Animal Lovers

We recently told you about the horrific massacre of around 50,000 greyhounds after the hunting season in Spain is over. Once these hunting dogs, known as Galgos, are no longer considered “useful”, thousands of them are abandoned or worse yet, killed in the most barbaric ways. On February 5th, French actress and former model, Brigitte Bardot, appealed to the Spanish government for the abolition of such a savage and cruel practice. Source : @RTL In a letter to King Felipe VI and the Spanish government, the actress wrote (translated from French): I have received an enormous amount of mail condemning this abomination, comparing the horrific fate of these Galgos to the atrocious massacre of baby seals in Canada and begging me to use my fame to expose this scandal which, indeed, evokes the same violent suffering and injury caused to these animals by humankind. Source : @LévrierSansFrontières Brigitte Bardot has already appealed to the Spanish Agricultural Minister in 1998 a...

Update : The Brigitte Bardot Foundation has just written an open letter to the King of Spain , the Spanish authorities, and the whole country, in a plea to put an end to this revolting ‘tradition’. There is also an online petition, that you can sign here! We need all the help and support we can get if we want to make a change, so please share this. On the 1st of February, we commemorate  World Galgo Day , in honour of the Spanish greyhounds who are used to hunt in Spain. Every year, this day symbolises the fight to end the terrible fate which awaits these greyhounds once the hunting season in Spain is over. Galgos are mainly used for hunting in Spain. Each year, they are bred in their thousands and forced to spend their days confined and neglected, crammed in cages and starved. They are trained to run as quickly as possible by being attached and dragged behind moving vehicles. Source :  @Viméo “The Greyhound Holocaust” Bu...