Category: In the media

Six people have been detained after a spectacular pursuit, including a helicopter. They got surprised when hunting with galgo’s without permission in the region of Toledo.

Since the end of November the police department of Castilla la Mancha has performing “Operation GALGO”.

They are seeking for hunters who hunt with galgo’s without a permit, in order to eliminate this kind of hunting.

During this operation, performed by the SEPRONA (the police department responsible for nature protection) six people were surprised hunting with galgo’s and detained in the provence Toledo.

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Wednesdays are my day for doing one of the things I like best, burying my nose in a newspaper. That’s because my copy of the Weekly Telegraph arrives. And I was pleased to see that there was an article by a resident in Spain telling the tale of the arrival of her dog, Cuchi, from a Spanish shelter.

I promise you, I don’t know her – yet – so it’s great that she has got some publicity to further our cause.

Note on my ‘To Do’ list – make contact with her! Here’s the link to read her article.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Radio Val D’Or picked up on the recent rescue of galgos and puppies carried out by L’Europe des Levriers at the beginning of December, and for listeners in the Poitou region, there’s an interview going out today, Thursday and Friday, with Beatrice Monnet, President of EDL, and also ‘yours truly’. I’ve broadcast to the nation in English, but I had to take a minute to consider whether I had enough confidence to speak in French!

Presenter Ginnette Folwell will run the interviews in her programme ‘A Tous Crins’, which is a half hour slot from 1700-1730 on Tuesdays and Fridays, and it will also be run after the 9 am and 6pm news on Thursdays.

I’m delighted with the chance to tell listeners to Radio Val D’Or about the problems for the galgos, and hopefully it will result in more people contacting the rescue associations with offers of help.

Radio Val D’Or, 95.2 FM
A Tous Crins
5-5.30pm Tuesdays and Fridays.

If any of the other associations have media reports, send them on to me now.

As always, searching on the Internet for news about galgos, I found the following letter on Inland Trader, a Spanish website. I have their permission to reprint it in Galgo News.

The Spanish Galgo has to be one of the worst treated animals in Spain.

It’s time to make a stand and say we “animal lovers” have a voice on their behalf, and we’re here to help and fight to stop this cruelty. While the Galgos brothers and sisters in other countries struggle as a breed, it’s by far the Spanish Galgo who suffers a brutal life and the cruellest death.

The Spanish Galgo is kept in the most horrendous conditions imaginable.

If a Galgo falls into the hands of a “hunter” its fate more often than not is decided before it’s started.

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