Galgo News

Sighthound Walking Groups & Great Greyhound Global Walking Groups

Find links to the different groups in your area on this link. Join in with your galgos and podencos.

Please sign and share - Ban Greyhound & Galgo Racing in Portugal

Portugal has a bad record for animal welfare with dogs abandoned every day - and regular readers may remember years ago we helped with the rescue and rehoming of an abused and maltreated galgo family.

Please sign and share this petition widely.

Protectora Scooby - always there for all the animals

I know it's an old film but much of what is on the video hasn't changed...just a few more shelters and enclosures gone up for the animals...but the team stays the same, the animals keep coming in...and Scooby needs the support.

Video 2 - Christelle visits with her father - this is 2016 - sadly nothing has changed, the galgueros still overbreed their hounds and abandon in the same numbers.

Video 3 - From Scooby in Spain to forever in Finland

10 reasons to adopt a galgo

I know the video says 'greyhounds' but the same applies to galgos - 10 reasons to adopt a galgo!

List of galgo rescue and rehoming associations (let me know of any which need adding!)

Walking in Spain for the homeless hounds

From Ann Marie Payne of Ann's Canine Care.

'This is to show you that although I live in a hunting area, hunting with galgos and podencos, and the abuse they suffer is not condoned by all people in the town. This photo is of a group of ladies that put on a catwalk show to highlight some of the abandoned dogs found in Campillos, and other dogs needing homes. I am 3rd from the left with Mattei, and Suerte is in the centre. Both have gone on to find loving and forever homes.

So please when you see graphic photos of abused dogs in Spain please take into account that many, many individual Spanish people, charities and groups are trying to help the situation, and they go unnoticed.

Thank you. Ann and the dogs

Regalgos, Perrigalgos - the mestizo outcasts of Spain

From Scooby.

'The outcasts of the outcasts in the world of hunting - They call them Regalgos in Andalusia and
Perrigalgos in Castilla.

They are mongrels whose father or mother is a galgo and they are the ones no one notices. Galgos are easy to place, as more and more people realise what wonderful companions they can be in family. Podencos, although still problematic to place, usually have a size that facilitates their adoption.

But what about this new category of mix breeds?

Hunting with galgos in Spain - hell on earth for galgos!

From Scooby Medina.

There are those who think that the abuse of galgos is a thing of the past. This galgo has appeared in Jódar, Jaén.

In the areas where there are galgos the hunters and galgueros call this practice "put them to play the piano".

Who is able to give death to a helpless animal as we can call him? What could we do with all these bastards who do this? Inhumans. These bastards should be controlled by the Civil Guard, such as the hunting license and mandatory to carry GPS Locator. And give the power to the Seprona to force its owners to allow mandatory identification even within properties.

https://www.facebook.com/azul.mar.cielo/videos/10221455576323032/

attention, very hard images

Spain today - the horror for galgos goes on!

Hunting in Spain has only just started!!

Beaten to death and thrown into a well.
That has been the sad end of four galgos in Badajoz.
And no, It is not news of 20 or 30 years ago, it is news today.

Link to the news: https://bit.ly/2kdWLsW

Greyhounds around The Globe Conference - Ireland, 30 November 2019

If you are interested in the Greyhounds Around The Globe conference in Ireland on 30 November 2019, the details are here.

The Irish Council Against Blood Sports and GREY2K USA Worldwide invite you to attend the second Greyhounds Around the Globe conference in Dublin on November 30, 2019!

Come and meet leading voices in greyhound advocacy and adoption from across the world, all on one day, all in one place. Lunch will be hosted by a well-known television actress and speakers will include lawmakers and non-profit leaders from multiple countries.

10 reasons to adopt a galgo

Lovely video giving 10 reasons to adopt a galgo - in this film it is greyhounds, as the film was made by Animals Australia.