Overview
- Plataforma NAC coordinated demonstrations in at least 44 Spanish cities and 42 abroad, including nine in the United States and one in Mexico City, according to organizers.
- The campaign calls for ending hunting with dogs, recognizing these animals under Spain’s Animal Welfare Law, and halting public subsidies for hunting.
- Turnout varied by locality, with local media citing hundreds in Vigo while police in Toledo counted roughly thirty participants.
- Organizers said 550 entities endorsed this year’s manifesto, the highest support since the mobilizations began.
- The protests highlighted claims of seasonal spikes in the abandonment and mistreatment of galgos and podencos, with NAC citing its own estimate of about 500,000 dog abandonments annually and roughly half linked to hunters.