Galgo News

  • Australian greyhounds in luxury! You must be joking – Oz sends greyhounds to Asia to a tortuous death- Galgos next!!

    There has been a very active, informative and interesting debate on the post about petitioning against the building of a greyhound stadium in Logan, Queensland, Australia. One of the vociferous pro-greyhound people posting comments is Sue Burley.

    She is, or was last year, an active member of the Australia Greyhound Data Team and this is one of her comments, and a link.

    ‘No need for another club with the Gold Coast having 3 tracks and racing 7 days a week, as long as we satisfy the Unitab agreement.

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  • Ban Greyhound Racing in Australia – sign the petition!

    To add to the lively debate regarding the protest against the construction of a greyhound racing stadium at Logan, Queensland, Australia, take a look at this. And please add your name to the petition.

    http://www.petitiononline.com/GAIBEGA/petition.html

    To: Australian federal Government

    We the undersigned call upon the Australian federal government to ban the export of greyhounds to Asia.

    The Australian greyhound racing industry is shamelessly promoting and encouraging greyhound racing in Asia. At present greyhounds are being exported from Australia to Asia to places such as Korea, Vietnam and China for the purpose of racing/breeding with further plans to create networks of tracks throughout Cambodia and the Philippines. These are countries notorious for the barbaric torture and slaughter of dogs for human consumption. There is no hope or opportunity of rehoming greyhounds that are ‘surplus’ to requirements in Asia. As exposed by the media they are ending their days being butchered in the dog meat industry or thrown into landfills. At present this is the fate of Australian greyhounds in Asia.’

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  • Galga Sofie walks the streets of Spain – safe from further brutality

    You will remember the story of Sofie, the brindle galga abandoned to life on the streets of Badajoz. She disappeared for a couple of days and, on her return, her lower jaw had been shattered – as though she had been kicked really hard in the mouth. She was able to be caught and through the care of the vet, with her lower jaw held together by metal rods, she is now able to eat on her own, and this latest video shows her out for a walk along the street.

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  • A Troublemaker – In Spain – against the hunters and for the galgos!

    Hey folks. There are a couple of comments on the post about stopping the building of a greyhound racing stadium in Logan, Australia. They accuse me of being a troublemaker.

    Yippee! I’M A TROUBLEMAKER! What a great accolade, I can’t believe it! And if it involves improving the situation to the lives of the galgos and greyhounds around the world, Then Yippee, I’m a troublemaker!

    Hope you agree!

  • Join the Fight – Stop Greyhound Racing in Logan, Australia

    UPDATE— Greyhound Crusaders/SWAP team UK have written to the Mayor of Logan and all the Logan councillors and we have been informed by one of the Logan councillors that
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    “I need to point out that it is not a decision of Council. This facility is being developed and implemented by the QLD State Government. The only involvement of council was that we voted to give up the trusteeship of the land which was and is owned by the state”.
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    Therefore, please now send all your worldwide polite protests to the Queensland Government to protest on the below important appeal – government.gateway@qld.gov.au

    The following has been received from Greyhound Crusaders – please join in the campaign as, if the stadium is built, galgos could end up there!

    $25 million dollar greyhound racing track proposed in Logan (Australia)- please stop it before it starts! EVERY LETTER COUNTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO PROTECT THESE GREYHOUNDS

    PETITION TO SIGN AND WORLDWIDE PROTESTS NEEDED NOW
    Please scroll down for more info on how you can help this dire situation.

    “THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON WHAT WE DO IN THE PRESENT”

    (Mahatma Ghandi)

    SIGN THE PETITION HERE– WORLDWIDE SIGNATURES NEEDED PLEASE

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  • Joyful greyhounds – would that all Spanish galgos could experience such fun

    Check out this video, sent by Charlie Brannan – how I wish all galgos could enjoy just such a wonderful time as these happy sighthounds.

    Thanks for sending it, Charlie.

    And I’ll take this opportunity to give Charlie and his wife Donna a little pat on the back, as they have a lady who makes coats for galgos and this kind couple send them from the US to me (all at their own expense) for onward transmission to Spain, for the galgos in refuges over winter.

  • Lady Carla, galga left for dead on the M40 in Madrid – Baas Galgo to the rescue

    Lady_carla_ Baas Galgo 06 2010 8 250 This is Lady Carla, and this is the start of her story, as told by Sandra Baas of Baas Galgo.

    ‘A little over two weeks ago Baas Galgo received calls saying that some kind people had rescued a Galga who had been hit by cars on the M40 in Madrid. They had seen that the greyhound was badly injured, stretched out on the hard shoulder and that no-one else had stopped to help her so they stopped their vehicle in the middle of the motorway so as to protect the dog from further injury. Thanks to Idoia, the Galga was very gently put into her car and immediately transported to the veterinary clinic of our dear friend and Honorary President of Baas Galgo, Carlos Rodriguez where she was treated straightaway.’

    Read the rest of her story here, and donate if you can to pay the veterinary fees, over 1,000 euros already, towards her care. Paypal and credit cards, or bank transfer.

  • Pro-Galgos appeal – help save 28 galgos in Jerez killing station – URGENT!

    Jerez killing station 06 2010 280 Hello from Spain (from Mo Swatek)

    PRO-GALGO will go for the 28 galgos in Jerez killing station named GESSER but we need the money to pay the trip and the first vet care.

    We have found already 13 foster families or refuges in Spain (as they are not ready to travel yet abroad) to help with the galgos but still 15 need to be taken in until ready for adoption.

    We can go to pick them up in Jerez next week but we need about 800 eur for the transport and another 900 eur for the tests and vaccines (34 eur test per dogs, 8 eur for the 7x vaccines), and of course we need help for the general vet care later on.

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  • Condemned to die in Cadiz perrera on 18th June – can anyone save them?

    Cadiz perrera galgo con bodeguero 06 2010 230 Due to be killed 18th June! These two poor dogs have been incarcerated in a Cadiz perrera for 2 years during a court case against their owner. Now they are to be sacrificed, euthanased tomorrow. And that will be a painful agonising death for them. Can anyone save them?

    Contact susigarcia1980@hotmail.com / maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com / Susana (0034) 690 089 092

    UPDATE: Silvia tells me that these two dogs and a German shepherd were owned by a man who has now been sentenced to serve time in prison. However, she reserved them and hopes to get them today. Fingers crossed they have been saved.

  • Two Galgos in Cuenca killing station – help get them out – Czech rescue asso appeals

    Cuenca perrera Seville Slovenia group 06 2010 250 Great Hounds In Need is a galgo rescue and rehoming association in the Czech Republic. Here’s a link to their English website. They are appealing for help for two male galgos in the killing station of Cuenca. This is what they say about them.

    ‘These are two No Name Galgos.

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