Over Easter weekend April 8 to 9, 2012 a hiker found 40 km south-east of Limerick, Ireland, an open mass grave with 7-8 greyhounds from the racetrack come.
An initial investigation by “Limerick Animal Welfare” shows that some cadavers were in a serious state of decomposition and there were also certainly two greyhounds dumped in it recently. It is suspected that there will be more skeletons, but the overgrown site needs clearing to allow further investigation.
Galgos on death row in Cordoba perrera, all only 1 or 2 years old! Numbers of dogs in order of photos. 42, 72, 92 Contact patitasdecordoba.jimdo.es ; c_azahara@hotmail.com ; lilianapatitasdecordoba@hotmail.com
Although GN is for the galgos, I couldn’t refuse this appeal.
Please could you just look at the website – www.ourfriendsdogrescue.org.uk
In brief, the lady who started this rescue shelter in Romania has died and there is notice to quit the land in June 2012. There is obviously a very cruel attitude to stray dogs in Romaina – they are picked up in appalling condition and shut in without food and water in the pound and just left to die. There is a chance to buy land and the person who is trying to raise the money to keep the shelter open – Carla McBride in Manchester – has been involved for 5 years.
Galgos del Sol urgently need help getting another 17 galgos and podencos out of the Mazarron gypsy camp.They have nowhere to put them and need help from other associations and foster homes.They will pay for rabies shots and transport to associations. The guardia have again visited the owner and said he is not allowed to own any dogs again. They need to get them out quickly. Contact GdS
If you want to know more about the Manifestation in Strasbourg on 9th June 2012, contact your nearest delegate on the CREL website.
The Blue Greyhound is putting together a fantastic calendar for 2013 to raise funds for Pepis Dog Refuge based in Pedrera, near Seville in Spain. We would love you to submit your pictures of your galgos for the calendar. There needs to be a good selection of galgos sleeping (should be easy!), playing, having fun on holidays, fun in the snow and Christmas pictures. Each picture you submit for the competition costs £1. These pictures need to be in high resolution please.
Urgent appeal to save the lives of 100 dogs. Oscar writes from Cuenca;
‘Milagros from the Cuenca Dog Pound just informed me that the Inspection has been at the pound and that they “counted” 100 dogs too many. Therefore it is extremely urgent to get 100 (ONE HUNDRED) dogs out of there. Please could you notify ANY dog shelters, fosterplaces, whomever. The dogs are chipped, vacunated against rabies and are FREE OF CHARGE, they do not cost anything = 0.00 € !!
The only thing to pay for is the transport wherever. Please help me to spread this awful news around. THANKS
People can E-mail me in English, German, French, Dutch (Nederlans/Vlaams) or Spanish : cuenca@marmenor.eu
Web : www.arcoairis.com
Tlf. : (0034) 630 881 560
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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A documentary about the work of Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert. It is in Spanish but the pictures tell the tale anyway. Some of the photos of hung galgos are old ones, some are in my book, but the film of the galgos in the hands of the hunter, the fear, the conditions, etc, illustrate just how little these men care for the dogs they have. It also illustrates the rehabilitation work done by the association.
Seprona investigated the work methods in the perrera in Zaragoza, in reaction to several denuncias made by animal protection organisations. They found that euthanasia was performed without anaesthesia, animals were put alive in freezers to die: mainly pups and cats. Seprona handed their investigation reports to the authorities on May 2, 2012, they want the owner to be prosecuted for violating the law on protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals. Report in Spanish.
I am somewhat surprised to read this, as the vet there has worked to help associations publicise dogs for adoption, and facilitate adoptions. Also, I would be very interested to hear from someone who works in a perrera, dealing daily with the killing of dogs and cats. How do they cope with it, how long are the able to work in that job?
