I don't know how to start this topic. today about 1 hour ago we were visited by a friend of ours, who presented us with the two little puppies below.
They were found in a plastic bag hanging from a tree on the entrance to the tip in Gandesa.
What is wrong with these people, we have been here for nearly 7 years and been rnning our kennels for five years and have never seen such cruelty during or time here, people always seem to come to us with these finds and beleave me there has been many.
Seven puppies dumped last year on the main track, two we found homes for, one also last year, again found on the tip in a plastic bag and now living in france with friends.
A newly born puppy found on the main road in Gandesa, alive but unfortunatly died.
Theres been a dog  chained up for months, day and night, out in this baking heat in Gandesa, ok, complain you say, but if you do you cause trouble for yourself, I know, through experience.
Don't anyone dare to defend these Catalans, there a bloody disgrace and its about time something was done, the rescue centres are full to bursting with no funding from either local councils or government and the problem with the Tortosa Rescue Centre should have been sorted months ago.
If there are Catalans out there reading this, THEN YOU DO SOMETHING, you have the means,there your dogs not pieces of rubbish, if you don't want them then have your dogs spayed, why shoud I keep picking up your cast offs.

                  Terry.

Hi Nen.
Thanks for that. all I would like to now is WHY, why hang them in a tree, ive seen the tree and its not that easy to get to, they treat their rubbish better, when they can be bothered.
I would have liked to put a poster around town, but ive been warned not to, my god this is 2009 not 1509. i thought this was a civilised coutry.
Its frightening to think I live with these people and my pets are roaming around, especialy the cats.
What a sick society we live in. I know this happens in the UK, but it is reported on, nationally, here its excepted as, "thats what they do"
Anyway there here with us and surviving although the black one isnt too good hopefully they'l make it through the night, Sandra's got her work cut out.
If anyone wants a puppy, both boys, please give us a ring.
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I am not going to even attempt at trying to support the people/person who has left these puppies in a tree, but I do not see how you can say that its the Catalan people who have done this unless you have actually seen them put them there.
I have some English 'friends' who cant afford to have their cats spayed and have consequently got more kittens than they can ever find homes for. How many english can kill their kittens in a humane way?
The majority of locals that I know would have no problem in destroying unwanted animal offspring in a humane way, with a cartridge possibly?
So please dont call this a Catalunya disgarace. It is an affront to label a whole race with one incident.
And Terry you have chosen to live here with your british loves,hates and standards, but the Catalans have lived here for generation after generation and fought extremely hard very very recently to maintain their own values, language and way of living so may not be so inclined to feel the same way as you.
I have not replied to this thread to be controversal, but am simply stating my thoughts on your post.
Please keep saving everything, someone has to do it.

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Coo Cactus you are very brave to counter the brits on anything to do with puppies and kittens

But I agree with you who is to say it is a Catalan it could well be a gitano or a brit short of money

Bigyin wrote on Aug 18^th, 2009 at 11:08am:


It is nice to see Bigyin that you have included all the British practices that we try to forget about.  I presume that the etc includes deer hunting, otter hunting and badger baiting.  I am afraid that in the UK we have people just as bad as anywhere else in this world however animal loving the majority may be.

See news report. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/1420103/Dogs-in-Spain-fac...

Now tell me its not the locals, they even admit it.
                   Terry.

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Well I just read that report and I saw nothing that said anything about Catalunya only Andalucia (the other end of the country).
Are you aware that the best bit of evidence you could find is in fact from an article from 2003, SIX AND A HALF YEARS AGO

I own a greyhound or galgo and the majority of people whom I meet in Catalunya dont even recognise the breed let alone go around hanging them in trees.
My dog is a rescue dog from Northern Ireland (part of the UK), incidently the largest breeders of greyhounds in the world, and if a dog doesnt live up to standards it is just left to starve to death, much slower than in a 'news report' in a british paper.
So Yes I do love animals and I am glad that people like you do things to help them. What I dont like is self opinionated generalisation of a race. Which is also known as RACISM.

I think the thing here is that animal cruelty takes place in whatever part of the world we live in and that it is up to people like Terry and ourselves to do something about it rather than just sit back, moan and blame any particular race.  I thank him for bringing the practice to our attention and now lets see if anyone has any ideas about what can be done to get the perpetrators brought to justice.