The fourth and final part of Hounding Misery by Nano Calvo. As always, stunning photos and plenty of food for thought.
Tag: Spanish galgo
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Torre del Campo, Jaen – galgo with Wobbler Syndrome?
Lourdes helps with a small association in Torre del Campo, Jaen. This galgo, now called Voyka, was recently rescued, and his movement is disco-ordinated. He has now been assessed by the vet and this is what Lourdes says.
‘I tooko Voyka to Jaén to test various things: the x-rays didn´t show anything in the head and the column but our vet thinks that it´s Wobbler syndrome
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El Galgo Espanol – from the heart
El Galgo Espanol
by Fiona Nicholson (copyright)Laughter and jeers pursue him
as starvation no longer responds.
His failure can’t be tolerated
in this land
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Shame on Spain – Veronika Wild speaks out from Australia
More publicity, from an Australian reader, about the atrocities perpetrated against the galgos in particular in Spain. Be warned, the photo is not pleasant.
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Greyhounds Rescue Holland – perreras flooded with galgos
Greyhounds Rescue Holland article about the plight of the Spanish galgo at the hands of the hunters.
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Spanish Galgo massacred for Christmas – never ending
Friday, December 23, 2011 Another galgo massacred. Christmas in Spain.
An association volunteer reports. This is horrible, is a non-stop.
When we are collecting a galgo Marlon from the clinic where he had jhad an operation, we received a call from someone who sees this horror and asks for help for her.
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Esperanza Walks Unaided!
Remember Esperanza, badly beaten and dumped for dead in a rubbish skip. She is now walking unaided! What a miracle. See the latest videos here and walking down steps, and along the pavement! Everyone involved in saving her life and her recuperation is a miracle worker.
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Hunting with the Spanish Galgo – no other European country hunts with greyhounds
Another video showing hunting with galgueros; note some of the horses have chopped tails – many of the Spanish take off manes and tails – read about the annual horse wrestling fiesta in Galicia – they don’t think the poor animals need to keep the flies off!
And further remember, most of these men will dump their dogs at the end of January, if not before.
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Greyhounds In Need – Educating the Young
One of the most important tools to use in the fight against animal cruelty in Spain – and everywhere else, of course – is educating the younger generations. Many individual associations have their own programmes for doing this – talks in schools and youth centres, visits to refuges, hands-on caring for dogs in ‘out-of-school’ time. Greyhounds In Need have been working on an Education Programme which will shortly be available to associations. Read about it here – wait till the scroll box reaches the heading ‘Our Work In Spain’.