Editing Galgo Español (section)

===Hunting use===
The Galgo is used for hunting, as well as for [[coursing]] the [[hare]] in an open field where dogs hunt prey without human intervention during the chase.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/01/spain.animalwelfare|title=The dogs left to die after they 'humiliated' their masters|first=Giles|last=Tremlett|date=1 January 2006|website=the Guardian}}</ref> Coursing, was in the past an act of social prestige in which hunting was a pretext to prove who had the best specimens of the breed.

Galgos are commonly found in any of the towns and cities of the Spanish plains. Galgo coursing competitions generate annually in the order of sixty million euros {{citation needed|date=October 2015}},  a calculation which refers only to those aficionados which are members of the {{Lang|es|galgueras}} societies. This lesser group of galgueros train annually between three thousand and four thousand Galgos for participation in the various Open Field Coursing Championships. This type of testing event, where each year the fastest athletic winner is rewarded, seems to show that the galgueros are retrieving the more authentic type of breed that was lost years ago. {{citation needed |reason=retrieveing a more authentic type of breed|date=April 2024}}

[[File:Galgo Español fotografía blanco y negro niños.jpg|thumb|Galgos for racing in La Rioja.]]
Crossbreeding of the Galgo with Greyhounds for a faster racing type has ceased for two reasons: On one hand, in contemporary Galgo coursing, the killing of the hare is secondary to the beauty of the course. Crossbreeds are considered less beautiful in comparison to pure Galgos. On the other hand, the fact that the hare is protected more than ever against gun hunters, and it is increasingly hardier due to the selection of it having lost much of its natural cover due to the increase of plowed land and proliferation of roads, it promotes coursing with Galgos that have greater endurance. {{citation needed|date =April 2024}}

The particular characteristics of landscape topography have a major effect, resulting in those Galgos that win for generations of coursing in [[Andalusia]], not having the same characteristics as Galgos that win for generations of coursing in [[Castile (historical region)|Castile]].

In Andalusia and many parts of [[La Mancha]] vineyards and olive groves dominate the landscape offering the hare plenty of cover. The warm climates there provides the hare throughout the year abundant fodder without it having to travel long distances. Additionally it is less stressful for this prey to exist inside large farms without intersecting roads. All these factors will select a winning type of Galgo in this landscape which is smaller, with shorter and more rounded muscling, i.e., higher power in the hindquarters. This is because it must be an agile Galgo which enters and exits the turn faster and more easily. Lighter in weight because of the softness of the ground where reach must be more rapid if less strong, although one property does not necessarily exclude the other.

In Castile, with its large open spaces, the hare must travel greater distances in search of food and its only defense being away from cover are its legs, lungs and heart. This type of land and hare promotes another type of Galgo with a hard foot, deeper chest, longer and flatter muscling, ultimately a Galgo with greater endurance. These Galgos are heavier and are more attractive, and in fact have been considered purer of race, necessary for the preservation of the breed.{{citation needed|date =April 2024}}

Outside of Spain, in [[Chile]] (mainly in [[Central Chile]]), this breed is used in competitions that take place on national holidays.