PRESS
RELEASE 24th of March 2015
On
a plot between the villages of Moraleja en Medina del Campo the Sociedad
Protectora de Animales y Medio Ambiente Scooby last Monday afternoon found an
assassinated galgo. The president of the organization himself, Fermin Perez was
informed by two workers of the same organization who were walking with their
dogs in the area when they found the remains of the galgo.
Arriving
at the scene together with a veterinary doctor, they could only conclude that
it concerned a young female galgo that suffered a blow to the head with a heavy
object, that looked like it caused its immediate death. The animal had no means
of identification, as could be confirmed by the chipreader.
Scooby
has been fighting the killing of galgos for over 30 years and even though the
numbers have gone down considerably during the last years, there are still
cases like this occurring regularly.
This
is the reason we continue to fight daily to achieve that all animals will have
a means of identification, so we can control the number of animals and their
owners. It is very important as well that their owners are organized to be able
to control the number of galgos they own and the condition they are in,
This
is a joint effort for various organizations to work together, primarily the
galgo federations, who will have to instate that the galgueros have to be able
to identify both themselves and their galgos, and on the other side the
authorities involved who will have to check the identifications and make sure
the laws are abided, and the refuges to
watch and care for the abandoned animals and report any cases like this one.
For
more information please contact:
Rebeca Cid Rodríguez
Prensa y Comunicación Scooby
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