Category: Regional news

I speak English and French, but for Spanish, German, Italian etc, I rely on Internet translations. English is the International language and many of the people who email with information about the horrors of Spain do so in English. Sometimes things get lost in translation. But I applaud these people for contacting me.

I have now been sent the following information on the Olivenza Perrera, in the Badajoz area, which is particularly bad for ALL dogs. It is run by a woman, the dogs in there are not fed before they are euthanaised after perhaps 15 or 20 days…………. there is an association which works tirelessly to save some of them and rehome them away from Spain.

I have been sent this link about the perrera.

This is what we need – prosecutions in Spain against animal maltreatment.

Proaniplant is accused of the ill-treatment of animals in what is the first
case of its type in Spain

The magistrate in the Provincial Court in Murcia has inspected video evidence supplied by the El Refugio animal protection group, and started the first ever criminal proceedings in Spain against an animal protection agency in Spain.

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El Refugio Kimba recently rescue these 4 galgos from the Kimba Gesser dog pound, prior to being killed. Despite the lack of space in the Kimba shelter, these beautiful galgos were saved. They have been named Danko, Ultrac, Gorka and Axel. See more pix on the website.

Pro-Galgo are so inundated with appeals for help with galgos and caring for the ones they already have that they have not had time to update their English website. But you can read the latest stories with babelfish translation into English here. To see what the dogs suffer, to see what the volunteers cope with……..say a prayer for them all to have the strength to get through each day. And the end of the hunting season is only 6 weeks away!!!

Hey, folks. See what’s in Spain’s rubbish bin! You’ll see the one on the right has a swollen front right paw. Obviously injured or infected, so thrown by the galguerro on the scrap heap, like a cigarette end. I curse you, galguerro, and all your family, for the rest of your lives.

I have received the following appeal on behalf of Karmela for the dogs in Mairena perrera, condemned to be starved for 3 weeks before being euthanaised. If anyone can support her, please do. With donations, she can put the dogs into kennels so they can have their EU passport prepared.

Bonjour,

Karmela a publié une mise à jour de chiens emprisonnés à la perrera de Mairena! Pouvez-vous l’aider? Il y a des galgos mais aussi des chiots!!!!!!!!!Ce n’est pas leur place!
http://cid-af9169501e745e39.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Perros%20de%20Noviembre?ct=photos

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In trying to track down if anyone knew who the hunters were – by name etc – who had these dogs packed in this trailer, or had vehicle registration numbers, I have been given the link to this site. It’s in German but if you click on ‘Translate’ you will be able to read about the way the galguerros keep their dogs – this is the REAL Spain!

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Anna Clements of SOS Galgos is desperately seeking news of these dogs from Mairena. This is what she says.

‘Just wanted to keep you updated about the Mairena galgos since we have been up to our eyeballs in confusion about their aid. We have rescued ref 115, ref, 190, ref 186 and ref 117 (115 and 117 are the ones that appear on the frontpage of the article on your website) and they are here in forever homes in Barcelona.

We need your help in clarifying whether any groups have taken any of the 6 of the 7 galgos in the main photo where they all appear together, as I asked Puri of Cuenca animal who have taken 11 (she has sent me the photos of each one of these 11 galgos), but none of them are any of the 6 that appear in the photo in question (I say 6 because we got the 7th here which is ref 186, the one lying down that’s on the right).

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This is Spain, a Third World Country, Despeñaperros (Jaén), please look also to the van

Some days ago, this shot was taken in the Spanish province of Jaén. No, it’s not China or some of these so called developing nations, this is Spain.

These dogs are brought this way to the hunting and for sure they haven’t had anything to eat since days, so they pursue the bag with more wildness.

May we also say, that in Spain there is no animal torture? May we say that we are a “First World Country”?

Or should we better say we are a Third World Country.

Enforce Animal Defense Laws NOW!

Read it also in Spanish and German

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Rough Justice, folks! Here’s one up for the galgos. A missing hunter has been found dead at the bottom of a well in Calvia! He’d been missing for 9 days; no one heard his cries for help as he lay in the well badly injured. Eventually he shot himself. The galgos who get thrown down wells don’t have the luxury of a gun to put themselves out of their misery.