Stop Torturing Greyhounds (Galgos) in Spain!

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The Issue

In Spain there is a widespread hunting tradition that involves torturing and killing approximately 60,000 Spanish Greyhounds (Galgos) a year. When the hunters deem their Greyhounds no longer useful, they brutally torture and kill or discard their Greyhounds in the most barbaric fashion.

The dogs are sometimes even slowly killed by hanging them by their necks so that their hind legs barely touch the ground, swaying back and forth for days until they starve and die of exhaustion. Others are beaten with rocks and thrown into pits or wells to starve or drown, and sometimes they are even buried alive. 

Since 2012, SPCA International has been working with organizations in Spain to eradicate a shocking, age-old tradition of hunting hares with Spanish Greyhounds and the abuse and torture associated with it. 

Please help by speaking out against this torture! Help us ban hunting with Greyhounds in Spain by signing and sharing this petition. Join us to stop the abuse and needless death of thousands of these gentle dogs by lending your voice right now.

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SPCA InternationalPetition StarterI’m a Client Manager at Change.org, helping nonprofits find and connect with new supporters. Before coming to Change.org, I worked as a Strategist at Big Duck, which is a communications firm that works exclusively with nonprofits. Prior to that, I ran the Digital Engagement Department at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). I graduated from Fordham University and while I’ve lived in New York for over a decade now, I grew up all over the world as an Army brat. When I’m not geeking out over online engagement and social media for nonprofits, I am either taking a yoga class, cooking up something exotic, or running the Central Park loop.
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Recent signers:
Linda Newby and 9 others have signed recently.

The Issue

In Spain there is a widespread hunting tradition that involves torturing and killing approximately 60,000 Spanish Greyhounds (Galgos) a year. When the hunters deem their Greyhounds no longer useful, they brutally torture and kill or discard their Greyhounds in the most barbaric fashion.

The dogs are sometimes even slowly killed by hanging them by their necks so that their hind legs barely touch the ground, swaying back and forth for days until they starve and die of exhaustion. Others are beaten with rocks and thrown into pits or wells to starve or drown, and sometimes they are even buried alive. 

Since 2012, SPCA International has been working with organizations in Spain to eradicate a shocking, age-old tradition of hunting hares with Spanish Greyhounds and the abuse and torture associated with it. 

Please help by speaking out against this torture! Help us ban hunting with Greyhounds in Spain by signing and sharing this petition. Join us to stop the abuse and needless death of thousands of these gentle dogs by lending your voice right now.

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SPCA InternationalPetition StarterI’m a Client Manager at Change.org, helping nonprofits find and connect with new supporters. Before coming to Change.org, I worked as a Strategist at Big Duck, which is a communications firm that works exclusively with nonprofits. Prior to that, I ran the Digital Engagement Department at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). I graduated from Fordham University and while I’ve lived in New York for over a decade now, I grew up all over the world as an Army brat. When I’m not geeking out over online engagement and social media for nonprofits, I am either taking a yoga class, cooking up something exotic, or running the Central Park loop.
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Congress of Deputies of Spain
Congress of Deputies of Spain

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Petition created on May 5, 2014