From Fermin Perez.
We are always pushing for welfare developments for animals living in Spain. Unexpectedly we acquired a new dimension to this area of our work. The Spanish government proposed an update to our animal welfare legislation. It was so ground-breaking, it seemed too good to be true. We realised it was when the Government acquiesced to demands from the Spanish hunting community and agreed to exclude hunting dogs. Given the thousands of hunting dogs exploited, abused and dumped in Spain every year, this is an amendment to the proposed legislative update Spanish rescues and animal advocates are unwilling to take lying down. We have been part of an active campaign calling on the Government to withdraw the amendment. It centres on the fact a dog is a dog and all breeds should be equal in the eyes of the law : “#MismosPerrosMismaLey”. We write more about this issue later in the newsletter but sadly it looks as if the Government is unwilling to take the necessary steps to protect hunting dogs.
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