tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815011.post-889524012003-02-12T03:51:00.000Z2003-02-12T03:51:23.673Z<b>Spanish practices</b> <br /> <br />What is it about Spain, for God's sake? Every time I look up, there's another story about some appalling bit of cruelty to animals. Today's jolly installment concerns greyhounds considered inadequate for hare coursing. It's bad enough that hare coursing should be considered a "sport" in the first place, but in Spain it appears that "inadequate" greyhounds are hanged alive, sometimes deliberately with their hind legs on the ground so that they have a slower and more painful death. The link below is from <a href="http://www.planetark.com/">Planet Ark</a>, and the words themselves are from <a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a>, so it should be pretty accurate. <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/19778/story.htm">http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/19778/story.htm</a> <br /> <br /><b><center>Current Mood: =>:(</b> <br /><font size="1"><i>[angry]</i></font> <br /><b><center>Music: Elton John, <i>Jack Rabbit</i></b>Loganberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115657707038920406noreply@blogger.com