Greys from Guam

The Greyhound Rescue & Rehabilitation group had a information booth set up outside Petco Saturday in the Town of Poughkeepsie.

The three dogs in the picture above were from a racetrack in Guam.

On November 7, 2008 the 32 year old Guam Greyhound Park, with approximately 250 greyhounds at the racetrack, abruptly closed. A couple of weeks later the Guam Greyhound Park started a public giveaway of 150 of the racetrack's greyhounds. Dogs were given away free to anyone who came to the track. None of the greyhounds were spayed or neutered. No record was kept of who got the greyhounds or how many each person took. Obviously, no standard adoption process was in place: no home check and no information about greyhound behavior or care.

Many of the dogs were simply turned loose in the jungle to fend for themselves. The whole story is on the group's Web site.

The Cross River, Westchester County, organization places greyhounds in homes in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange and Ulster counties in New York and Fairfield and Litchfield counties in Connecticut.

Their phone number is (914) 763-2221. To e-mail them, write to greys4ever@aol.com.