Kristal, a volunteer, plays with a greyhound at Alhaurin de la Torre dog shelter in southern Spain Kristal, a volunteer, plays with a greyhound at Alhaurin de la Torre dog shelter in southern Spain ...

Working dogs - known as galgos - are discarded or brutally killed by owners who do not want to pay for their upkeep in the off-season THOUSANDS of greyhounds face being left to die agonising deaths ...

The greyhounds are hanged, burnt alive, slit by the throat or abandoned on rail tracks by their owners. More than 50,000 greyhounds are killed and abandoned each year, after hunters deem them ...

The dumping of former hunting dogs is becoming a major problem, an animal sanctuary has warned as it marks its 25th anniversary. Greyhound Rescue Wales was founded in reaction to the dog racing ...

With their narrow head and long legs, greyhounds are one of the fastest dog breeds on earth, making them the preferred choice of hunters in Spain to catch rabbits and hares. But instead of being ...