Please help the galgos

Saz · Graduate

Please help the galgos

max · Enlightened One

Petition has been signed. Lets hope it can make a difference. hmm

Nora

Santas Little Helper · Master

Petition signed.

skydivingturtle · Master

Signed and sent, every little thing helps. I couldn't help but click on the link for the photos, OMG how horrendous I just burst out crying at the sight of them.

-- Edited by skydivingturtle at 15:38, 2007-10-22

Michelle · Master

signed and sent on, those pictures are horrendous. it is appalling

Teresa · Enlightened One

done it. couldn't look at the photos - far too distressing for me.

Isla · Enlightened One

Duly signed! Even the two photos shown on the site were extremely distressing and disgraceful. How could ANYONE do something like that!

They deserve to suffer the same fate!

Ambers Mo

Signed!

The two photos were enough for me, didn't go any further.

Joyce

Saz · Graduate

Thank you to everyone who has read this and a huge thank you to everyone who has emailed on the galgos behalf.

I know what a huge difference I've made to my two wee girls' lives (although you'd think sometimes Chloe was the proverbial princess and the pea!) but sometimes it doesn't seen enough. I really admire people who dedicate so much time to raising awareness to the suffering endured by greyhounds: notably GAL and the Dumfriesshire & Cumbria Greyhound Rescue where I was lucky enough to find my lastest pooch Bella (please check out their website http://www.dgrescue.org.uk/ - my Bella is the cutie in the 'Let It Snow' Christmas cards).

We all do our bit. There are so many happy greyhounds in the world because we are intelligent enough to see just how special they are.

Thanks again for your help with the galgos.

Sarah x

midas · Master

Iv'e been aware of the galgos plight for some time and i was only too happy to sign the petition,unfortunately the spanish are renowned for their animal cruelty, bulls donkeys and galgos are only a few of the abused,heres hoping lots more people sign up.

Rachel.

tootsmazza · Enlightened One

Have to admit its taken me a few days to work up the nerve to look at the report, but have now done it and signed the petition.
The most alarming thing is its not that far different to the way some greyhounds are treated here. The story of poor Lucky comes to mind.
I was talking to someone today and relating the tale of the little blue and white girl Rachel and Eddie saved from being PTS and they said to me 'you wouldn't treat a cat like this', I pointed out you couldn't treat a dog bred as a family pet like this. That's what makes me so mad

Marie

niccimac · Old Hand

Hi, I'm sponsoring a galgo (Terry on the GIN site)through quarantine, he'll be rehomed in the UK. I started that via GIN, Anne Finch's rescue. I also intend to forgo a substantial part of the xmas cheer to send cash to Peps kennels to help the galgos. I have photos up on the wall at work to attract people's attention to their plight, along with pics of my own gang. If even one person stops to think, I feel that is something.I had hoped to adopt one of the galgos which arrived in quarantine in August, but now looks like my foster girl who is ten, will be with me for some time to come, giving me a total of six dogs at present, so I cant manage a galgo just now. But I'll adopt in future. Only 16 come to the uk each year, Aug and Feb. I know there are so many desperate greys here, but the spanish dogs have far less chance of getting into rescue, and the deliberate torture is so horrendous and on such a huge scale, also so many greys from uk end up in spain as well, that I couldnt sleep if I didnt do what I could there as well. The spanish rescues are heavily dependant on funding from the uk to keep going, as so few spaniards really care. I do what I can here as well so I'm not neglecting the situation here, I just feel the spanish situation is that much more desperate and more hopeless, and dogs are sold directly from ireland to spain.

Katie · Master

I have also signed the petition, the Galgos plight is truly awful.

Anji · Old Hand

Duly signed! I will never undertsand how people can treat living aninmals so abhorently, it just doesn't bear thinking about :0(

Jacqui · Fostering Co-ordinator * Follow-up Co-ordinator

Petition Signed - words can't describe how I feel about this.

-- Edited by Jacqui at 09:50, 2007-10-27

neeroz · Master

Done.

midas · Master

Hi,signed the petition the other day and was surprised to get a reply,in SPANISH!!!!did any one else?lot of b@@@~~ good that when i don't speak the lingo,they might as well be speaking double dutch.

hope they aren't trying to excuse themselves 'cause I'm not in the slighest bit impressed,don't anyone go to Spain on holiday,hit them where it hurts,in the pocket.I first learned of the Galgos plight from Ann Finch and GIN many years ago and it's shocking that this barbarism still continues

hope people worldwide sign up.

Rachel.

skydivingturtle · Master

yeah I got a reply too, used one of the online translators to try and decipher it but it still makes no sense. Looks like a load of political waffle to me. Unfortunatley my grasp of the language goes about as far as asking for some milk or a beer lol. Hope someone is at least taking some heed from this petition. I remember a programme on tv years ago about the plight of the galgos but can't remember who it was by. It's shocking to think this kind of thing still goes on there and here more's the point.

emma · Guru

Have just signed it, I realise now how luky even the rescue dogs awaiting homes here are. It is just awful and should be relegated to Spanish history.

Em and Chad x

Michelle · Master

I got a reply too but like you, even the translated version made no sense. where can I find a spaniard to read it to me???

-- Edited by Michelle at 18:42, 2007-10-29