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Tag: animal cruelty in Spain

  • The PAES Project – ACTIN calling rescue associations and volunteers

    Viv Wharton of ACTIN writes.

    ‘IN 2015 the PAES project – Proteccion animales España will be launched. This is a Project for any registered Associations and individual rescuers interested, who dedícate their lives to animal rescue.

    The aim of the Project is to improve the welfare of animals in Spain and all aspects of that.

    There is much to prepare and the success of it will depend on the collaboration of as many as possible to be involved, in order to make a powerful and dynamic quest for change for the animals in Spain.

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  • Maltreated in Murcia

    Galgo pup broken leg 250 22 10 2012This young galgo is only 6 months old and already knows the bloody brutality of man. A call was received that a young dog was crying hysterically in some shrubs, obviously hurt. The volunteers went along and managed to lift it out, and immediately took it to the vet, where its injured leg was x-rayed. The verdit of the vet – the injury was not the result of an accident or a fall, but the bone was broken as a result of brutal kicking or beating with a stick or stone.

    He has now been operated on and his leg bones pinned together.

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  • Summer in Spain – overworked volunteers struggling to cope

    Rescate salamera y timon 001 250More horror for the Spanish volunteers – more galgos needing help. Carmen tells the story.

    ‘On 24th August, Salamera and his son Timon were rescued, sadly we haven’t found the other puppy. They were in a very dangerous place and we had to enlist the help of an expert in catching the galgos. We’ve managed to get them to a house, after paying the ransom to take the dogs! They both need attention by the vet.

    And whilst we had rescued them, another one on the street desperately needing help, yet more vet fees. (young grey galgo)

    This is a strain on our resources, the 3 galgos need vaccines, blood tests and vet treatment.’

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  • 5 month old foal in hiding from the gitanos!

    I post this for you all to read – to illustrate the type of indescribable creatures all Spanish animals may have the misfortune to meet. Read on.

  • Greyhounds to China – Pix of Dublin protest 20/03/2011 & America 18/03/2011

    There were over 70 people and about 10 dogs, mostly greyhounds, at the Dublin demo yesterday, with photos/videos at see http://tinyurl.com/DublinGreyhoundExportsDemo and http://pix.ie/sensibleken/album/404974 Link to protests in America

    Let’s hope there will be thousands out around Spain for the manifestation demonstration on 25th March. Here’s the link to find one near you,.