ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Gentlemen, Ladies,
I recently learned about the barbaric and violent treatment of the Galgos/Greyhounds in Spain. I am horrified. I will not to travel to Spain or buy Spanish products until Spain prosecutes people who torture and abuse dogs. What good is having protection laws if they are not enforced? Civilized societies punish people who abuse and torture animals.

Please do the right thing and ENFORCE the laws (article 337 of the federal Penal code) that protect these docile, sensitive creatures.

Sincerely,

Honorable Government Officials, Embassies, and Tourism Agencies of Spain:

With the conclusion of Spain's hunting season, the hanging of the galgos/greyhounds begins. And once again the world bears witness to dead dogs, dangling from wire nooses, inches above the ground. Every year tens of thousands of Spain's hunting and racing dogs meet a crude and senseless fate after brief lives of loyal service.

The mutilation and slaughter of these dogs, most as young as two years of age, is an affront to humanity. I appeal to the Spanish government to outlaw the extermination of retired "working" dogs and other abandoned companion animals. All dogs and cats instinctively value life. Dogs hung from trees at the end of hunting season suffer no less because their purpose has expired. Animals hurled from bridges, tied to train tracks, or asphyxiated in plastic bags endure no less pain-simply because they are no longer needed.

I call upon officials to enforce article 337 of the federal Penal Code, along with any other animal welfare laws, that protect the galgos and companion animals of Spain. In addition, please ban all hunting with greyhounds, like the rest of the European Union.

Year after year the massacre continues, even as authorities claim it doesn't. I respectfully demand action, not lip service. Citizens of the world are appalled by reports and photos of dogs found shot, strangled, mutilated, and tossed into mass graves.

These are sentient, docile creatures. They are not trash. Law enforcers must respond to incidents of animal cruelty. Lawmakers must uphold laws to safeguard the galgos and other animals of Spain. And the European Union must intervene if Spain fails to meet even minimum standards of animal welfare.

Please inform me of any plans to raise the standard of animal protection in Spain. Under present circumstances, I cannot tour or otherwise support a country that sanctions the brutalization of animals. I will advise family, friends and colleagues to join me in a boycott of Spanish tourism and commerce until animals are treated with respect and compassion.

Sincerely,