This is a letter composed by one of the galgos fervent supporters in the USA, Valarie Wolf.
Every letter helps. If you email, please enclose pictures of hung galgos, injured galgos etc which you can get free from the Internet sites.
Cabinet of Commissioner John Dalli
Commission Europeenne,
B-1049 Bruxelles
Belgium.
Sir
I am writing to you to express my concerns about the Galgos which are used as hunting dogs in Spain. As you may know, upwards of 50,000 of these beautiful dogs are abandoned and killed every year by the very people who are supposed to be taking care of them. They are killed is such horrific ways such as hanging, being burned alive, being thrown down wells, being beaten to death, the list goes on.
The time is long overdue to impart laws that will give protection to these dogs. As of now they have none. It is long overdue to set in motion a law to FORCE countries to take action on control of breeding of dogs and cats, and registration of the animals, and prosecution of owners who maltreat and abandon their dogs, especially at the end of the hunting season.
Have there been no laws made because hunting is a tradition in Spain? This view is archaic and barbaric.
I don't need to tell you that day by day thanks to the Internet and other widely available media sources, word is getting out about how hunters in Spain treat their dogs, and thus putting a black mark on Spain as a tourist destination.
It is difficult to think of Spain as a modern country while the torture and slaughter of thousands of the earth's most gentle and loyal dogs is taking place---this is more like Third World country mentality! Word has gotten out about how these dogs are treated---there is no turning back!
May I ask you to think for a moment what these Galgos endure.
May I ask you why they must endure this hell on earth?
Please don't turn a blind eye to this situation. Please ensure that some laws will be passed that will give protection to Galgos --- they deserve it.
Yours in the name of the galgos
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note. This galgo was burned alive, if you want to use this picture
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