On Monday 15th April Mme Michelle Striffler, the French MEP actively involved in animal welfare issues at the European Union, together with 11 other co-signatories, submitted the Written Declaration 0006/2013 on putting an immediate stop to the torture and mistreatment of greyhounds in Europe. Just 200 hundred words that can have a great impact on the lives of many greyhounds. The Written Declaration will lapse on 15th July 2013.
The Written Declaration clearly and simply states that all forms of
cruelty inflicted upon the greyhounds around Europe should come to an
end and that proper enforcement of animal welfare laws is necessary. You
can read more information here.
The Declaration is for the Members of the European Parliament to sign. It would be a real shame if the Declaration wouldn't get enough signatures, so it would be very good if we as EU-citizents could let them know that we want our MEPs to sign the Declaration.
If you want to contact MEPs in your country, you can find their details in the following link:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/map.html
I suggest this as a sample letter:
Name and
Address
of your MEP
Dear
It is a well documented and publicised fact that an estimated 100,000 galgos - Spanish greyhounds, are abandoned, injured, tortured, at the end of the Spanish hunting season EVERY YEAR. A much smaller number of British and Irish racing greyhounds suffer similar abuse. With all the information that is available on the Internet on the deplorable situations that exist mainly in UK and Spain, these facts cannot be denied.
A Written Declaration 0006/2013 clearly and simply states that all forms of cruelty inflicted upon the greyhounds around Europe should come to an end and that proper enforcement of animal welfare laws is necessary.
I beg you to please sign this Written Declaration, please do not shy away and ignore my plea. Please sign before 15th July 2013 and help everyone put a stop to the deplorable and inexcusable suffering of these animals every year.
Yours
Name
Address
Country
The Declaration is for the Members of the European Parliament to sign. It would be a real shame if the Declaration wouldn't get enough signatures, so it would be very good if we as EU-citizents could let them know that we want our MEPs to sign the Declaration.
If you want to contact MEPs in your country, you can find their details in the following link:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/map.html
I suggest this as a sample letter:
Name and
Address
of your MEP
Dear
It is a well documented and publicised fact that an estimated 100,000 galgos - Spanish greyhounds, are abandoned, injured, tortured, at the end of the Spanish hunting season EVERY YEAR. A much smaller number of British and Irish racing greyhounds suffer similar abuse. With all the information that is available on the Internet on the deplorable situations that exist mainly in UK and Spain, these facts cannot be denied.
A Written Declaration 0006/2013 clearly and simply states that all forms of cruelty inflicted upon the greyhounds around Europe should come to an end and that proper enforcement of animal welfare laws is necessary.
I beg you to please sign this Written Declaration, please do not shy away and ignore my plea. Please sign before 15th July 2013 and help everyone put a stop to the deplorable and inexcusable suffering of these animals every year.
Yours
Name
Address
Country
