This link is to a Spanish hunting federation. Whilst I curse every breath these men and women take, if you watch the video, you will see what hunting with galgos is all about. Not only does a hare have to run for its life, but the bloody hunters riding horses….knacker the horses’ feet and legs on the hard ground – the horses will feel so much pain after the gallop and they are probably lame for weeks, if not permanently. More horse meat for the Italian market? (Apologies to my Italian readers, but where else will the knackered horses go?) Hey, and you horse riders like me, what sort of crap riding seat has this woman hunter?!! Seat too far back on the saddle, so pressure on the horse’s kidneys, legs too short for a gallop, toes pointing forward, not sitting balanced in the centre of the saddle……grrrrrr – crap rider.
Tag: Madrid
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Hunting in Spain, on horseback, with dogs –
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List of Spanish Government and autonomous government addresses
Source http://madrid.angloinfo.com/countries/spain/contacts5.asp
(The most important addresses are the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Environment, Minister of Tourism and the Minister of Education, Culture & Sport – I’ve highlighted them)
THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
Complejo de la Moncloa.
28071 Madrid
SPAINTel.: 91 335 35 35.
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Pl. Infanta Isabel,
1-28071 Madrid
SpainTel. 91 347 53 68 57 24
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Pl. San Juan de la Cruz, s/n
28071 Madrid
SPAINTel: 91 597 60 00
MINISTRY OF TOURISM
C/Capitan Haya 41
28071 Madrid
SpainTel. 91 346 27 62
MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
C/ Pº de la Castellana, 5 y Amador de los Ríos, 7
28071 Madrid
SPAINTel: 91 537 10 00
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT
Pº de la Castellana, 67
28071 Madrid
SPAINTel: 91 597 70 00
MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Pº de la Castellana, 162
28071 Madrid
SPAINTel: 91 583 74 00
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORT
c/ Alcalá, 34
28071 Madrid
SPAINTel:91 701 80 00
Autonomous Governments (I’ve highlighted the most important ones)
GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA
(Government of Catalonia)
Plaza de San Jaime, s/n
Barcelona
SPAINTel.93 318 34 88
GOBIERNO VASCO
(Basque Government)
Palacio Ajuria-Enea
Vitoria
SPAINTel.945 01 79 00
JUNTA DE GALICIA
(Galician government)
Edificio Administrativo San Caetano
15704 Santiago de Compostela
SPAINTel.981 54 54 00
COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA DE CANTABRIA
(Autonomous Community of Cantabria)
C/ Casimiro Sáinz, 4
39003 Santander
SPAINTel. 942 20 71 00
PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS
(Principality of Asturias)
C/ Suárez de la Riva, 11
33071 Oviedo
SPAINTel.985 10 67 67
JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA
(Government of Andalucia)
Avda. de Roma, s/n
41071 Sevilla
SPAINTel. 95 503 55 00
REGION DE MURCIA
(Murcia Region)
Palacio de San Esteban
c/Acislo Díaz, s/n
30071 Murcia
SPAINTel. 968 36 20 00
DIPUTACION GENERAL DE ARAGON
(Government of Aragon)
Pº Maria Agustin, 36
50071 Zaragoza
SPAINTel. 976 71 40 00
JUNTA DE COMUNIDADES DE CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
(Government of Castilla-La Mancha)
Palacio de Fuensalida
Plaza del Conde, 2
45071 Toledo
SPAINTel. 925 26 76 00
GENERALITAT DE VALENCIA
(Government of Valencia)
c/ Caballeros, 2
46071 Valencia
SPAINTel. 96 386 61 00
COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA DE LA RIOJA
(Autonomous Community of La Rioja)
c/ Vara del Rey, 3
26071 Logroño
SPAINTel. 941 29 11 00
JUNTA DE EXTREMADURA
(Government of Extremadura)
Plaza del Rastro, s/n
06800 Mérida
SPAINTel. 924 00 34 38
WebsiteGOBIERNO DE CANARIAS
(Government of the Canary Islands)
Pl. Dr. Rafael O’Shanahan, 1
35004 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
CANARY ISLANDSTel. 928 45 21 00
JUNTA DE CASTILLA Y LEON
(Government of Castilla y León)
c/ Santiago Alba, 1
47008 Valladolid
SPAINTel. 983 41 11 00
COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA Y GOBIERNO DE LAS ISLAS BALEARES
(Autonomous Community and Government of the Balearic Islands)
La Llotja de Mar, 3
07012 Palma de Mallorca
IBIZATel.971 17 65 65
COMUNIDAD DE MADRID
(Community of Madrid)
Puerta del Sol, 7
28013 Madrid
SPAINTel. 91 580 42 60
GOBIERNO DE NAVARRA
(Government of Navarre)
Palacio de Navarra,
Avda. San Ignacio,1
31002 Pamplona
SPAINTel.948/42 77 76
CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE CEUTA
(Autonomous City of Ceuta)
Plaza de Africa, s/n
51701 Céuta
SPAINTel. 956 52 82 00
CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE MELILLA
(Autonomous City of Melilla)
Pl. de España, 1
52801 Melilla
SPAINTel. 95 269 91 00
Link to a list of Spanish embassies throughout the world
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Cheap accommodation in Valencia – food not included!
Look carefully, you might see a puppy in there. And it’s not only the animals for whom life is hard. It is also hard for animal rescuers. This is a tale from one, near Valencia. She’s been trying to rescue a galga and her puppies. This is the story.
‘Today was a horrible day. Again I saw the mother walking through the village and crossing or standing in the middle of the road, cars rushing by, these people do not even reduce their speed to avoid the dog.
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Scooby Residencia Valladolid is now OPEN!
The Scooby Residencia in Valladolid is now OPEN! It has been designed and constructed to hold approximately 30 dogs. Part of the Residencia is a refuge for Scooby dogs and part is kennels. The kennels are available to rent so if you are driving through Spain and want somewhere to put your dogs, please contact Cobie, who lives on site. And any donations of food, medicines, bedding etc will be gratefully received. Take a look at the website.
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Update on Galgo Ken in Valencia – needing a very special home
You remember brave Ken, the galgo hit from behind by a motor vehicle, rescued by Galgos del Sol and now with Galgo Connection Spain in Valencia. Silvia’s vet and the team are helping rebuild his body and he is now mobile with his personal wheelchair!
Here is the latest news about him from Silvia.
‘Now we take him to rehabilitation, he has more muscles in the back side, something is confused because he moves the tail and the legs but has not sensibility, the vet is looking if he gets better with the rehab.
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On death row in Hellin Perrera, Albacete – anyone able to help?
More galgos in the Hellin perrera in Albacete. Due to be euthanaised on 10th June. There are dozens of other dogs too, and puppies galore….when will Spain take action to stop this stupidity and enforce controlled breeding and educate people to be responsible for their pets? And it’s not only Spain but the whole of Europe who perpetrate the problem.
Contact any of these people
linaortu@hotmail.com
vicfisioperros@hotmail.com
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Spanish Guardia Civil – law enforcers? What a joke!
One of the things which I find really frustrating is how much back biting goes on between refuges and associations, whether in Spain, Belgium, France…… At the end of the day, for me, it is about the dogs, who cares who is ‘president’ of which association, who runs what refuge so long as it complies with GEE. For goodness sake, it’s about the animals, not about people and politics….
I was in a car park in Spain and where a little puppy, probably about 5 months old, looked like a x poodle, was wandering around loose. I went to take it up when a couple of young Spanish restrained me. It was their puppy, they said. As I don’t speak Spanish, I was unable to answer them as I would have liked to. I dread to think of how it ended up…certainly not microchipped, vaccinated and in a loving family home….more likely in a shelter, if it hadn’t been killed by a lorry driving into the car park.
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Floods in Cordoba pt 2 – please help the L’Europe des Levriers galgos there
Some of the galgos in the Villa del Rio are under the care and control of L’Europe des Levriers, the French association with whom I work closely and from whom I have adopted my 3 galgas, plus them helping me get my little Podenca Andaluz Bebe from Seville.
Some of their puppies in one bed died, but there are others – Noche, Jade, Scarlette, Pucca – Cristina, Vice President of EDL, went from Madrid down to Cordoba and brought back some of the dogs, who are now in kennels which need paying for.
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Badajoz – any room for this starving galgo?
This starving skeletal galgo is wandering the streets of Badajoz, next to a very busy highway; barely strength to stand; a volunteer is now taking him food and water but has nowhere to put him. Has anyone room foe him? xana.50@hotmail.es
UPDATE – FEPAEX have taken him in, he is no longer lost and on the street.
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Life is cheap on the streets of Spain
I was told a story by some friends who have been in Southern Spain for a few months. They were helping to catch a podenca living rough with her puppies at the side of a road, scavenging around rubbish bins to survive. It took over two weeks to catch them, the puppies first. Unfortunately during this time, one of the puppies got onto the road and was knocked down. The driver did not stop, but the car behind did, pulled into the side of the road and went to rescue the pup. Before he could, the Guardia Civil pulled up, told the young Dutch driver he couldn’t park, taken away and fined 200 euros. They weren’t interested in the injured puppy.
It managed somehow to draw itself off the road and hide and was eventually found and taken to the vet. Sadly it died.