Galgo News

PACMA demand hunting in Castille y Leon be stopped

From the CREL newsletter of March 13, 2019

The Spanish animalist party (PACMA) claims the protection of wildlife and takes legal action.

The Hunting Act in Castilla y León (Spain) will be amended to "paralyze any hunting activity until further notice". All this at the request of PACMA (Party of Animalists Against Animal Abuse).

Laura Duarte, spokesperson of the Spanish animalist party, argued that the regulation in question does not comply with the European directive "habitat fauna flora", which applies to all species. Therefore, "if it is not consistent, this paralysis should continue".

Campaign - Write and Protest to Valladolid Provincial Council Now!

Disgraceful, appalling, outrageous, tragic... There aren’t enough adjectives to describe what’s going on in Valladolid’s provincial dog pound.

The animals already there, and the constantly coming new arrivals don’t have any kind of veterinary assistance whatsoever. The council’s animal collection service has been without the services of a vet for two months, even cases of emergency remain unattended. Whether the animals arrive lame, dehydrated, malnourished, sick, there is no help for them.

Look at the state we have collected this poor greyhound puppy in; frail, with a 32 degrees temperature (when the normal is about 38'5) and with lungs full of pus. He was on the point of death.
Our vet has managed to save him from a cardiac arrest, but in reality the chances of him surviving are very low.

PLEASE WRITE AND PROTEST!

Write to Valladolid Provincial Council
Casa consistorial,
Plaza Mayor 1,
Valladolid,

Attn. Snr Óscar Puente

Dear Sir,

Do you consider the treatment of these poor animals, or rather the lack of it, acceptable? Are you aware that due to your negligence animals are suffering and even, as in the case of this little one, may be dying? Such little value do you place on the lives of these beings who did not decide to come to this world, much less are they to blame for having been abandoned? It is your duty and obligation to give veterinary assistance to the animals collected in the facilities of "La Yosa”, and to deny an animal medical attention and leave it to suffer a painful death is utterly inhumane.

Signed

(your name and country)

www.scoobymedina.org

Video of the puppy

Figures for galgos and podencos

This is the report I presented to the PAES International Conference on Animal Welfare in Spain in 2016.

Let’s look at estimated ANNUAL figures for uncontrolled breeding of galgos and podencos.

GALGOS

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 Jim photographed the olive trees, most of which had a dead galgo hanging from them, which made headlines in the paper.

In 2009 SOS Galgos (Barcelona) claimed on their website that 160 galgos were abandoned every day.
That equates to 58,400 galgos every year, abandoned or dumped in perreras for killing, including reports of galgos hung in olive groves. With all the adverse publicity, the galgueros responded by abandoning their dogs and dumping them in perreras in greater numbers. There are now fewer instances of hangings because – however much the galgueros claim ‘there are no hangings’ – digital photos on the Internet accurately show dates and times and show the real truth. And because now one or two associations are not afraid of instigating court action against these dog-murdering men. And I’m talking about podencos being hung, as well as galgos.

Daily Mail lifts the lid on the plight of the galgos

You can read the full article on this link. However, I would disagree that the number is up to 50,000, it is nearer the 100,000 as per my report to the PAES conference in Spain in 2016.

Adopt a galgo - 40mph loyal and loving couch potatoes!

The hunting season in Spain is now ending and galgos are being abandoned by the galgueros in their thounands. If you can offer a galgo a place in your heart and home, here's a comprehensive list of rescue and rehoming associations.

Proyecto Galgo Argentina - banning hunting in Chile and Uruguay

Thank you to everyone who voted and shared the petition on behalf of Proyecto Galgo Argentina which achieved over 400,000 votes! Read more on this link.

Ann's Canine Care - cuddle companions needed

This fabulous photo of of two of the dogs at Ann's Canine Care in southern Spain. Sabi is the tiny one, looking for a forever home, good with dogs and children. Ann is appealing for cuddlers for her hounds. Contact her on the website link above if you can help.

'When I get Galgos from the pound, on behalf of myself or other rescues it takes time for them to adjust, Feeding, grooming, cleaning the kennels and, generally looking after them. They develop a bond and seem to understand that they're OK. But they have to move on to their forever home, and with more socialisation this makes the process easier for them. And for them to understand that us humans are not all bad. If you are in the Campillos area of Spain and can spare a few minutes of your time then please get in touch. We need your support.'

Day of the Galgo, marching in Spain

Here are some of the pictures from Marches in Madrid, Valladolid, Malaga and Belgium.

A video of Malaga.

Galgo Racing in Argentina and Uruguay - banned! Chile is next on the list!

Proyecto Galgo Argentina reports some very good news.

'27/12/2018 today is a very happy day for all of us who love greyhounds. The President of Uruguay 🇺🇾 Tabaré Vazquez sent a project to ban races to Congress, but in case that was not fundamental, by decree immediately prohibits races in that country. Thank you to everyone who achieved this, and especially to Aptéha-Asociación Por el Trato Ético Hacia los Animales that through the campaign Galgo Libre uy never lowered their arms!!!
Thank you thank you from Argentina!!

#stopgalgueros

the photo above is from a tireless companion of Mendoza, one of his loves rescued from the mafia Mafia.

Stop galgueros San Rafael, Mendoza

Cruelty is not regulated, it is forbidden

AND MORE

Sunday 3rd February - in which cities are the marches?

A reminder of where you can find information to join in the manifestations on Sunday 3rd February.

On FEBRUARY 3 all together we will say NOT TO HUNT

Here is a link where you can find information about all the cities in Spain where there will be demonstrations.

https://bit.ly/2SQfJBX

And we repeat NOT TO HUNT