Greyhounds are used extensively by hunters during the hunting season in Spain. Generally known as Galgos in the local language these dogs are exceptionally skilled and have a natural instinct to serve as hunting dogs. However there is another element to the story of greyhounds in Spain which has attracted international attention, specifically from animal rights groups.
The hunters in Spain have traditionally killed their hunting dogs when the hunting season comes to an end in January. They do this to get rid of the dogs since they have no intention of keeping them as pets until the start of the next hunting season. Due to this practice, the numbers of greyhound carcasses that litter the Spanish countryside are many at the climax of the hunting season.
People do not know how this practice started even though they know that the noble people of old publicly displayed tortured greyhounds to frighten the people who owned or rented small pieces of land from taking part in protests. They actually tortured many of these dogs rather than allowing them to die fast.
The hunters deliberately tie the noose in such a manner that the dogs can hold themselves up on their hind legs for two days. Once they begin to weaken from hunger and thirst they lose the power to hold themselves up and fall into the noose thereby suffocating to death.
Although the practice of killing greyhounds has gone on for many centuries, it has gotten the attention of the public only a short while ago. The people of Spain are infamous for their cruel handling of bulls in their traditional bullfighting sport but this barbaric tradition of slaughtering greyhounds appears to be a rival or something that exceeds the very unpleasant tradition in cruelty too.
For some people the fact that the greyhounds are used then later put to death is an extremely inhumane act. For others however it is the manner in which they are put to death which is a great cause of concern. It is estimated that over 10,000 greyhounds are hanged this way on an annual basis.
Hanging is only one of the methods used to kill greyhounds in Spain because you can find some hunters throwing the dogs into abandoned wells or leaving them to loiter in the woods and die because of hunger. You can also find burned dog carcasses littering the countryside.
There are more than 30 million people in Spain that do agricultural activities and hunting is a primary mode of acquiring food sources for them. Most of them make use of greyhounds in the hunting season.
However, these farmers state that they are not capable of providing good housing and food for the dogs on an annual basis because they lack certain facilities. According to them, this is what leads them to kill the dogs when the hunting season comes to an end. The reason for killing the dogs is therefore not as important as the method followed to kill them when considering the issue.
The hunters in Spain have traditionally killed their hunting dogs when the hunting season comes to an end in January. They do this to get rid of the dogs since they have no intention of keeping them as pets until the start of the next hunting season. Due to this practice, the numbers of greyhound carcasses that litter the Spanish countryside are many at the climax of the hunting season.
People do not know how this practice started even though they know that the noble people of old publicly displayed tortured greyhounds to frighten the people who owned or rented small pieces of land from taking part in protests. They actually tortured many of these dogs rather than allowing them to die fast.
The hunters deliberately tie the noose in such a manner that the dogs can hold themselves up on their hind legs for two days. Once they begin to weaken from hunger and thirst they lose the power to hold themselves up and fall into the noose thereby suffocating to death.
Although the practice of killing greyhounds has gone on for many centuries, it has gotten the attention of the public only a short while ago. The people of Spain are infamous for their cruel handling of bulls in their traditional bullfighting sport but this barbaric tradition of slaughtering greyhounds appears to be a rival or something that exceeds the very unpleasant tradition in cruelty too.
For some people the fact that the greyhounds are used then later put to death is an extremely inhumane act. For others however it is the manner in which they are put to death which is a great cause of concern. It is estimated that over 10,000 greyhounds are hanged this way on an annual basis.
Hanging is only one of the methods used to kill greyhounds in Spain because you can find some hunters throwing the dogs into abandoned wells or leaving them to loiter in the woods and die because of hunger. You can also find burned dog carcasses littering the countryside.
There are more than 30 million people in Spain that do agricultural activities and hunting is a primary mode of acquiring food sources for them. Most of them make use of greyhounds in the hunting season.
However, these farmers state that they are not capable of providing good housing and food for the dogs on an annual basis because they lack certain facilities. According to them, this is what leads them to kill the dogs when the hunting season comes to an end. The reason for killing the dogs is therefore not as important as the method followed to kill them when considering the issue.
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