This video features galgueros in Seville showing their dogs, heading off for the hunt, hunting itself. It illustrates the type of terrain where the dogs are used, the galgueros themselves, lost galgos, maltreated galgos, El Refugio in Seville where the volunteers pick up the pieces after these men have abandoned and dumped their dogs.

Bartolome Ramirez owns Villa del Rio in Cordoba, vice president of the hunting association in the region, breeds galgos and sells them to hunters. It is also a ‘refuge’! This man is in a powerful position to change the situation for the galgos; in the mid 1990’s he published an ‘Apology to the Galgo’; 10-15 years on, the only apparent alteration in the situation is that the galgueros now dump their dogs at the shelters instead of hanging them – 90 in a week at the Villa del Rio last year, taken in by Baas Galgo.

The video also features visitors to El Refugio from a Dutch association; some lucky galgos are heading off for Holland and forever homes. No wonder the galguero at the end (the one with the tractor) looks smug. Why should he care what happens when his galgos are lost, or he has dumped them.

The galgueros may try and present themselves as caring men, but the publicity on the Internet proves otherwise, the majority use the galgos and podencos as hunting tools, to be discarded when they are no longer of use. Shame on men such as Bartolome Ramirez who could change this.

I took these two photos in the Villa del Rio.

The sign says ‘put a galgo in your life’
Galgo puppies which, if not rescued urgently, would be sold to hunters.

TRANSLATION of the TV Programme by Maria Pelayo – first posted on Facebook Save the Galgo

Maria Pelayo
8:42pm Nov 22

Each year 50,000 greyhounds are abandoned.
Within the European Union are the only country that allows hunting with hounds and the worst treated.

galgeros: in Aljarafe Albaida the quiet town of Seville, the event celebrated Greyhound morphological valid for the national championship. They say they enjoy this tradition, out with their dogs to children and give them the place they deserve and they deserve. The greyhound is synonymous with speed, but what is judged in these championships is the correspondence with the Spanish purebred lineage that was about to disappear by crossing the English greyhound.

It’s a very different festive atmosphere of yesteryear in this town, which after the war (after the Spanish Civil War) had only a greyhound who hunted hares overtime to alleviate hunger was in the neighbourhood, this animal was destroyed and the owner had it in her arms but when it came to the field to hunt it took all and did not miss any hare, going on their race. the owner slept with the dog.

Fortunately, according to people in this town, has changed everything, is a faithful partner to walk with him, running a hare, to be among friends … spend a day with friends along with your dogs.

Galguera tradition spans the Andalusian countryside to the desert Castilian, and does not distinguish age or social status.

Chari adopted her greyhound Beret: she says that when the dogs have to be submitted in a contest or used for hunting are treated very well, but when they no longer serve the “lost”

Alcalá de Guadaira (people of Seville): Greyhounds choose this season to hunt and say they do not have the dogs stuck in those cages for pleasure but stolen, they say that dogs are not valid for a year or two the bitch who say they are 5 years of the season.

They will take the dogs to see how they run to hunt hares and who must leave early so that animals do not suffer the heat. Antonio Casado (Seprona), says that when they may find out two things: they find people with all permits to hunt and others who are hunters without permits and with the dogs in poor condition.

Hare hunting begins in early October and does not end until late January, during this period thousands of greyhounds galgueros and participate in numerous raids.

According SEPRONA people who only have one or more dogs all the way to take care of their dogs very well, but that competition will have to be the best, if not better …
if the dogs do not serve, in many cases are abandoned and as many dogs galgueros use only one or two years, so imagine how good they have been for some time the end for these dogs is abandonment or death .

By galgueros: care for dogs, do not leave (personal comment, but I live in Seville to see many dogs abandoned on roads, fields, city …). It is true that some take good care of their dogs but most if not serve or leave the field, the city or wherever, or slaughtered in the field so cruel (Personal Comment: not the first time that greyhound is a dead, hanging from a tree in the middle of a field)

SEPRONA not cope for the multitude of ads that are, are not isolated cases as most want to see galgueros, although the latter say that is not true, most do not leave their dogs when they served, does not mean that people with dogs, you use them for hunting and take care of them very well. A major problem is the theft of dogs, when they are quick to hunting, stolen, even with violence because there are a lot of money at stake.

The dog you see in a village (Ecija, Seville) is not an isolated case.

Many dogs are not even identified. The protective say that 50,000 greyhounds are abandoned annually. Protective in this sample is collected is more than a hundred, are voluntary, they come in the worst conditions, after a long time of neglect and abuse, poor physical and mental state, they arrive traumatized, terrified, very serious wounds and injuries, malnourished, with parasites, intestinal problems … I do analytical to see the degree of malnutrition and treat all the problems is different from the abandoned greyhound puppy without trauma to the abused, who are more timid, suspicious people, they turn away, be very afraid.

In Spain in the summer leaving some 400,000 pets, a figure that puts us ahead of dropouts per capita per day throughout the European Union. Volunteer: Be responsible about purchasing or adopting a pet and if you can not take care of her, do not.

SEPRONA: galgueros there are good and not the minority, but there are people that when your dog does not serve them, abandon them. Meanwhile Juan Carlos Gomez makes your dog run, let him chase the hare, said to have won the hare, but for him it is to see which ran faster

For him, the ground is hard for the greyhound and the hare is favorable.

While the aljarafe Albaida galguero returns soon, there was a good day (heat) to the championships must raise champions, raise them from puppies and with great sacrifice for two years, comes from his work and only have time for them, every time he goes into the field with their dogs take your medicine cabinet: disinfectant for wounds… a scar if there are open wounds bleeding, water for the dogs to cool, it’s very important, because when glucose blistering starts a competition may greyhounds go after one, two, three … hares and it’s important for the animal. it when it comes from the field with their dogs always wash their feet, he said galgueros all know what to do to care for these animals but not all do

by Bruno Lopez, “galgueros today he did not have water for the animals and for themselves, and after a physical effort as important the dog takes a very high temperature and more these days so hot, simply add water head back to the dog to drop the temperature, it helps the animal in that extra effort made by the greyhound.

Bruno was just sporting passion and love for the greyhound but he is not a good gauge of others listed above, knows where a good greyhound was sold for € 6,000, and dogs who have reached quarterfinals championships in Spain to have cost € 30,000. A stolen Felipe Fuentes 30 dogs this year and does not doubt that there is an organized network,

those who are interested in a particular greyhound first offer good money to its owner and if no one wants to sell, go for the dog and stolen.

One might infer that the dog is stolen after it appears abandoned or dead has not been satisfied, however the SEPRONA think not because when he steals a greyhound is because they are interested in the greyhound, you know what dog stolen.

Moises Lopez, the dog in full swing all you have is one year, because the former because it is very young, the second and the third his age and getting old. The stray dogs are dogs that pull the owners, because they are worth and are old.

Neglect, abuse … is considered an epidemic that only relieve international adoptions. Association “El Refugio”, 11:45 am: Two adopters who come to adopt Amsterdam is not the first time they do, nor the last. Like them, hundreds of families Dutch, Belgian and French adopted every year.

Abroad have a special sensitivity to the rights of animals, aliens are a lot of information comes the bad treatment they receive here these animals, they are interested in why and try and come to take to try to compensate these animals all that have been through.

taken to bring them from now on a life of companion dog are calm animals that do not bark, do not run …
This is the starting point of great controversy, many want to ban hunting with hounds in Spain is the only country in the European Union is permitted (protective

According to Antonio Casado SEPRONA much pampered greyhound when it is good and serves but was overlooked when it no longer makes or greater. The protective: it becomes brutal extermination is a slaughter, Bruno: not all are as well, Felipe Fuentes: I have not never killed no greyhound when an animal is too bad it took him to the SPCA, the protector: that’s what they tell you but very hard to see a greyhound galguero old.

Malaga Airport is a special day and exciting Shelter volunteers tell their dogs love them a lot, going to Holland for a better life as heroes smart and thoughtful, they still do not know but I expected a better future but instead there are others who do not suffer the same fate and the ride is not the same … are abandoned ….or…

Maria Pelayo 22/11 2011

I tried to translate the entire story as best I could, I expect you to understand.
The controversy is served, some say one thing and others say something else, which for my part I can say is that the shelters they were right and that all the years I see dogs left behind by towns, cities, scared, you can not bring or to feed the fear they have and that is certainly the maltratao from which they escaped. I totally agree that hunting should be eliminated so that the business was not done with these animals and to have more control. I know many dogs stolen … They are very very good and to keep company in the home are one of the best races are good, obedient, do not bark …