Today is World Galgo Day, which was set aside to publicize their situation in Spain. The plight of the galgo (also known as the Spanish Greyhound) in Spain, especially after the end of the hunting season (which happens to be now), is heartbreaking and horrifying. I will not post any pictures here of what happens to all too many of them, but suffice it to say that you can use Google to search and see for yourself. Fortunately there are people and organizations both here in the US (SAGE, GRIN, Scooby North America) and in Europe (Scooby, BaasGalgo, Galgos del Sol, Fundación BenjamÃn Mehnert) who do their utmost to rescue (and I mean, rescue) them.
What I will do here is to show you some pictures of Galgos that I've met in private photo sessions.
Izaskun:
Romeo:
Tadeo:
Lehto:
Cara:
Adopting a galgo is not quite as hard as you might think.
Thanks to all the volunteers and organizations that help these wonderful dogs.
The plight of the Galgo is so heartbreaking. Someone has just moved to New Zealand bringing one with her and she's applied to adopt a Greyhound :) I hope to meet her Galgo sometime.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of stunning dogs.
i really don't understand how they can be discarded in the manner that so many are after they've been loyal and worked hard for their owners. i don't get it.
DeleteNever met a Galgo I didn't like. Such sweeties. How can people treat them that way is beyond me.
ReplyDeletemaybe it's a long-time custom there — who knows. but that doesn't make it right.
DeleteI didn't realize it was today until I saw a couple of posts. You captured all of them beautifully!
ReplyDeletei got the idea of wanting to photograph greys or galgos at sunset in gettysburg last year. and i was lucky that a couple that i had done a session for earlier in the day was willing to play along. i think we got several good shots out in that peach orchard.
Delete