The commercial racing industry routinely overbreeds and discards unwanted greyhounds, leaving thousands in need of homes each year. Whether you live near a racetrack or not, there are gentle and loving hounds waiting for adoption in your area. Concerned animal advocates are working to rescue greyhounds from the perils of racing life but your help is needed to save them all.
They are easily housetrained, shed only slightly and rarely bark.
Adult greyhounds stand between 23 and 30 inches at the shoulder and weigh 50 to 85 pounds.
Called “45 mile-per-hour couch potatoes,” rescued greyhounds require little exercise and spend most of their time napping around the house.
Ex-racers make excellent family friends, even for apartment dwellers and require the same regular walks that all dogs do.
Greyhounds come in many sizes and colors and have different personalities. The most important factor to consider is the suitability of any individual dog to your own lifestyle and family situation.
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Adopt a Greyhound (Branch of Retired Greyhound Trust)
Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group
Clarks Farm Greyhound Rescue (Branch of Retired Greyhound Trust)
Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue
Greyhound Rescue North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Greyhound Rescue Shropshire & Borders
Crikey.com - $20,000 a dog: dodgy greyhound industry rehoming can’t keep up with overbreeding
Coastal News - Finding greyhounds at a place down under
WKYC-News 3 - Ready Pet GO! Greyhound Adoption of Ohio visits 3News
Evesham Journal - Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue's plea for donations
WKYC-TV Cleveland - Dogged determination: as U.S. tracks close, greyhound rescue sets sights on retired racers overseas
KOLD-TV Tucson - Southern Arizona Greyhound Adoption is helping dogs go from the track to a forever home
Opelika-Auburn News - 'Good dogs shouldn't die': USA's largest dog rescue expanding to old VictoryLand greyhound kennels
WISHTV 8 (Indianapolis) - Why you should take home a dog during Adopt a Greyhound Month, celebrating National Pet Day
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - East Arkansas track closing, demand high for couch-potato greyhounds entering retirement
Macau Daily Times - International Campaign for Greyhound Adoption Ends
MacauBusiness.com - Last greyhounds remaining at Canidrome rehomed today
The Scottish Farmer - From racing to rehab to refuge with the Scottish Greyhound Sanctuary
The Telegraph - Exclusive: Shocking number of retired greyhounds being put down because no viable home for them
The Palm Beach Post - Greyhound racing: Local group rescues greyhounds from ‘worst racetrack in the world’
The Midsomer Norton, Radsoty & District Journal - Local charity rescues three greyhounds from notorious Macau Canidrome
Local 10 - With greyhound racing ending, hundreds may need new homes
Read about some of the adoption groups that are doing incredible work to save greyhounds
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