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URGENT
SPANISH GALGO APPEAL 11/01/07
Help urgently needed now |
The
Kimba animal shelter, a wonderful shelter that rescues greyhounds (galgos)
in Spain wants to rescue 10 greyhounds in extremely deplorable conditions
and are tied to stakes. The local government of the county (Andalucia)
will decide the fate of these poor animals this week. Each of your emails
will make a difference. The Kimba shelter informed us with encouraging
news that some of the local government people have called them with
questions, so please send your letters. They will make a difference!
Here is a section of their original letter followed by info on what
you can do to help...
"These
poor racing galgos........
A few days ago an anonymous caller telephoned one of our volunteers
from the shelter to tell her of a situation having to do with some 10
galgos and the conversation she had with the "gentleman" who
said he was the owner of these dogs, in the town of Chiclana de la Frontera
(Caidz).......... where else, but Spain!!
The person took an interest in the galgos upon seeing the them scattered
around a property with all of them chained to stakes, on chains that
were no more than one meter in length. During the course of the conversation
with the individual, he told her that he used them for racing, and that
where he actually lives he has many more. This particular property he
only uses to sow the soil and to sell various products. He also told
her in a very casual manner, which is often the case in the wicked world
in which he lives, that since he has so many galgos he chooses the best
ones for racing, and when they are no longer of any use to him, he kills
them. The woman appeared so horrified by what she was hearing that the
man then attempted to undo the damage by telling her that he first takes
the dogs to purina (an establishment that exists in Chiclana, with no
colntrols, where one can donate dogs), and that if they did not want
the dogs then he would put a shotgun to the dog's head and shoot it
so that the dog would not suffer.
The person who telephoned the volunteer at our shelter offered signs
of where this location was where all the galgos were, and on the afternoon
of 19 December this volunteer visited the horrible property and was
able to see with her own eyes the terrible conditions that some 11 galgos
were enduring (7 of them were tied to stakes, 2 were tied to trash containers,
one who had a broken leg was in a small trailer, and one galgo puppy
with various mongrel puppies were all loose). All of these galgos were
tied with chains of approximately one meter in length, and all of them
had a small bed that consisted of a hole in the ground that they themselves
had dug, and not one of them had any shelter. The situation for them
is becoming alarmingly worse with the cold temperatures now at night."
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Kimba is asking everyone to write emails to the local government. Please, please take a minute to send an email in Spanish (copy the below letter) and send the email to these 3 addresses: delegacion.cadiz.cgob@juntadeandalucia.es Copy
the letter below, but put your name & country. Thank you very,
very much.
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Estimado
Sr.D. José Antonio Gómez Periñán,
Excma. Sra. Dª. Evangelina Naranjo Márquez Consejera y
Presidente Manuel Chavez,
Reciban nuestra protesta por la situación en que malviven los galgos de las estacas en el pueblo de Chiclana de la frontera y pedimos que todos los galgos se envíen al refugio Kimba para que ellos busquen familias donde puedan vivir dignamente.
Atentamente y muchas gracias ...
Nombre:
País:
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English
translation:
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Dear
Sirs:
We write to express our outrage and to protest the situation in which
several galgos are confined in unsuitable living conditions and chained
to stakes in the town of Chiclana de la Frontera, and we ask that all
of the glagos be sent without further delay to the Refugio Kimba so
that they may find families for them who will provide them with a life
of dignity to which they are entitled.
Respectfully yours,
Name:
Country:
GA UK
GA International