Plight of the greyhound in Europe (2001)

Article written for German Magazine (2001) Dear Readers, We have become more aware of the plight of greyhounds in Europe and elsewhere over the last 10 years, though their suffering has gone on for decades. Their qualities as swift hunters have been a thorn in the...

A hanging in Murcia (2001)

A Pine Wood, A Stable, A hillside. April 2001 Not for the sensitive. (Images at the end) A telephone call from a journalist in Spain prompted me to go quickly to investigate more sad discoveries of the abuse of galgos, this time very close to a fashionable tourist...

Killing of Greyhounds in Spain (2002)

Discovery of a mass grave in Chueca, Spain, March 2nd, 2002. In the neighbourhood of this little village of 275 inhabitants near Toledo, corpses of galgos have been found among heaps of bones, which proves that the killing has been going on till today. An eyewitness...

The first greyhound rescued from Spain

Masay and the Rescue from Mallorca In July 1991 a horrific, heartrending article appeared in a British national newspaper about Irish greyhounds exported to Spain for racing. I knew of the scandal and had been engaged in campaigning against the export for some time....

The Story of Valiente

The story of Valiente – peace at last (10.11.01) This young galgo was found in an abandoned house by Cristina Garcia Moreno of PROA organisation Madrid, who had been alerted that a stray galgo was in that area in a distressed state. Cristina found the poor dog...