Whilst my main work is helping the refuges and associations involved with podencos and galgos, occasionally I feel driven to expose wrongs in the UK, from where I hail originally. This is one such occasion. First of all, please watch this video. Remember, this is 2013 in England - not 2013 in Asia! Afterwards, if you feel you want to take action against the perpetrators of these atrocities, please copy and paste the following letter into an email and send to the address given. (email to: animal.health@staffordshire.gov.uk) Thank you.
I know - another petition. But please sign and share widely. Bombarding the authorities in Spain keeps up the pressure on them and reminds them that the rest of the world will not go away, will not stop criticising them for not taking action against animal cruelty and abandonment. We have to keep protesting in whatever way we can. This is what the petition is about.
Natalie Osborne has organised for me to be interviewed by Nando Brown on Sunday evening, 12th May at about 8.30. pm for his show In the Doghouse. Details here if you are in the area and want to listen.
Seville in the news again. This time Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert are holding a Manifestation on 12th May 2013 for everyone involved in the plight of the galgo, whether it be saving them, healing them, rehoming them, adopting them, starting at 11.30. Visit their website for more news. And here's the link to Martin Usborne's visit to FBM earlier this year. And a report of a visit by Greytalk to FBM in March 2013. Video of galgos at FBM - over 500 dogs live there!
Please help Pepis Dog Refuge Fence our Land for the Galgos (Spanish greyhounds)! www.ebay.co.uk in Pet Supplies, Dog Supplies. Or you can donate here.
Alan and Jane thought they were going to retire when they moved to Spain. Instead, like so many other animal loving Brits, they could not turn away from the desperate situation for abandoned dogs and cats. They now have about 70 dogs at Pepis, and the latest arrivals are these 4 puppies, three of them very newly born and another little girl left at their gate yesterday. This means tremendous amount of work around the clock with feeds - those of us with children remember it well!
This information was recently circulated on Facebook. It would be great if we could write to the Spanish MP Joan Josep Nuet and support his initiative. I have composed a short letter at the end of this article, which I ask if you would please copy and paste into an email to this address. jjnuet@gmail.com
C.R.E.L., the French galgo and podenco rescue association in the Vosges region of France is organising the 2nd Manifestation in Strasbourg - date is 8th June 2013. Please consider travelling there and taking part. Last year there were over 1,000 of us marching with over 400 galgos and podencos. It was a fantastic opportunity to network with rescue and rehoming associations from around Europe. Contact C.R.E.L. for more information, Barbara LeFrance speaks excellent English.
Sandra Baas has now organised a petition to the Junta of Castilla la Mancha to protest about the murders and hangings of galgos, especially in the Toledo region. Please sign the petition and share it with everyone you know. Fill in your surname, first name, email address, country.
Here are the photos of the murdered galgos in Fuensalida. Remember, the hunters claim they aren't cruel to their dogs, they don't hang them! They may not hang so many now as they used to but Toledo is a particularly bad area for galgos...
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