This stunning boy is in the Badajoz perrera, on death row. Hopefully an association can save him. Now saved and adopted in Italy!
Category: In the media
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Operation Rehala, Bullas, Murcia – more pix and videos
Bullas, Murcia – more pictures and videos.
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Greyhound Racing in Vietnam and South Africa – sign petitions NOW!
As so many British and Irish greyhound racing stadiums have closed, the Racing Boards are looking for other outlets for their dogs! I’ve already publicised the campaign against the IRB promoting racing in China, now it’s Vietnam and South Africa (again!). So please add your names to these petitions.
Vietnam
South Africa – vote before Monday, 12th March 2012 -
VW Golf Rabbit – good or bad marketing campaign?
VW are using galgos to promote their Golf Rabbit model – here’s the video, what do you think? Good for the galgos or not. Do we need to run a letter campaign?
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Operation Rehala, Bullas, Murcia – please help the podencos too
Los Perros de Bullas – Today (8th March 2012) it has been agreed with much teamwork from The Little Pod Foundation, SOS Animals UK, the Animal Welfare Support Murcia group and Podenco Friends to find temporary care and rescue for some of the misfortunate Podencos in the Bullas tragedy. If the rescue is successful, it is hoped that between 8 and 10 dogs will be saved, plus any puppies that are still there. Friday 9th March 2012 is the ONLY day now permitted to rescue any of these dogs.
Read here how you can help the podencos
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Operation Rehala, 120 dogs in Bullas, Murcia – the whole story
You can read the whole story about the operation to rescue the 120 galgos, podencos, pointers and setters in a compound in Bullas, Murcia, on Podenco Post.
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Hounding Misery part 3 – Nano Calvo
Here is the third part of the articles written by Nano Calvo. Link here for part 2 and part 1 . A couple of points – running dogs from motor vehicles is again law in Andalucia – the Junta voted to reinstate it in 2011. The trainer also displays the arrogance of the hunting and racing fraternity – the unwanted dogs will be adopted in other countries! Still these people refuse to deal with the issue of overbreeding and mass abandonment. Beautiful photos by Nano Calvo.
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120 galgos/podencos in Murcia – Pro-Setter organise the rescue
This video shows the conditions in which the dogs were kept; you will see some chained to walls, holes in the ground where they sleep, puppies….
Tina Solera of Galgos del Sol says, ‘Pro-Setter Spain is co-ordinating the rescue. On 2nd March La Fortaleza, GdS, Andreas Animal Rescue & The Henrietta Foundation joined forces to rescue some of these dogs. Between us we took 14 out. The Henrietta Foundation has been a real rock to GdS throughout this rescue and the camp rescue. We could not do it without them. Pro-setter are co-ordinating this rescue, please contact them if you can take any dogs. They are doing a great job.’
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120 hunting dogs in dire conditions in Murcia – Seprona denounce
This is a computer translation of the story, so apologies for the grammar! ‘The Civil Guard of the region of Murcia, in collaboration with the service personnel of Health Animal of the direction General of livestock of the community autonomous of the region of Murcia, has dismantled, in the so-called ‘Preparing’, a shelter illegal operation of dogs in the municipality of Bullas (Murcia).
Facilities, a fenced field of little more than 1,000 square meters located in a rural area, were staying around 120 dogs of different ages and races, mostly corresponding to the varieties that often are used for the exercise of hunting like greyhounds, podencos, pachones and English setters, among others.
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Galgueros – the truth of how they keep their dogs! Shame on Spanish hunters.
Two videos to show the truth about how the galgueros keep their dogs – and horses. And they also illustrate the difficulty in changing the situation – these are the older generation of Spaniards, who do not understand that what they do is animal cruelty, that they blacken the image of Spain around the world, thereby hurting the responsible people – the younger generations to a large extent – who abhor this publicity, and abhor the cruelty. Video 1 Video 2 Oh how I’d like to shut these men in the pitch black locked bunkers where they keep their dogs, to live in their own shit!