From Galgos del Sol
We asked for help & you came to their rescue. 23 rescued last week & soon we’ll go back for the rest.
Galgueros had left them with open sores, some of which had the bone exposed.
4am start & 7pm finish. We can’t thank our supporters enough for making this happen.
From Protectora Scooby
Some pictures we can’t show. And some we can: Copernico rescued by our team. Poor galgo suffered painful nose mutilation.
Act now to change this bill & protect all dogs. We must act now to demand a change to this bill and to protect all #dogs.
Please share this post and call on Pedro Sanchez and PSOE to do the right thing. #PawsTheLaw.
Please use all of you social media channels to tag PSOE & https://www.facebook.com/pedro.sanchezperezcastejon.
Gracias!
Too many people use the excuse of not being able to take their dog when they move. It’s an excuse especially used a lot in Portugal. It should be a last resort that the dog is taken to a shelter.
From Tina Galgos del Sol – what the tourists don’t see.
Imagine just driving down the road & seeing dogs everywhere. That’s what we face in Spain. Next rescue… these two. The rescue waiting list is long
And another, lucky not to be injured.
This what the amazing volunteers in Spain live with every day. And the Spanish government doesn’t do a bloody thing to stop it, to protect these dogs, stop the bloody hunters over-breeding and abandoning every year. Tens of thousands of hunting dogs at risk!
From Tina at Galgos del Sol.
‘Only days after hunting dogs are excluded from the new Wwelfare Protection Laws in Spain, this galgo was found nearly dead’ strangled by a shoe lace. Luckily found by people who are disgusted by these new laws. Deliberately tortured to die in agony. He’s not well & in vet care.
In relation to the case of the strangled Galgo, we have presented a formal legal statement. It can be seen in full on our FB page
Video – warning, upsetting pictures
Below is the action being taken against the owner of this galgo, who has been identified!
This petition is launched by associations of lawyers specializing in animal rights, to request a veto in the Senate to withdraw the reform of the Spanish Penal Code.
According to the decision of February 9th, 2023, galgos, podencos and all Spanish hunting, guard, companion and herding dogs are excluded from the new animal protection law and the abuse of the dogs is largely unpunished.
Please help, sign the petition and share it!
Keep fingers crossed that it happens – greyhound racing in Wales is set to be banned.
Read the full story on this weblink.
An desperate appeal from Galgos de La Mancha
URGENT HELP NEEDED – WE ARE ABOUT TO CLOSE!!! GALGOS OF SPAIN NEED YOUR HELP!! €5, €10… Anything helps us! Write to us and join our whatsapp group of collaborators.
Hunting season is over and we have an avalanche of greyhounds! Lots of animals on the street, in the kennels and waiting to get into our shelter. We don’t have the capacity or resources to pick up more animals. Debts and expenses suffocate us!!! Many partners, godparents and teamers rates have been disappearing little by little and our accounts are not maintained.
We are looking for companies that want to collaborate with our association
WE NEED TO OPERATE A HIP AND PAY OFF VETINARY DEBT! WE PAY RENT FOR THE SHELTER!
WE NEED COLLABORATION! PARTNERS, FOLKS, TEAMERS, DONATIONS, FOSTER HOMES, ADOPTIONS…. DON’T LEAVE US ALONE.
From Animal Rescue Spain.
‘Aitana has just arrived and is trembling with terror. She is a galgo like so many others, a waste of the hunt. How to explain to her that our Spanish politicians have ignored this suffering? That, as she is a hunting greyhound, she will not have rights like the rest of the dogs in the new Spanish Animal Protection Law, that dogs like her can continue to be mistreated with total impunity… Help us to continue fighting for them with a donation.
https://www.facebook.com/100064362768283/videos/725580242541883
It all comes down to money – billions of Euros in the Spanish government pocket from hunting!
From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends
‘9th February 2023 was a black day for animal welfare in Spain, the Government signed an agreement where both parties promised dignity for all animals. In what will be the ” National Animal Protection Act” the animal welfare law was passed but have excluded the bulls tortured at bull festivities, the millions of animals riddled by hunters, the ones used for animal testing, the ones considered production, such as executed in slaughterhouses, some horses, those used in pilgrimages, dolphins and hunting dogs. What this means Podencos and Galgos plus many other animals in Spain, are not protected they are in a worse position than before.
