Petition to the Spanish Government We mentioned in our last newsletter that we were working on setting up a petition to the Spanish Government during the time Spain holds the   Presidency of the Council of the   European Union. Our on-line petition (below) went “live” on our website on the 8th February 2010 and will close on 30th April, 2010.   We have, at the time of going to print, over 15,000 signatures from all over the World and would like to take the opportunity here to thank everyone who has kindly signed this        petition which we will present to  Don Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero,   Presidente del Gobierno de Espana. (Prime Minister of Spain) If you haven’t signed yet, please follow this link and add your name to help the galgos. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/18/stop-cruelty-to-spanish-greyhounds- galgos ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… To: Don Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero,  Presidente del Gobierno   de Espana We, the undersigned, address this petition to the Spanish Government during Spain’s Presidency of the Council of Europe. This petition is      sponsored by Greyhounds in Need, an English registered charity         devoted to the rescue, treatment and rehoming of  Galgos Español ,      the native greyhounds used in Spain for hunting.   It is very well known in Spain and abroad that these dogs are routinely abandoned or killed by their owners at the end of their first hunting   season.        6 Photo by Marcella Zappeij