Gesser is another perrera in Jerez, southern Spain. It is built for 70 dogs but there are 190 there, mostly they will be killed. Amongst the dogs were 35 galgos taken there by the hunters. Pro-Galgo reports on their German website that 80 dogs were saved by various associations both in Spain and abroad. This is a basic translation.
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Seville, galgos in terrible conditions – please help
Please can any associations help this brave lady? Here’s the appeal I received.
CAN YOU HELP SAVE THESE GALGOS, PLEASE?
These galgos are in a shanty town in Sevilla. For two years Inmaculada has been rehoming them little by little. She doesn’t have photos of them all as the people become very angry and won’t allow her in the place. There were eight females, seven males and six mixed breed.
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Publicity for Podencos – help and forever homes wanted
For many years Rick and Lesley Beauchamp in the UK have been helping rehomed podencos rescued by SARA Lanzarote; virtually the only chance of a loving forever home is on mainland Europe. Thanks to Ed of Podencoworld for forwarding this clip of a BBC interview with Lesley. Please contact Ed or SARA Lanzarote if you are interested in helping these fabulous hounds.
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Greyhound Protection Review 2010 – Let’s hope we can do the same for the galgos
Many thanks to all those who have helped raise awareness over the past 12 months of the British Greyhound Racing industry’s inherent cruel practices – an industry that is responsible for the deaths of thousands of greyhounds – currently estimated to be 12,000 annually. To see how we are winning the campaign to protect greyhounds – please click here
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Murcia perrera – Baas Galgo save 6 galgos from death row
Good news for 6 galgos which were on death row in the municipal perrera in Murcia. Baas Galgo to the rescue. Here’s a link to the story in Spanish; English translation below.
‘Galgos are key to the success of a hunt, but many of them are killed or abandoned by their owners when hunting season ends. Rescue Associations claim that animals have become a disposable tool. Many were hung from a tree after a hunt, others are thrown into a well or wounded by a shot as punishment if the hunt has not been successful, and only the best are left in the field.
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El Camino Walk – summer holiday in Spain for a week, help the animals
URGENT, we are still looking for people who want to join us on our trip to Santiago de Compostela with and for the animals. Everybody who loves animals, likes walking and wants to join us is welcome. You can come with your dog, donkey, horse or any other animal capable to walk an average of 24 km a day.
We can offer you a special 20% discount if you register and pay before the end of the month, so your weekly contribution would be only 336€ including accommodation and food. Please be aware that we cannot do anymore, it is extremely expensive to organize this trip, including transport for animals, support vehicles, etc.
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Seprona in action – reports on cases of theft of galgos and poaching with galgos
Thanks to a Galgo News reader for sending in these links. Translation into English herewith.
El Seprona rescues 24 galgos in very poor hygienic and sanitary condition. Owner accused of falsifying their health cards and illegally vaccinating
The Service for the Protection of Nature of the Guardia Civil (Seprona) has rescued 24 dogs from a rural property in Parla that were in “very poor sanitary conditions, ” accusing the owner of the animals for falsifying the health files and vaccinated illegally.
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Cruel Spain – galgos tied up in caves to starve to death – shame on Spain
The entrance to Hell. From A.P.A.P. Albacete Noah’s Ark we want to present a new case of animal abuse, which occurred in the town of Chinchilla de Montearagón. Again, the galgo, noble animal, an innocent victim of the cruelty and ruthlessness of some heartless owners.
Last week members of the Protective went to check the call of some youths who made a grisly discovery, several bodies of dogs in a cave near the village.
Fearing the worst we viewed some of the caves in the area and found in several of them the same sad scenario, dogs in various stages of decomposition, bound with ropes to rocks inside the caves where they had been left to die slowly of starvation. .. and even whole litters thrown into small pits from which they could not leave.
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Join the campaign p write to your MEP – Spanish and Dutch translations here
Join this campaign, please send a letter to your MEP. Here are the links to find your MEP. List of MEP 1 List of MEP 2
Below is a translation of the letter into Spanish for writing to your Spanish MEP
Below also is a translation of the letter into Dutch for writing to your Dutch MEP. Please copy and paste and send either by email or post.Thank you to Consuelo and Lisa for the translations.