Bloodhound

About the Bloodhound

The bloodhound is a large scent hound, originally bred for hunting deer, wild boar, rabbits, and since the Middle Ages, for tracking people. Believed to be descended from hounds once kept at the Abbey of Saint-Hubert, Belgium, in French it is called le chien de Saint-Hubert.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Bloodhound” (lead section), CC BY-SA 4.0.