourist trade is very important in Asia please contact all the tourist boards/embassies lists provided on our website and tell them you will boycott their country if they continue with greyhound racing and the abuse and killing of greyhounds.

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‘REMEMBRANCE WEEKEND’

“Two years later. How many thousands of dead dogs later?”
Annette Crosbie OBE – July 2008

Wednesday 16th July marked the second anniversary of the ‘Seaham Slaughter‘ exposure by Daniel Foggo, journalist to The Sunday Times.

Not only did this investigation prove beyond doubt that greyhounds were being slaughtered on a massive scale but as a result of the public outcry, ministers demanded an All Parliamentary Enquiry.

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ON the site we highlight many ways you can voice your opposition to the way galgos are treated, be that letter writing, sponsored walks or the sending of emails.

But if you have your own website one of the easiest ways is to feature the latest Galgo News headlines on it thanks to a so-called ‘widget’.

This lets you copy and paste a short piece of code anywhere on your website so that your readers can get a quick update on the latest news on galgo rescue.

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THANKS to the work of Roland Hulme the site now has its own page on Facebook where people can share information on all things galgo.

The Save the Galgo page features comments and messages from people who have rescued galgos in the past as well as posts from people who have only recently discovered the suffering many dogs face.

If you are already a member of Facebook then you can easily join and invite others to do the same, if you are new to Facebook then it is free to join and you can follow the page quickly and easily.

And if you have your own blog and want to promote the Facebook group please feel free to use the image above to link through from your own website.