Galgo News

Tag: flights to Paris

  • Galgo & Podenco rescue associations – where were you on 11 October 2014?

    The way animal rescue associations criticise each other really gets me angry! Here’s a post I wrote on my Save the Galgo facebook page.

    On Saturday, 11th October 2014, I was pleased to be a part of the demonstration and publicity in the Trocadero, Paris, organised by Galgos Ethique Europe, illustrating to the general public the beautiful galgos who were there as ambassadors for their breed, and telling of the dreadful maltreatment they suffer in Spain at the hands of the galgueros and gitanos.

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  • URGENT – 1 MILLION SIGNATURES REQUIRED

    Cobie Steketee posted news on her fb page that the Federation Nacional and Galgo Hunting Clubs want to raise 1 million signatures to request UNESCO to class hunting with galgos as World Cultural Heritage. This would mean it could NEVER be banned! I asked my friends om Paris at Galgos Ethique Europe to raise a petition in response. It will be presented to UNESCO HQ in Paris.

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