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ARCHIVE ›  Greyhounds Hung In Spain
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The treatment of the Galgos/Greyhounds in Spain is barbaric and violent. Express your horror and that you will not travel to Spain or buy Spanish products until officials prosecute people who torture and abuse dogs. Clearly, the country has turned a blind eye to its own animal protection laws. Urge authorities to do the right thing. Enforce the laws (article 337 of the federal Penal code) that protect animals — including docile, sensitive greyhounds. Punish all individuals who abuse and torture animals.


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ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Gentlemen, Ladies,
I recently learned about the barbaric and violent treatment of the Galgos/Greyhounds in Spain. I am horrified. I will not to travel to Spain or buy Spanish products until Spain prosecutes people who torture and abuse dogs. What good is having protection laws if they are not enforced? Civilized societies punish people who abuse and torture animals.

Please do the right thing and ENFORCE the laws (article 337 of the federal Penal code) that protect these docile, sensitive creatures.

Sincerely,

Honorable Government Officials, Embassies, and Tourism Agencies of Spain:

With the conclusion of Spain's hunting season, the hanging of the galgos/greyhounds begins. And once again the world bears witness to dead dogs, dangling from wire nooses, inches above the ground. Every year tens of thousands of Spain's hunting and racing dogs meet a crude and senseless fate after brief lives of loyal service.

The mutilation and slaughter of these dogs, most as young as two years of age, is an affront to humanity. I appeal to the Spanish government to outlaw the extermination of retired "working" dogs and other abandoned companion animals. All dogs and cats instinctively value life. Dogs hung from trees at the end of hunting season suffer no less because their purpose has expired. Animals hurled from bridges, tied to train tracks, or asphyxiated in plastic bags endure no less pain-simply because they are no longer needed.

I call upon officials to enforce article 337 of the federal Penal Code, along with any other animal welfare laws, that protect the galgos and companion animals of Spain. In addition, please ban all hunting with greyhounds, like the rest of the European Union.

Year after year the massacre continues, even as authorities claim it doesn't. I respectfully demand action, not lip service. Citizens of the world are appalled by reports and photos of dogs found shot, strangled, mutilated, and tossed into mass graves.

These are sentient, docile creatures. They are not trash. Law enforcers must respond to incidents of animal cruelty. Lawmakers must uphold laws to safeguard the galgos and other animals of Spain. And the European Union must intervene if Spain fails to meet even minimum standards of animal welfare.

Please inform me of any plans to raise the standard of animal protection in Spain. Under present circumstances, I cannot tour or otherwise support a country that sanctions the brutalization of animals. I will advise family, friends and colleagues to join me in a boycott of Spanish tourism and commerce until animals are treated with respect and compassion.

Sincerely,
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GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Jose Maria Anzar, Spain's Prime Minister: jmaznar@presidencia.gob.es

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Presidente del Gobierno (President of the Government)
Palacio de la Moncloa
28071 Madrid
fax: 0034 913 900 217; email: jlrzapatero@presidencia.gob.es, portal.presidencia@mp.boe.es

Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, Vicepresidenta Primera
Ministra de la Presidencia y Portavoz del Gobierno
Complejo de la Moncloa, Avda
Puerta de Hierro, s/n
28071 Madrid

Eurodiputado Madrid: epmadrid@europarl.eu.int

SPANISH EMBASSIES
Embassy of Spain in the United States
Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza, Spanish Ambassador to the United States
2375 Pennsylvania Av. NW
Washington D.C. 20037
email: spain@spainemb.org
web email: www.spainemb.org/ingles/indexing.htm

Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations
Ambassador Juan Antonio Yuez-Barnuevo
823 United Nations Plaza, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10017
ph: mailto:212-661-1050; fax 212-949 7247; email: general@spainun.org

To locate Spanish embassies and tourism offices in other countries:
www.embassyworld.com/embassy/sp ain1.htm

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
President Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission
1049 Brussels, Belgium
email: sg-web-president@cec.eu.int
URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/contact/index_en.htm

Office International des Epizooties (OIE)
email: animalwelfare-conference@oie.int
URL: http://animal-welfare.oie.int

Council of Europe
Foreign Minister
email: cm@coe.int,webmaster.assembly@coe.int
URL: www.coe.int/

TOURIST AGENCIES

Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
Instituto de Turismo de Espana - TURESPANA
ph: 913433500; email: infosmile@tourspain.es

Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
Sede Central
Direccion: Jose Gonzalez de Galdiano 6
ph: 913433621; email: turespana@turespana.es

Tourist Office of Spain in Los Angeles
8383 Willshire Blvd., Suite 956; Beverly Hills, CA 90211
ph: 323-658-7188; fax: (323) 658-1061
email: losangeles@tourspain.es
URL: www.spainemb.org/ingles/indexing.htm

Tourist Office of Spain in Chicago
845 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 915; Chicago, IL 60611
ph: 312-642-1992; fax: (312) 642-9817
email: chicago@tourspain.es

Tourist Office of Spain in Miami
1395 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1130; Miami, FL 33131
ph: 305) 358-1992; fax: 305-358-8223
email: oetmiami@tourspain.es

Tourist Office of Spain in New York
666 Fifth Avenue. No. 35; New York, N.Y. 10103
ph: 212-265-8822; fax: 212-265-8864
email: oetny@tourspain.es
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