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I Photograph Greyhounds Rescued From Horrible Masters Who Tortured Them For Poor Hunting Performance
About 3 years ago, my college Alain Bisotti told me about the suffering of greyhounds in south Europe, where these dogs (Galgos & Podencos) were tortured for their lack of performance during the hunting season. Affected by this cause, I decided to photograph these animals rescued from hell, and began working on this project. It was a different yet pleasing experience. I never worked with dogs or any animals before but I grew up with Whippets at home.
The greyhounds were about to die, like Reina, who was tied up to a tree and bitten when the association arrived. Most of the dogs were abandoned and starving. Before their adoption, those dogs were all suffering horribly from the hands of their masters. They found the dogs either not good enough at hunting , or useless once the hunting season was over. Hundreds of southern Europe’s greyhounds were abandoned and put down despite their kindness and sweetness.
I could have shown pictures of dogs dying of hunger or hanging from the branch of a tree. However, I wanted to show their new homes with loving families. In the nineteenth century, greyhounds appeared in art very often. I also wanted to show them in a beautiful and caring way, far away from their days of suffering.
A catalog with these pictures was made. As it is quite expensive, I called a public contribution through the crowd funding site KissKissBankBank to collected part of the sum necessary for this edition. A large portion of the profit will be donated to organizations that save these magnificent dogs.
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JeanneDeaux 9 years ago
That's amazing. It's great to hear that these poor dogs have a second chance in life... far away from their abusive previous owners.
MathiasdeLattre (Post author) 9 years ago
Yes hope every of them will be saved !
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BoredPandaCancer 9 years ago
Man that sucks, if I had a hunting dog and it didn't do a good job that day I would just pat it on its back and say "Nice try, maybe later."
JoAnneKlein 9 years ago
Greyhounds are the most gentle of dogs. Make wonderful companions. May Karma QUICKLY take care of their abusers with vengeance!
lessborednowbecca 9 years ago
someone needs to stop them being abused in the first place :( It is brilliant what they have done to save them though!
AnneStafford-wade 9 years ago
These are beautiful photographs which capture the essence of these loving, kind, sweet dogs. I am fostering one now. Thank you.
BirgitSchmidt 9 years ago
Thanks a lot for your beautiful work, Mathias. I knew hundreds of pictures showing their torture out in the sun on their death road.
CharlotteCollins 9 years ago
SO TRAGIC,Greyhounds second to Beagles and Pitbulls are the most abused breed of dog in the world.Firstly for racing and second for hunting.
AllisonTeague 9 years ago
Beautiful. May they all be blessed to find loving homes. You are a wonderful person, Mathias.
StinaKennedy 9 years ago
OMG - beautiful regal creatures that deserve a lifetime of worship. i love them all..
PaulaWehde 9 years ago
Beautiful and thoughtful photographs, really captures the proud spirit of these dogs even after what they have gone through.
GingerGeorge 9 years ago
Just lovely. Thank you for showing them with such dignity. It's wonderful to see them in their new, happier, lives.
DiannahCarmichael 9 years ago
Beautiful pics, and more beautiful are the folks that give the dogs a new life.Bravo
MelissaLaPera 9 years ago
Very touching, both the stories of these beautiful animals and their photos! Will pray for a better future for them!
VanillaBean 9 years ago
Such beautiful photographs. It's painful to imagine the torture they suffered in the past but so glad they have a new lease on life ♡
StephanieFlood 9 years ago
They are such amazing dogs with beautiful temperaments, horrible to know the cruelty they often face.
TusharGarg 9 years ago
Why do we place humanity above all else when humans are more cruel than any other living creature
TongaFonohema 9 years ago
Valuska reminds me of Splinter from Ninja Turtles. Sooo cute! I love them all.
LisaSilvera 9 years ago
i am in tears and i am relieved. thank you for "seeing" them. THEY MUST BE SAVED.
JoycezZhuang 9 years ago
They r soOOooo..................... beautiful.........................................
MathiasdeLattre (Post author) 9 years ago
Thanks you Mary, Here is the list of associations i decided to give the catalog´s profit :
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LaurieBarak 9 years ago
These dogs are all gorgeous and look so sweet. Milo is my favorite! I hope they all find loving homes. Karma will get their abusers!!!!
MelinaAndradeSanna 9 years ago
Beautiful dogs and beautiful ways of photographing them! An excellent job!
9 years ago
Stunning photographs Mathias. I invite you to come to our shelter Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert to see many, many more beauties. Thank you!!
MathiasdeLattre (Post author) 9 years ago
Directly on my website : www.mathiasdelattre.com Thanks you !
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GraceInRainbows 9 years ago
Kyra still looks scared =( and reina has a big scar in her face. I'm sorry and happy for them.
MonikaKrukowska 9 years ago
That's heartbreaking. Yet, such things still happen in Poland. (there is also info in english). https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=637
ElizabethMorales 9 years ago
Sone ppl need to see the ugly side tho, in order to give any fks. Beautiful pics btw :)
DegasdancersLestranger 9 years ago
these are beautiful dogs.... how could someone intentionally beat them... tied to a tree. i hope they suffer the same way in hell.
GeorginaBurns 9 years ago
I adore my gentle rescued greyhound, it took quite a long time to gain her trust but it was well worth it. Thankfully there are some excellent Shelters in Spain helping these abused dogs, but it is not easy. Many years ago when I worked in a Shelter, it was a huge worry when a Galgo came because the gitanos and hunters would come at night and steal them. Thanks to Anne Finch (She started Greyhounds in Need, UK) she helped many of our dogs find wonderful homes.
JennyJozwiak 9 years ago
What do I think you ask? I think that I see such pain and disappointment in the eyes of these dogs. I also think the "masters" who hurt them deserve to die and painful and horrible death. I would be happy to help them them out and torture THEM to death. This is what it does to me. I hate so much of humanity.
JudyDowney 9 years ago
All i can say is:I hope the previous owners of these abused hounds rot in hell...A******S ALL!
KSEWłocławek 9 years ago
Beautiful picture and great idea to help them. So good job and big heart for animals . Amazing pictures
ZachCompton 9 years ago
wire and smooth ibizan hounds, not all greyhounds, know your subject......beautiful thing your doing for the dogs regardless.
DaphnéBossé 9 years ago
These are sighthounds. A greyhound is in the sighthound race ;) great pictures!!!!
AshleyArd 9 years ago
Beautiful pic's, but only 4 are actual greyhounds, the rest are Ibizan hounds, and the smaller tan ones are called Pharoah hounds, good try
MathiasdeLattre (Post author) 9 years ago
There are 4 Galgos And one pharaon from Sicily, the rest are Podencos !
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StefanSutter 9 years ago
"Greyhound" is often used to get people in that can't make a thing of the real races.
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JeanneDeaux 9 years ago
That's amazing. It's great to hear that these poor dogs have a second chance in life... far away from their abusive previous owners.
MathiasdeLattre (Post author) 9 years ago
Yes hope every of them will be saved !
Load More Replies... BoredPandaCancer 9 years ago
Man that sucks, if I had a hunting dog and it didn't do a good job that day I would just pat it on its back and say "Nice try, maybe later."
JoAnneKlein 9 years ago
Greyhounds are the most gentle of dogs. Make wonderful companions. May Karma QUICKLY take care of their abusers with vengeance!
lessborednowbecca 9 years ago
someone needs to stop them being abused in the first place :( It is brilliant what they have done to save them though!
AnneStafford-wade 9 years ago
These are beautiful photographs which capture the essence of these loving, kind, sweet dogs. I am fostering one now. Thank you.
BirgitSchmidt 9 years ago
Thanks a lot for your beautiful work, Mathias. I knew hundreds of pictures showing their torture out in the sun on their death road.
CharlotteCollins 9 years ago
SO TRAGIC,Greyhounds second to Beagles and Pitbulls are the most abused breed of dog in the world.Firstly for racing and second for hunting.
AllisonTeague 9 years ago
Beautiful. May they all be blessed to find loving homes. You are a wonderful person, Mathias.
StinaKennedy 9 years ago
OMG - beautiful regal creatures that deserve a lifetime of worship. i love them all..
PaulaWehde 9 years ago
Beautiful and thoughtful photographs, really captures the proud spirit of these dogs even after what they have gone through.
GingerGeorge 9 years ago
Just lovely. Thank you for showing them with such dignity. It's wonderful to see them in their new, happier, lives.
DiannahCarmichael 9 years ago
Beautiful pics, and more beautiful are the folks that give the dogs a new life.Bravo
MelissaLaPera 9 years ago
Very touching, both the stories of these beautiful animals and their photos! Will pray for a better future for them!
VanillaBean 9 years ago
Such beautiful photographs. It's painful to imagine the torture they suffered in the past but so glad they have a new lease on life ♡
StephanieFlood 9 years ago
They are such amazing dogs with beautiful temperaments, horrible to know the cruelty they often face.
TusharGarg 9 years ago
Why do we place humanity above all else when humans are more cruel than any other living creature
TongaFonohema 9 years ago
Valuska reminds me of Splinter from Ninja Turtles. Sooo cute! I love them all.
LisaSilvera 9 years ago
i am in tears and i am relieved. thank you for "seeing" them. THEY MUST BE SAVED.
JoycezZhuang 9 years ago
They r soOOooo..................... beautiful.........................................
MathiasdeLattre (Post author) 9 years ago
Thanks you Mary, Here is the list of associations i decided to give the catalog´s profit :
Load More Replies... LaurieBarak 9 years ago
These dogs are all gorgeous and look so sweet. Milo is my favorite! I hope they all find loving homes. Karma will get their abusers!!!!
MelinaAndradeSanna 9 years ago
Beautiful dogs and beautiful ways of photographing them! An excellent job!
9 years ago
Stunning photographs Mathias. I invite you to come to our shelter Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert to see many, many more beauties. Thank you!!
MathiasdeLattre (Post author) 9 years ago
Directly on my website : www.mathiasdelattre.com Thanks you !
Load More Replies... GraceInRainbows 9 years ago
Kyra still looks scared =( and reina has a big scar in her face. I'm sorry and happy for them.
MonikaKrukowska 9 years ago
That's heartbreaking. Yet, such things still happen in Poland. (there is also info in english). https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=637
ElizabethMorales 9 years ago
Sone ppl need to see the ugly side tho, in order to give any fks. Beautiful pics btw :)
DegasdancersLestranger 9 years ago
these are beautiful dogs.... how could someone intentionally beat them... tied to a tree. i hope they suffer the same way in hell.
GeorginaBurns 9 years ago
I adore my gentle rescued greyhound, it took quite a long time to gain her trust but it was well worth it. Thankfully there are some excellent Shelters in Spain helping these abused dogs, but it is not easy. Many years ago when I worked in a Shelter, it was a huge worry when a Galgo came because the gitanos and hunters would come at night and steal them. Thanks to Anne Finch (She started Greyhounds in Need, UK) she helped many of our dogs find wonderful homes.
JennyJozwiak 9 years ago
What do I think you ask? I think that I see such pain and disappointment in the eyes of these dogs. I also think the "masters" who hurt them deserve to die and painful and horrible death. I would be happy to help them them out and torture THEM to death. This is what it does to me. I hate so much of humanity.
JudyDowney 9 years ago
All i can say is:I hope the previous owners of these abused hounds rot in hell...A******S ALL!
KSEWłocławek 9 years ago
Beautiful picture and great idea to help them. So good job and big heart for animals . Amazing pictures
ZachCompton 9 years ago
wire and smooth ibizan hounds, not all greyhounds, know your subject......beautiful thing your doing for the dogs regardless.
DaphnéBossé 9 years ago
These are sighthounds. A greyhound is in the sighthound race ;) great pictures!!!!
AshleyArd 9 years ago
Beautiful pic's, but only 4 are actual greyhounds, the rest are Ibizan hounds, and the smaller tan ones are called Pharoah hounds, good try
MathiasdeLattre (Post author) 9 years ago
There are 4 Galgos And one pharaon from Sicily, the rest are Podencos !
Load More Replies... StefanSutter 9 years ago
"Greyhound" is often used to get people in that can't make a thing of the real races.
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