Galgo News

Category: Campaign

  • Spanish TV publicises the abandonment of galgos

    Translation of the piece on Madrid television about the abandonment of and cruelty to galgos.

    ‘Abandoned, abused, malnourished… So are many greyhounds when hunting season, now in February.  So protective of animals denounce it as Animal Rescue who see real atrocities committed with these dogs.  Some come with obvious signs of abuse and have even had cases of galgos who had started the chip of rennet to avoid being identified.

    Between February and June, almost 30% of dogs that are collected in the community of Madrid are galgos.’ 

    If you want to adopt or sponsor one of them, visit the Association’s website: www.animalrescuespain.com

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  • NAC Protest throughout Spain against hunting with hounds – Sunday 7th February 2016

    Over 14 cities and thousands of people marched in peaceful protest against hunting with galgos, podencos, pointers etc in Spain.  And also against the cruelty the cazadores and galgueros inflict on their hounds.  Here’s a video of the protest in Madrid where over 2,000 people marched.  And remember, this is the Spanish protesting against the Spanish hunters.

  • Peaceful Protest, London, 1st May 2016 – support with your rescued Spanish hounds

    Here’s the current information, more details will be posted when available.  Please support them if you can…remember, it’s for all Spanish dogs.

  • Hunting in Spain with the Spanish Galgo

    March Barcelona 7th February 2016 250 the RamblasVideo of the reality of hunting in Spain with the galgo.  Hunting has now officially closed and galgos in their thousands are being dumped in perreras, abandoned on the campo….over 2,000 people marched in Madrid  on Sunday 7th February 2016 to protest about the galgueros and their cruel practices, over 500 in Barcelona (photo at The Ramblas) over 150 in Alicante, over 100 in Castelleon…figures for the other 10 cities still coming in.

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  • Hunting in Spain – Brigitte Bardot protests to King Felipe VI of Spain!

    Brigitte Bardot has written to King Felipe and the government of Spain protesting about the plight of the galgos and podencos at the end of the hunting season,  to end urgently hunting with Galgos because it´s cruel, torture, not necessary and it does not belong anymore in the 21st. century…

    http://brigitte-bardot.over-blog.net/2016/02/defense-des-animaux-brigitte-bardot-s-indigne-contre-le-sort-reserve-aux-levriers-en-espagne.html

  • Argentina prohibits dog racing A big applause for it!

    Good news someone is actually Banning this .So to others Countries hope this sets a precedent to actually admit the truth about Dog Racing and its cruel tradition – Google translation

    The Commission for Justice and Criminal Affairs Senate Argentina has signed a new law that prohibits any breed of racing dogs. People might be surprised that violating this law shall be punished by three to four months in jail. They have banned dog racing since this is a form of abuse and mistreatment of animals because the dogs undergo injections, drugs and treatments to make them faster, it also promotes illegal gambling and tax evasion.

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  • Sign the petition – stop a law to chain dogs in Gran Canaria!

    Please sign and share this petition to be presented to the Council at the meeting on 4th February.

  • Justice for Galgas Nanou and Lulu in Spain – sign the petition

    You may remember a post a few days ago about 2 pet galgos murdered by galgueros as retribution to the owner for speaking out against them.  There is understandably a groundswell of anger against the situation and a petition has been raised to demand justice and prosecution against the perpetrators.  Please sign and share.

    From the organiser.  ‘Please sign the following petition, to help a friend of mine, who has been severely punished by local hunters (in Southern Spain) for having been brave enough to break a tradition of unpunished tyranny from the part of the head of the hunters’ tight community. Her punishment was to find one of her Spanish Greyhounds (galga) hung from an olive tree behind her house…and been told by the vet that the animal had been previously frozen and kept somewhere…

    A horrendous CRIME that cannot fall into oblivion…just as so many galgo’s deaths do every year…This is not only death…but murder made worse by psychological torture and deliberate sadism.

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  • 7th February 2016 – 14 towns in Spain – Manifestation against galgo hunting

    7th February 2016

    12.00  in 14 towns in Spain as below – 11.00am in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

    El domingo 7 de febrero tienes una nueva oportunidad para mostrar tu rechazo a esta deleznable práctica.

    ¡Ahora 14 localidades unidas al mismo tiempo! Todas a las 12:00. Menos Canarias a las 11:00 

    Busca tu ciudad y participa. Salva vidas

    ALICANTE:
    Recorrido: Plaza de los Luceros, Av. Federico Soto, Av. Doctor Gadea, Av. Doctor Ramón y Cajal, Paseo de Explanada de España, Fin de trayecto en Ayto de Alicante.

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  • The Spanish Galguero – victims of their cruelty

    Murdered galga 170 1 1 2016Intimidation is a terrible thing, especially when the result is attacks on people, property, vehicles, animals.  It is not uncommon in rural Spain for people who speak out against animal cruelty, make denuncias, to suffer in such a way.  Here is a story of just one such case.  My heart goes out to the poor lady, and to her dogs who died so horrendously.  (Taken from a facebook page Million Paw March for Justice)

    ‘With permission, We are saddened, shocked, and angered to have to report that the post made on the March earlier of the murdered Galga, Nanou, mutilated and tied to the owners fence in an act of apparent revenge belonged to one of our Marchers. A Marcher, who asked not to be named, who has been with us all from the very beginning. No words can properly express the sorrow and pain our Friend of the March is going through but they wanted a summary of the events told here and the village named.

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