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Our love of greyhounds and concern for their plight drew us to their cousins in Spain - the Galgos. The Galgo Rescue International Network (G.R.I.N.) was founded to establish a relationship between the galgo shelters in Spain and animal lovers in the United States and around the world. Working closely with the Galgo shelters in Spain G.R.I.N. raises awareness of the Galgo's plight through international educational campaigns and fundraising. We also act as an adoption agency for rehomed Galgos in the US and will provide assistance to the Spanish shelters whenever possible. |
Shelter Aid
The galgo shelters in Spain are in dire need of help. One of G.R.I.N.'s primary goals is to provide much needed medical supplies, practical supplies, and financial support to the shelters whenever possible.
Rescue Missions
Check out all of G.R.I.N.'s exciting rescue missions and get the scoop on the latest news from the US and Spain!
Adopt a Galgo
If you are interested in adopting in the future, please click the "Adopt A Galgo " link for an application and important information.
Adopted Galgos - Check back frequently as the stories of all our wonderful rescued galgos are coming soon!
| GRIN Mission in the Spanish Media! |
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| Saturday, 23 February 2008 | |
Operation Noa: A run over galgo is rescued all the way from United StatesOperación Noa: Rescate desde Estados Unidos de una galga atropelladaLa madrina de vuelo estadounidense posa con la galga, en Barajas. Please scroll to end of English translation for original Spanish version  La madrina de vuelo estadounidense posa con la galga, en Barajas. As her luck would have it, her time had not yet come on that 22nd of December on the road from Tortecilla in Palencia. Two fairy godmothers had better plans for her. One, the rescuer, Crisitna Pascual, president of the Palencia protection society Amigos de Milord, and the other, the Plaskett family, of South Carolina, who wanted to operate on her again and adopt her after hearing her story. Noa is now in good hands. She is in a veterinary clinic in Atlanta, thousands of kilometers fromValladolid. The doubt that was left with all of her chain of caregivers in Castilla y León, is whether or not she will recover the use of her left front leg, which was left turned around, as a result of the operation that she underwent in Aranda de Duero. A relatively lesser evil after what happened to her on that day of the lotería del Gordo (a national mega lottery in Spain). Abandoned, she was run over just 200 meters from the Asociacón Protectora Amigos de los Animales de Palencia, a business, which paradoxically made no effort to rescue her in spite of their proximity. The dog was in the middle of the highway with two broken legs. She was howling and her shrieks caused a crowd to gather around her. Women were crying and other people were hovering over her to assure that another car did not hit her. "Luckily, someone gave them my phone number and we were able to intervene", remembers Cristina Pascual, who from her organization (www.amigosdemilord.com) has managed to find adoptions for abandoned, beaten and badly injured dogs -- some of them died in spite of everything -- following a long period of treatment and care.  Chris Plaskett, nuevo propietario de Noa, en su casa de Carolina del Sur. First she was operated on in Aranda, spent a few days in a foster home in Santander, then another few days at Ana's home, and ended up at the country home of Elena Sánchez in Castronuevo. "I took her home on the day of the Three Kings because she wouldn't stop howling and crying. The poor thing still has a bad leg, because she is young and apparently her bones were unable to knit", remembered Elena. At the same time, Pascual made the adoption call to the United States through Galgo Rescue International Network (www.galgorescue.org), and she received an immediate response. "Christopher and Stacey Plaskett of South Carolina wrote right away saying that they had fallen in love with Noa by her photo, and they wanted to adopt her. They are half crazy with exicetment waiting for her arrival. They said that, of course, they would take her and would also handle her next operation", said Sánchez Bastardo. Noa left on Saturday, the 16th, from Valladolid, and on Sunday was turned over to her flight companion, who in turn will leave Noa in the hands of the Plasketts. Whether for pride or for shame, it has become a trend in the United States to have a galgo, and even better if it is "one of the abandoned ones from Spain", notes Cristina. Original Spanish version: Noa es una galga de cinco meses negra de ojos y pelaje como el azabache. Sólo su cuello es blanco, quizá una premonición de su suerte, una señal de esperanza tras el túnel. Como tantos perros de su raza, en manos de desalmados, vino al mundo con el marchamo de ser carne de cuneta o de horca. Un mal relativamente menor después de lo que le ocurrió ese día de la lotería del Gordo. Abandonada, fue atropellada a 200 metros de la Asociación Protectora Amigos de los Animales de Palencia, entidad, que paradójicamente no acudió en su rescate, a pesar de la proximidad. |
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