{"id":6266,"date":"2004-11-26T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-26T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/news-spain\/torturous-lives-for-greyhounds-in"},"modified":"2016-03-09T15:28:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T15:28:41","slug":"torturous-lives-for-greyhounds-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/news-spain\/torturous-lives-for-greyhounds-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Torturous lives for Greyhounds in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a letter we received in our mailbox yesterday:<\/p>\n<p>I am writing to alert you of the ongoing atrocities and horror that<br \/>\n<br \/>the greyhounds in Spain endure every year. Incredibly, few people<br \/>\n<br \/>know about this.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 10,000 greyhounds every year in Spain are hanged<br \/>\n<br \/>from trees, thrown down wells or abandoned in the woods or<br \/>\n<br \/>streets to die. Some are burned alive.<\/p>\n<p>UNBELIEVEABLE? It is unfortunately true. My blood boils<br \/>\n<br \/>just thinking about it. Farmers and hunters in the Spanish<br \/>\n<br \/>countryside where roughly 30 million people live own these<br \/>\n<br \/>greyhounds (called \u2018Galgos\u2019 in Spanish) and use them for<br \/>\n<br \/>hunting hares and sporting. These poor animals live in<br \/>\n<br \/>deplorable, crude and cruel conditions. Many are crammed<br \/>\n<br \/>in sheds without daylight for days- even up to a week- with<br \/>\n<br \/>very little food. Some are crudely kept in the back of vans and<br \/>\n<br \/>have died from heat exhaustion. They get little food or water.<br \/>\n<br \/>After an exhaustive day of hunting, dogs that hunted well might<br \/>\n<br \/>be \u201crewarded\u201d with stale bread and fresh water. Poor-performing<br \/>\n<br \/>dogs are often left behind in the woods to die or are hung from a<br \/>\n<br \/>tree by its owner.<\/p>\n<p>Every year after hunting season, the hunters\/farmers kill their<br \/>\n<br \/>greyhounds or abandon them. Stemming from a macho mentality<br \/>\n<br \/>and decades-long tradition, hunters hang their hounds from trees.<br \/>\n<br \/>Dogs who hunted well get the \u2018privilege\u2019 of being hung from a high<br \/>\n<br \/>branch. Those who hunted poorly are \u2018hung low\u2019 so their feet touch<br \/>\n<br \/>the ground, ensuring a slow, tortuous death. They EVEN HAVE A<br \/>\n<br \/>NAME for this: the \u00abPIANO PLAYER\u00bb because the dogs frantically<br \/>\n<br \/>scrabble their legs in a vain attempt to live.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: These pictures are upsetting but show the truth.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galgosinfronteras.org\/contenido_ingles.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.galgosinfronteras.org\/contenido_ingles.htm<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>Here is a BBC article<\/p>\n<p>\u00abLife of a Galgo\u00bb, written by a Spaniard, is an insightful article<br \/>\n<br \/>located on Anne Finch&#8217;s website, Greyhounds in Need.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greyhoundsinneed.co.uk\/natureofproblem\/natureofproblemFrame.htm?\">Anne&#8217;s organization<\/a> has worked tirelessly for years to save<br \/>\n<br \/>these greyhounds.<\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s national animal protection laws apply to dogs that are pets.<br \/>\n<br \/>But hunting and sporting dogs are NOT considered pets!<br \/>\n<br \/>Spain must enact a law that gives hunting\/sporting or abandoned<br \/>\n<br \/>dogs the same legal protection afforded to pet dogs.<\/p>\n<p>I believe it will take external pressure to convince Spain<br \/>\n<br \/>to change its laws. EACH OF YOU can make a difference.<br \/>\n<br \/>Together we can create that pressure.<\/p>\n<p>I humbly ask each of you to do TWO things:<br \/>\n<br \/>1) Please forward this letter to your all your friends<br \/>\n<br \/>and family who love animals.<br \/>\n<br \/>PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS HORROR.<br \/>\n<br \/>2) Please send an email to Senora Cristina Narbona, the<br \/>\n<br \/>Spanish Environmental minister who can change animal<br \/>\n<br \/>protection laws. She is sympathetic to animals but lacks<br \/>\n<br \/>support within the Spanish government.<br \/>\n<br \/>Our emails will give her ammunition.<br \/>\n<br \/>Her email: <a href=\"mailto:ministra@mma.es\" target=\"_blank\">ministra@mma.es<\/a>.<br \/>\n<br \/>Politely tell her in English or Spanish how you feel after<br \/>\n<br \/>seeing the pictures above. A sample letter:<\/p>\n<p>Dear Senora Narbona,<br \/>\n<br \/>I recently learned about the barbaric and violent treatment<br \/>\n<br \/>of the Galgos\/Greyhounds in Spain. I am horrified.<br \/>\n<br \/>I will not to travel to Spain or buy Spanish products<br \/>\n<br \/>until Spain changes its laws to protect hunting\/sporting<br \/>\n<br \/>or abandoned dogs the same way pets are protected.<br \/>\n<br \/>Civilized societies have laws that protect ALL DOGS<br \/>\n<br \/>from neglect, abuse and torture.<br \/>\n<br \/>Please do the right thing and enact laws to protect these<br \/>\n<br \/>docile, sensitive creatures.<br \/>\n<br \/>Thank you.<br \/>\n<br \/>And please cc: the Spanish government id &amp; the<br \/>\n<br \/>Agriculture Minister, Mr. Juarez, at the Embassy of<br \/>\n<br \/>Spain in Washington, D.C. at<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"mailto:infopsoe@psoe.es\" target=\"_blank\">infopsoe@psoe.es<\/a> and <a href=\"mailto:juarez@mapausa.org\" target=\"_blank\">juarez@mapausa.org<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Juarez may reply with his pat answer he has used for years<br \/>\n<br \/>saying that &#8216;all is well with the greyhounds&#8217;, but this is false!<br \/>\n<br \/>There is no legal protection whatsoever for these dogs.<br \/>\n<br \/>The killings continue every day.<br \/>\n<br \/>Do not underestimate the power you each have to end<br \/>\n<br \/>the suffering of these docile and sensitive animals.<br \/>\n<br \/>Thank you for doing these two things and for caring.<\/p>\n<p>T. 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Farmers and hunters in the Spanish countryside where roughly 30 million people live own these greyhounds (called \u2018Galgos\u2019 in Spanish) and use them for hunting <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Torturous lives for Greyhounds in Spain - News from Spain<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/news-spain\/torturous-lives-for-greyhounds-in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Torturous lives for Greyhounds in Spain - News from Spain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a letter we received in our mailbox yesterday: I am writing to alert you of the ongoing atrocities and horror that the greyhounds in Spain endure every year. 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