January 2012 Cesar Milan and singer Dani Martin visited Las Nieves shelter, near Madrid, and met their 90 galgos To Dani Martin the association ‘Las Nieves’ is a very special place because dogs do not live in cages but that their space is open and live all together. For Cesar, the reception wass a very special moment: “It’s been a dream, a chulada. See all of the galgos coming toward you … has been a magical moment’. All the galgos are waiting for their forever homes.
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Las Nieves Shelter, Madrid – Cesar Milan meets the galgos
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Accommodation in Madrid – any room available?
Look at this beautiful face, those trusting eyes. This is Akaru, 8 yrs old. His hunter is going to take him to the perrera to be killed, because he’s got younger dogs now. What a betrayal. Akaru is one of 4 galgos in Madrid belonging to this hunter; he will take them all to the perrera to be killed, unless anyone can take them. Contact is vanessa.mascoteros@gmail.com
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Badajoz – galga on dearh row – Madrid – galga looking for a home
Two galgas desperately needing foster and forever families.
Kena is a small white galga, about 3 years old. She was delivered to Badajoz perrera by a hunter, without a soul or heart. She is very sweet, kind and affectionate, desperate to love and be loved. Due to be killed on 23 February. Here’s a video of her
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Accommodation in Spain – not for the faint hearted!
A couple of videos for you to watch; one is a galguero telling the truth about the attitude to their galgos, and the second illustrates the conditions in which galgos are often kept. Note also a horse is kept there too! And a third video – life for the galgos, life for the volunteers – it takes its toll on them all.
There is also a campaign being run now to stop British and Irish racing greyhounds being sent to India; here you can see them being used to hunt in Pakistan!
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Federacion Espanola de Galgos – letter-writing campaign, write now!
I have now composed a letter to the Federacion Espanola de Galgos, the ‘umbrella’ association in Spain to which the other galgo hunting federations belong, and invite you to send copies also. Thanks to Dioni Del Rio for the Spanish translation. (An English version is at the end). Please copy and paste, and post. Please ask as many of your friends and contacts to join in.