Save the Galgo – Stop the suffering
At long last, an auction for people who aren’t on facebook!! Mieke van Erp is raising funds for a half dozen rescue associations and Dutch Galgo Lobby. This is the link to the auction website – some beautiful items.
Here are the details of how the auction works. The homepage in is Belgian, this is an English translation.
One of the articles in my book on the Galgo Espanol is about theft of galgos. Now you might wonder why ever anyone would steal a galgo when they can be picked up for nothing on the street. This story will explain. Thank you to Greyhounds Rescue Holland for the translation. Watch the video here.
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A written declaration for Hounds all over Europe
Published 26 Novembre 2012 par Collectif Européen pour la Protection des Lévriers
We have been quite busy this summer. Twice we have met with mrs. Michele Striffler, Member of the European Parliament and vice-president of the Eurogroup on the Welfare of Animals.
Last July, via their attachés, we presented Mrs.Striffler and Mrs Durant the two questions that we still see as an option after the questions posed by Mrs. Durant in 2010, on request of Galgos Ethique Europe, and the question posed in October 2011 by Mrs. Kartika Liotard, on request of Greyhounds Rescue Holland. The last request was supported by a number of European organisations. A complaint on behalf of citizens is premature, given the subsidiarity principle with regards to domestic animals, especially dogs and cats, and the obstacles found in the Spain on this matter.
Video celebrating the first successful year for DutchGalgoLobby.
I haven’t had time to create a Galgo |News Xmas Card this year, so here are some to choose from rescue associations. Visit the websites for pictures and full details of how to order.
Please everyone, your help is still needed to stop galgo racing in Malaga. 112carlotagalgos and Galgos en Familia are pulling out all the stops. Here’s an update from Charl del Rio.
‘As we know galgos are used as “renta” dogs not pets! Therefore this gets passed off as Cultura Agriculture department. No-one wants to take responsibility to answer. Due to the welfare of the Spanish galgo and the fact that no other carrera de galgo has been held at the hipodromo in Malaga or any other in this area, they are duty bound to give information regards who placed the race there and if there will be permissions to give further races. They need flooding with emails.’
DutchGalgoLobby is a Dutch foundation which is actively approaching Dutch and European political parties and members of parliament to clarify the mistreatment of the Spanish Galgo and the associated hunting and gambling issues. Ed van Dort explains their work.
‘In the Netherlands we found support from various political parties such as the Dutch Animal Party (Partij voor de Dieren) which has two seats in Dutch Parliament and the PVV (Party for Freedom) which has 24 seats in parliament. Furthermore we are in close contact with members of European Parliament and several Animal protection organizations.
A Spanish volunteer tells her story.
“My name is Carmen and I grew up in a village close to Seville in the South of Spain. I always liked animals (when I was a child I always wanted to have a cat). However, I never got any because “animals are not for homes but for the countryside”. I remember seeing galgueros riding a motorbike and pulling 5 or 6 galgos behind for training. This was a familiar picture, so it looked normal to me. I never asked myself why there were always different galgos from season to season. I cannot remember having wondered about the fate of those galgos I did not see anymore.’
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Members of Greyhounds Rescue Holland recently visited 3 shelters in the Seville area. Read about the trip on this link.
Doesn’t mantion Spain, but the photo is of a starve galgo. Greyhounds Rescue Holland reports on the screening of maltreatment of abandoned animals in Europe and demands that the European Parliament enforces current legislation.