Fuerteventura to open five hunting dog training areas after 2026 season
Five designated areas will allow hunting dog training after the season ends, subject to rules on access, wildlife and documentation.
Fuerteventura’s Cabildo will designate five areas where hunters can train their dogs after the 2026 hunting season, the first time it has provided such spaces on the island.
The areas will be available from the first working day after the season ends until Sunday 27 December, inclusive. They may be used on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays and national and Canary Islands public holidays, between sunrise and sunset.
Where the areas will be
The five designated and signposted areas are:
- Coto de Los Camachos and La Capellanía, in La Oliva municipality
- Guerepe, in Pájara
- La Herradura, in Puerto del Rosario
- Punta Goma, in Antigua
The Cabildo says the areas will allow training outside the hunting season while avoiding the use of unauthorised land.
Rules for hunters and dogs
Hunters must carry all the valid documentation required for hunting under Article 28 of the current Canary Islands Hunting Law. Each hunter may bring a maximum of four dogs, and hunting parties are not permitted. Dogs must be identified by microchip and have their vaccination records.
Capturing any wildlife during training is prohibited. If a game species is caught accidentally, it must be left in the same place. Any incident involving wild species that are not game must be reported immediately to the Cabildo’s environmental officers. Ferrets may not be brought to or used in the areas.
Vehicles must be parked only in designated, signposted places without obstructing public roads. Users must also protect ethnographic and archaeological features, including walls, cisterns, uninhabited buildings and heritage materials, and prevent dogs from damaging them or disturbing their surroundings.
A lost dog must be reported to the competent authority within 48 hours. Failure to report it may constitute an administrative offence for abandonment.
The Cabildo says training hunting dogs outside the expressly authorised areas will be treated as an offence of hunting during the closed season.