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- PRESS RELEASE
- Barcelona, 24 April
2002
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- Yesterday the Spanish Government used
its majority at the Spanish Congress to keep Spain in the stone
age in animal welfare by rejecting four proposals to reform the
Spanish Penal Code presented by four different political parties,
which were awaiting for the last few months to be debated.
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- It seems that the influence of the
hunting and bullfighting industry is still too strong even though
some of the proposals only referred to define cruelty to companion
animals to be considered a crime and not just a fault with ridiculous
and ineffective fines as the only dissuasive tool. For now animals
in Spain will continue to be mutilated, tortured and killed with
impunity; greyhounds will continue to be hanged as a Spanish
'cultural tradition' in several parts of the country, dog fighting
organizations will continue to make good business with impunity,
and domestic violence perpetrators will continue abusing family
pets with impunity as a warning to other weaker victims.
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- We know that Spain will eventually
consider animals as living beings, with capacity to feel and
suffer but we would like you to help us save as many animals
as possible the unnecessary suffering they will endure until
Spanish representatives understand that violence is violence
and that you can't expect new generations to respect their relatives
and neighbours if you justify some kinds of violence.
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- Please send a letter to Spanish authorities
for them to understand why every civilized country considers
cruelty to animals a crime, and also send letters to the Spanish
embassy in you country and to all the media who can spread the
word to make Spanish authorities see that you are either part
of the solution or part of the problem.
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- Thank you.
- Anna Clements
SOSGalgos
- Send a letter to the
Spanish Tourism Offices....
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- The list of Spanish
Tourism Offices in all countries and
their contact information can be found here. There is also a sample letter on that page.
Please send them a letter expressing your views and also send
a copy of your letter to Pat
Colitsas who will hand deliver them
when they will be at their most useful.
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- .....And to the President
of Spain and to the man responsible for Animal Welfare....
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- Email letters can be sent to the president
of Spain, José Maria Aznar at jmaznar@presidencia.gob.es and to the Secretario Tecnico del Grupo Popular
en el Congreso de Diputados, Teofilo de Luis at grupo.popular@gpp.congreso.es. Also send a copy to the Government's Group
at the Spanish Congress at ester.fernandez@gpp.congreso.es
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- You can also use our
new Email form letter to send an email to President Aznar. Customize
your message and send right from our site.
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