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This is Agustin the Podenco who has been GRIN's recipient of our EAF Fund (Emergency Assistance Fund) this month. He is doing very well please read his update. Thanks to all our supporters he got the veterinary care he needed for his fractured elbow and he did not lose his leg! Now we need a forever home for him.
If anyone in Europe is interested please contact us.
Thank You!
This is Agustin the Podenco who has been GRIN
The Fiesta de los Galgos in Escondido California held on Sept. 19, 2010 was a success. The annual Greyhound Connection Picnic and Annual Reunion www.greyhoundconnection.org raised funds for the ex-racers here in California that need homes as well as the G.R.I.N. booth that participated in the event. We are happy to announce that with the funds raised at this event another galgo named Romeo has found his ticket to freedom as of today! Please see the plea from Tina Solera of Murcia Spain who is now collaborating with Silvia Bordetas Gil to help a handful of galgos that were set to be destroyed or returned to the hunters.
Ruso is one of the three rescued by Tina and Silvia and today is having his surgery to repair his broken hip thanks to all our donors and supporters.
Now he and Romeo and little Agustin the Podenco with the broken leg have a brighter future. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
G.R.I.N. Board
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Thanks to the generosity of Beth and Pete Wade, GRIN will once again be collecting supplies for the shelters in Spain at Dewey 2010! Please bring new or used collars, leashes, and coats to the NEW collection point 116 Clayton Street which is on the bayside of Dewey. While you're there, check out Beth and Pete's great work! You can get a preview by checking out their websites: www.bethwadedesign.com and www.the barkingtree.com. The shelters really need any items you can spare this year so bring as many as you can squeeze into the car and head to Dewey!
Dewey 2010 is being held October 7-10, 2010.
Here is a link that provides some of the event schedule... www.deweyvendordirectory.com/schedule.html
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Sponsor Lisa's Parachute Jump for 112carlotagalgos Regular readers will know that, for the past 3 years at the beginning of December, Charl has organized a Fiesta des Galgos in Malaga, where she lives. She's just formed her own association 112carlotagalgos and from 12th -19th September, Fiesta des Galgos goes International!
It commences with Lisa's 5,000ft parachute jump on 12th September, which is the same day as my own Fete des Galgos at my home in France. My event is a Fun Dog Show, plus Craft Fair, Have A Go Archery and display of classic and interesting cars and bikes. The following weekend on 19th September, GRIN in the US are holding a BIG galgo picnic.
We're all very excited about this opportunity to raise even more awareness about the plight of the galgos in Spain - hopefully next year we can persuade galgo associations in other countries to join in the week.
Lisa and Charl desperately need people to sponsor Lisa - personally, I hate flying, never mind jumping out of an airplane at 5,000 ft! Good on you, Lisa! To sponsor Lisa, donate by Paypal to comdelrio@hotmail.com
On a negative note, Kirstene of Virgin Vie has just notified Charl that she is pulling out of doing a parachute jump, and not because of illness. Bit late in the day, when I understand people have been sponsoring her.
It has been four months since we first saw the images of Sofie in the streets of Badajoz with her jaw hanging due to an act of cruelty. After four months of recuperation, yesterday the rods that kept her jaw intact were removed! Sofie looks so beautiful it brings tears to our eyes.
We thank the fabulous Vets of Clinica Veterinaria Blasco Ibanez in Valencia and to Silvia Bordetas Gil who coordinated the whole effort and to all the people involved in her rescue. New mom Wally Lacey awaits the moment she meets her girl in Valencia to bring her home. October 5th is not to far off Sofie, hang in there!
The GRIN Team
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112 Carlota Galgos has received a donation from GRIN's Loly's fund to help in the vetting and boarding of this baby Podenco named Mary and another needy galga named Dana as well.
These pictures were taken of Mary when she was found wandering in front of a petrol station where Char was filling up. She was filled with thorns and ticks and scared to death. Char caught her with some tasty mortadella meat and rescued her from the bleak future if she had been left there.
She is now in need of vetting and ongoing boarding until a home is found. If anyone is interested in Mary, she is in Malaga and you can reach us if you want more information on baby Mary or contact comdelrio@hotmail.com.
Thank You
GRIN Board of Directors
Dedicated to the welfare of the Spanish Galgo and Sighthounds worldwide.
Galgo Rescue International Network (GRIN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal welfare organization run entirely by volunteers that was founded to establish a relationship between the animal shelters in Spain and animal lovers in the United States and around the world. Our love of Greyhounds and concern for their plight drew us to their cousins — the galgos.
Working closely with Spanish shelters, GRIN raises awareness of the Spanish Greyhound's plight through international educational campaigns and fundraising. We also aid shelters and assist with adoptions for rehomed sighthounds in the U.S. with the primary goals being to provide practical help and supplies to the Spanish shelters and to inspire change in the treatment of the Galgo Espnaõl and the Podenco through public informational and educational campaigns.
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