How did it come about? I’ve been publicising the plight of the podenco since I became involved with their rescue, fostering and rehoming back in 2007, along with galgos. In those days most people hadn’t heard of podencos, outside of their rescuers in Spain and those living there with the problem of abandoned ones. In 2009 Ed Verhaegan created Podencoworld, a leading podenco rescue and rehoming association in Holland. But still publicity was mostly about galgos, always the galgos! Yet the podencos suffer just as much maltreatment.

It wasn’t until about 3 years ago that there was an explosion of interest through facebook and now these fantastic hounds are getting the help they deserve, as far as is humanly possible, bearing in mind the over-breeding and mass abandonment the cazadores and podenqueros continue to practice.

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Since the Spanish Royal Family State Visit (March 9th) to Windsor Castle, UK was cancelled, the planned Peaceful Protest in London has been reorganised for May 1st – International Day of the Podenco. This is an initiative of Podenco Alliance and Podenco Support South West.

We would like to ask all UK adopted and fostered podencos, galgos and all other Spanish rescue dogs to take part in our peaceful campaign of protest at the treatment of hunting dogs in Spain.

International Day of the Podenco – marches in London, Manchester and Glasgow to highlight the plight of podencos and galgos and all hunting dogs in Spain.

Sunday, st May 2016 – 12pm – London UK. Contact for more information.
There will be a vehicle in case any of the dogs may become too stressed; a vet is also organised. Still need several volunteers to act as stewards, have 2, need about 10 in total.

Sunday, May 1 at 11 AM in Heaton Park, Manchester Contact Dawn Walker for more info (I will be flying in to join in the Manchester march, so come and meet me!)

Sunday, May 1 at 1-3 PM in St Georges Square, Glasgow Contact email for Irene Allan for details
Map of the London march route

Spanish Day of the Podenco – today. International Day of the Podenco will be 1st May 2016 – more details to follow on the peaceful protests on that day.