This pioneering initiative aims to provide the hunting community with suitable and signposted areas for dog training throughout the year, even outside the official hunting season. The grounds will be operational from the first working day after the conclusion of the 2026 season until Sunday, December 27th.
The designated areas include Coto de Los Camachos and La Capellanía in La Oliva; Guerepe in Pájara; La Herradura in Puerto del Rosario; and Punta Goma in Antigua. These locations have been selected and marked to ensure training takes place in authorized areas, thus preventing training in unauthorized grounds.
Access to these grounds will be permitted on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays, and national and regional holidays, during the hours between sunrise and sunset. To use these facilities, all necessary and valid documentation for hunting activities, as per Article 28 of the Canary Islands Hunting Law, will be mandatory.
Each hunter may bring a maximum of four dogs, and the formation of hunting packs is prohibited. Dogs must be correctly identified with a microchip and possess their vaccination records. During training sessions, the capture of any wildlife species, whether game or non-game, is strictly forbidden.
In case of accidental capture of game species, they must be released at the same location. If any incident occurs with non-game wildlife, it must be immediately reported to the Cabildo's Environmental Agents. The use or possession of ferrets in these grounds is also prohibited.
Vehicle parking must be exclusively in the designated and signposted areas, without obstructing public pathways. Users must also respect ethnographic and archaeological points of interest within the zones, such as walls, cisterns, or abandoned dwellings, ensuring that neither people nor dogs damage or alter their surroundings.
In the event of a dog being lost or straying, it must be reported to the competent authority within a maximum of 48 hours. Failure to report may constitute an administrative infraction for abandonment. The Cabildo of Fuerteventura reminds that training hunting dogs outside expressly authorized areas will be considered an infraction for hunting during the closed season.
