Travis Patenaude
Community Member
In 2012 my wife and I were blessed to be rescued by a Galgo named Leena. This scared little white Galgo inspired my wife and I to start Love Hope Believe Galgo Adoption (www.adoptagalgo.com) in 2013. When our group was first starting out, we were lucky enough to have a member of Hearts Speak (www.HeartsSpeak.org) take photographs of our adoptable Galgos. In 2014 I took up photography and joined HeartsSpeak to pay it forward. Internationally renowned dog photographer Travis Patenaude of Stink-Eye Photography creates unique portraits that foster an emotional connection between the subject and the viewer. He believes emotions and feelings are a vital part of telling stories and has to be put in a form that touches the hearts of people' to evoke empathy and to have the viewer want to learn more about the dogs. Travis is an advocate for animal rescue and animal rights, in particular raising awareness for the plight of the hunting dogs of Spain. He has won international awards and have been published across international print, online media, and magazines.
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Several Galgos get along great with cats. Just saying ;)
The Spanish people are aware and trying to change the laws. Spain passed a new Animal Welfare act last year, but unfortunately, the hunters successfully lobbied to have working and hunting dogs excluded from the new law. There are a good number of rescues in Spain for these dogs, but 70% of the dogs rescued are adopted outside of Spain. The shelter I volunteer at is near Sevilla Spain. Fundación Benjamines Mehnert houses 650 dogs with 80% being Galgos. You can read about my time there in past Bored panda article.
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