This Website is dedicated to you my dear Molly, I rescued you from the spanish Perrera and thought that we had lots of years to come together. You lost your fight and had to go over the Rainbow Bridge. I'll never forget you, you'll always have a place in my Heart.
Hole in the wall.There's not a sound to be heard at night
'Cause all the inmates are shaking with fright.
So cold and dark and filthy too,
No food to eat, what can we do?
Conditions are horrendous, I wish we were dead
Our stomachs hurt through hunger, cold concrete for our beds.
We've seven days of torture before we're put to death
I wonder what it feels like, taking your last breath.
The "Hole in the Wall" is all we've got untill it's time to go
"God help us through these cold dark nights" - we moan so soft and low.
I hope the rescue come in time, before it is too late
If not this row of Greyhounds will meet their evil fate.
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How Could it Happen?For hundreds of years man has been fascinated by the gracefulness and elegance of greyhounds. Many people are attracted by their beauty, speed and gentle manner.How then could it happen, that these wonderful animals became victims to a cruel tragedy right in the middle of Europe?Unknown by the public die every year about 30.000 of these noble hounds in Spain in an agonising way: they are hanged on thin wires into trees, thrown into wells or down cliffs, abandoned and left to their destiny, often with broken bones, expecting to starve to death. In the best case they end up in national delivery stations where they are put to death by means of an injection.The Background of this Tragedy...The background of this tragedy has its roots in the history of Spain. The Arabs brought their greyhounds with them onto the Iberian Peninsula. In the beginning, keeping these animals was restricted to the privileged nobility, who used them for hunting hares. In this time lies the origin of the race Galgo Espagnol, the Spanish greyhound. Although it was forbidden for the common people to own greyhounds many animals were stolen from the aristocratic kennels, and so the Galgo became after a while a working animal which had to contribute to the living of the little people.Up to our days this is the use of Galgos. These animals are often kept under ineffable conditions in small crates and get only the poorest attendance while waiting to be made use of in hunting season.
Breeding of Galgos underlies no rules or regulations. So it comes that Galgos are reproduced uncontrolled and in vast numbers and the litter is sold for a small amount of money. Every year there are new dogs available and the two and three year "old" dogs are surplus and have to be
"dumped".
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NOT ONLY GALGOS HAVE TO SUFFER IN SPAIN:
You can see in the picture, even the eyes and snout are a target for the horde. As the crowd throw hundreds of darts, at last the bulls look like a pincushion. Then, when people have enjoyed over and over the suffering of these animals, bulls are shoot to kill and their testicles cut off.
Horse "May" just before being slaughtered. In very bad shape, underweight and dehydrated.
