Category: Campaign

  • SOS Rescue – catching abandoned galgos

    This is a video of SOS Rescue in Spain, trying to catch abandoned galgos. It is on facebook so I’m not sure if you can view it, I have asked if it can be put on Youtube.

    Vincente Cervero Lopez says ‘Currently we have 6 Rescue teams in Castilla La Mancha, Madrid and Murcia. we want to make two rescue teams more, to be able to help more and better. The equipment for each team costs around 600 euros, which includes loops and traps to capture terrified galgos, a microchip reader, networks and kennel’.

    Video 1 – Capturing galgo Nicolas
    Video 2 – rescuing Austen left abandoned in a property

  • Ban the televising of galgo racing and hunting – Association BaasGalgo calls on your support.

    Another petition to sign, raised by Association Baas Galgo – addressed to the director of Castil1a-la Mancha TV and also the Regional Government of Castilla-la Mancha.

    Here is a translation.

    Att of Carmen Amores(Director of Castilla La Mancha Television)

    The Association BaasGalgo can neither understand nor conceive, that public service television, subsidized by all Spaniards is the accomplice to the world of hunting and racing with galgo, where there is so much suffering, death and abandonment.

    A world where animals are exploited to exhaustion or injury to then be discarded, abandoned or slaughtered because they could no longer fulfill the expectations for which they were raised. A world in which they are bred indiscriminately, neglect and abuse are linked to them, even after complaints and court trials where people have been convicted, they are still used as tools.

    As association devoted to the fight against the neglect and abuse of the Galgo in Spain, we urge the public entity to reconsider the issue of galgo racing and hunting.

    The Association calls for change and this is clearly shown in the massive demonstrations that are convened every year against the use of the Galgo as a tool.

    Each year thousands of dogs are abandoned or slaughtered in horrible ways, a fact that year after year we check and we suffer with them. Equally the Spanish Society and International Communities are aware of the cruelty involved in this “hobby”.

    We urge the direction of Castilla La Mancha television and thoser responsible for content that they behave in an ethical way and take a step forward with courage to delete this type of content from your television output. It is NOT a sport.

    Association BaasGalgo

  • Galgos with Scooby needing special experienced homes

    Here are two galgos amongst the dozens with Scooby association, but these two are special as they have neurological problems and therefore need special experienced homes. You can read about them and see videos on this link.

    I’d like to be able to show you another galgo just rescued from Scooby – dumped in a perrera in an horrendous state. The video is only on facebook, here is the link if you are able to view it. As ever, it reinforces the fact that the majority of galgueros are sub-human and not fit to breathe the same air as the galgos, nor share the same planet!

  • Volunteering at a rescue shelter – ground rules to remember!

    ACTIN galga Aysha 400It will soon be the end of 2016 and thoughts will turn to holidays in 2017. Regular readers will know I suggest that volunteering at an animal refuge is a wonderful way to spend a week – but there are some ground rules which need to be born in mind. It’s not actually a holiday as such – cleaning kennels, feeding dogs, washing bedding…but there is always time off to do sightseeing, or just play with the dogs!

    Most volunteers know this; many return year on year to their preferred refuge whilst others like to go to a different area and meet different people. But the ground rules remain the same!

    1. Remember that the people who own/run the refuge are the ones there 24/7 365 days a year and know the dogs in their care inside out. They know their characters, likes and dislikes, which dogs get on with others, or not.

    2. Do not question any instructions relating to the care of the dogs – helpful suggestions will be considered.

    3. Dogs like routine, refuges run on routine, so please adhere to the daily routine of the refuge wherever possible – obviously if bad weather hits and it’s all hands on deck, then carry out the emergency tasks asked of you.

    (more…)

  • Spain will be marching on 5th February 2017 – join the protest

    Year on year now there are protests throughout Spain in February against hunting with hounds and the cruelty itnvolved. Here are the details so far and a list of the cities in which marches are being organised. I’ll publish more precise information as any becomes available.

    Manifestation 5 February 2017 400February 5., 2017: in 24 cities of Spain, the people of Spain will take to the streets to demonstrate, to March against coursing or hunting with Hounds! There will be more people, more voices and more determination than there ever has been before, the resistance is growing year by year.

    For those left hanging by ropes from trees, for those abandoned, for the victims of this Cruelty.

    Join us, raise your voices and take part… in Spain, Germany and throughout the world.

    Together…We can change the world! Till it shines!

    (Say or Scream) No to Hunting with Hounds!

    Tweets – #NoAlaCaza5F #tillitshines #ownhope #noalacaza #galgoslibres

    (more…)

  • Life on the streets in Murcia, Spain – December 2016

    Murcia dog pack 400 13 12 2016The reality of life in Spain. Murcia December 2016!

    There are approximately 30 dogs!! Between them there are adults and puppies, and some bitches pregnant. There’s rescue teams measuring the situation and ready to act, and there needs to be places for them to go off the street for:

    – for at least two litters of infants with mommy (there may be some more litters).
    – for at least 4 houses for adults.
    – for six puppies of about three months.

  • A Dog is for Life – not just for Xmas – share the message

    Dogs are for Life 400Share the message – so many people STILL buy puppies for Xmas only to discard them when they get destructive, larger than expected, a nuisance when they want to go on holiday!

  • More on the storms hitting southern Spain – Greyhound Rescue Holland reports

    Storms Malaga province 400 12  2016Here is more on the problems facing refuges and shelters in southern Spain suffering torrential rain and flooding in the storms currently hitting the area.

    Photos of the flooding in Galgos en Familia shelter in Alhaurin del Torre

  • Torrential rain hits southern Spain –

    One tends to think of Spain as always basking in brilliant sunshine – that’s why people go there for winter. Not at the moment this year. It’s a nightmare for the refuges and shelters and any abandoned dogs – please contact any refuges you support to see what help they need.

    Torrential Rain on the Costa del Sol