Read all about it. How are they going to police it?!! Welcome to the 21st century, Spain! Now what about bullfighting, racing and hunting with hounds, horse wrestling, stoning donkeys….
Category: In the media
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ACTIN – animal cruelty exposed through the Courts – why they need your support
ACTIN can now report on a case of severe maltreatment of galgos which they have been working on since august 2013. This is why they need your support, to pay their legal team fight such cases through the courts. The two galgos are now with 112carlotagalgos and they have sponsors. Charl has asked that any donations for them be sent direct to ACTIN to help them continue their work.
Viv Wharton reports.
In August 2013, Actin was alerted to a case of 3 dogs being kept in horrendous conditions. It is hard to prove cruelty and neglect in Spain because of the lack of an animal protection act or an official organisation in Spain. Since Actin’s conception one of its aims is to prove how many cases like this exist and to find the right way to deal with it effectively.
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A view of Scooby Medina Refuge
Lovely video of Scooby – all these animals are for adoption! Please remember they all need feeding too. Help Scooby if you can, by sponsoring and publicising their work.
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Dia de Galgo – 1st February
https://aanifeira.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/world-greyhound-galgo-day-1st-february/ They suffer in Portugal as well as Spain
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March for the hunting dogs of Spain
PROTEST AGAINST THE HUNTING WITH GALGOS AND OTHER RACES in Madrid
8 February 2015
Meet at 12:00 to 13:00 in the Puerta del Sol and at 13:00 march to the door of the City Council of Madrid
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Update on Polar – handicapped galgo puppy from Seville
For those of you regular readers who have followed the story of Polar, the handicapped galgo puppy left at the gates of Pepis Dog Refuge at 2 months old, here are the latest photos of him with his housemates, galgos Carmela and Bracken, and little Podenca Andaluz Bebe – the boss of the pack! Polar continues to delight us with his antics and annoy us with his mischief – especially with food, shoes, socks, bedding….the list goes on! He continues on a dose of MSM daily and shows no evidence of feeling pain in his joint. Indeed, to see him haring around the courtyard with Bracken, he has no handicap atall!
Bebe’s bed is beside the woodburner – one reason is because it’s small so no one else can get on it! Bracken likes the red bed in front of the French doors. So if anyone else is on there he will go and stand over them or squeeze onto a bit of the bed, till they move!
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Vote for galgo in the PetVote Cutest Pet competition
Please vote for Zoroseed the Galgo. He has been entered into the PetVote Cutest Pet Competition and needs your votes to win.
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A hell of a life for a galgo in Spain
From a post by Jack Leonard on my Save the Galgos page on facebook
‘This coming weekend of January 10 will begin the long awaited Spanish National Championship for the Galgo in the village of Madrigal de las Altas Torres. Thousands upon thousands of galgos have been competing this season all for the foolish dreams of their owners that they will produce the Champion of Spain. The competition is now down to a handful of dogs and the excitement is building.
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ACTIN – an overview of their work in 2014
As you know, I publicise the work ACTIN do on behalf of all animal rescue associations in Spain, trying to improve the lot of the abandoned and maltreated animals. Here is a word from the founder Viv Wharton.
Happy New Year and a big thank you to the many who have helped us. We thought you might like to see what you have helped Actin Association achieve in 2014
It has been just over one year since Actin responded to the many worrying calls of eyewitness accounts regarding a local pound. We ended up rescuing so many dogs and it was such a task without having a rescue shelter, with no funds and with the animals having unexpected illnesses. Thankfully our supporters responded to our calls for assistance, because without them we would not have had a chance. In hindsight we would have been under less pressure, had we been better equipped and prepared but we acted with our hearts and when we saw the faces of those dogs, we could not leave them behind to suffer.