Galgo News

How many galgos/year born in Spain?

For 'greyhounds' - read 'Galgos'

For my talk at the PAES Conference in Murcia in October 2015, I presented estimated annual figures regarding the uncontrolled overbreeding of galgos. These figures are conservative and they are by no means to be taken as firm; it is quite likely that the numbers are even greater.

Back in the early 1990’s, a friend of mine who was a Daily Mail staff photographer, was visiting the Castile-la Mancha province. His guide walked him into an olive grove where he photographed the olive trees, most of which had a dead galgo hanging from them, which made headlines in the paper.

Speakers at the PAES Conference - pix

Herewith pix of the speakers at the conference, not in any order.

Amalia from the Murcia Veterinary College tells the audience how important it is to get vet reports right for denuncias and for obtaining nucleo zoologico licences.

Pedro José Moratalla Moratalla spoke about UPROMA, the first police unit to be set up specifically to deal with animal welfare.

Núria Querol Viñas told us how there is nearly always a link between violence/mistreatment against humans and against animals.

PAES First National Conference Murcia, October 2015 - report and pix

First National Animal Welfare Conference leads to closer cooperation

Seventeen guest speakers addressed an audience of representatives from many Animal Welfare Associations at the three day National Animal Welfare Conference, PAES, held in Los Alcázares, Murcia October 16th through 18th.

They had been gathered together by three Associations - Cruz Azul, ACTIN Spain (Animal Care Treatment International Network) and SAS (San Animal Santuario) - for the purpose of finding synergy with others concerned about animal treatment here in Spain.

Lyn Baines, President of Cruz Azul and organiser of the conference, was overwhelmed by the interest not only of the speakers but also the attendees.

Torrevieja - Animal Protection councillor appointed - every town should have one!

From Irene Allen of Last Hope Dog Rescue.

Torrevieja Perrera is my local dog pound and has been criticised along with many perreras in Spain but Torrevieja I have been saying is one of the better ones not perfect in any way but better than most.

We have a new councillor of Animal Protection who is determined to change the perrera for the better ,It will now be known as The Alberque Municipal and before the vet was never to be seen apart from microchipping and then she would turn up at her own time as I well know hanging about to get a podenco chipped from there.

Galgos and Podencos demonstrate in Madrid against the Toro de la Vega

73 photos of t-shirts work at the the Manifestation in Madrid on 4th October 2015
when hundreds of people demonstrated against the vile Toro de la Vega where a magnificent bull is chased by dozens of sick men on horseback with long lances which they thrust into his body till he drops...

Help feed all the galgos at Pepis Dog Refuge, Seville

Can you help feed Lupo and all the other galgos at Pepis Dog Refuge. Help here or donate by paypal

IMPORTANT WARNING: ALL SHELTERS WITH HUNTING DOGS/GALGOS/PODENCOS, ETC.

Please share this warning.

We've been asked to put the following message on our Page with this warning:

"With this message I want to alert you that there are currently serious efforts to recruit hunting and greyhounds from shelters, rescue organizations, foundations and associations, for use in hunting in Morocco.

Thus, our animals rescued from hell in Spain end up in the same hell in Morocco.

Would you please distribute this far and wide within your ranks, so that each one can be alert to and avoid this happening to their rescued hunting dogs?

Thank you very much.'

Jail sentence for dog torturer in the US.

Good news result from this petition. We need something similar for all the galgueros who maltreat/torture their hunting dogs!

Scooby English news blog...

No words to describe how this poor innocent soul must have suffered....curses on the hunter who abandoned him, the people who hit him with their vehicles, the people who drove by and did not stop to help him. RIP sweet soul.

Scooby news blog.

Australia's greyhound industry exposed!

Terrible news from Australia about their greyhound industry - which a couple of years back was denied by in comments by Australian greyhounds trainers on this blog!

Greyhounds Australasia has admitted that up to 17,000 healthy dogs and puppies are killed every year because of greyhound racing — and that the industry would be shut down if these secret figures ever became public (www.AnimalsAus.org/tt7).

Its own board called the deaths of these dogs "indefensible". If you agree, speak up.

And for the figure of 96% of greyhounds dying before they are 4 years old - read the same figure for the hundreds of thousands of galgos to which a similar percentage applies!

These people just don't value life in any form.