Local Dog Advocates Bring Attention to Spanish Greyhound’s Plight

A Galgo Espanol [Photo by Jernej Furman via Wikicommons]

On Saturday, February 4, 2023, 19 caring people and 21 wonderful dogs took a group walk around the Arcata Marsh to bring attention to the plight of the Galgo Espanol, sometimes called the Spanish Greyhound.

Bringing attention to the plight of the Galgo Espanol dogs at the Arcata Marsh this last weekend.

February 1 is World Galgo Day. There are worldwide marches this week working to help save these gentle and beautiful dogs from the current cruel and inhumane practice by Spanish hunters.

This day is the end of hunting season in Spain, meaning that tens of thousands of Spanish hunting dogs, including galgos and podencos, are deemed to be useless. They are discarded to the street, hanged, thrown down wells, you name it. Often the microchips are physically removed so the Galgos won’t be found. The lucky ones end up in specialized Galgo shelters and eventually leave Spain for adoption. The unlucky ones end up in kill stations, starved or die.

We have at least two Galgos living in Humboldt County, lucky enough to have been imported from Spain and saved from a horrible fate.

The day at the Arcata Marsh was a lovely tribute.Ways you can help are found here:

DÍA DEL GALGO | WORLD GALGO DAY | FEBRUARY 1 (diadelgalgo.com)