Help a Retired Greyhound This Winter
Appeal Total so far: £67.00
**Stop Press** Appeal extended until 21/02
Between now and the end of January, Electra Railway Graphics is supporting the Retired Greyhound Trust.
The money will go towards caring for and re-homing ex-racing greyhounds who have been abandoned after they are no longer able to race.
Please take a minute or two to have a look at the RGT's website, which can be found here.
The images on this page are posed by Joey, our eight-year old greyhound, we adopted a couple of years ago.
The Retired Greyhound Trust (RGT) is a national charity dedicated to finding homes for greyhounds at the end of their racing careers. It was set up in 1975 and since then has re-homed almost 40,000 greyhounds. There are 70 branches of the Trust based right across the UK, from the Isle of Skye to Jersey.
What the RGT Does:
* Find homes
for as many retired greyhounds as possible.
* Place some retired greyhounds in approved kennels.
* Seek out new people willing to give a retired greyhound a home and check that
they are suitable.
* Ensure that dogs placed in homes are healthy.
* Highlight to the greyhound racing industry the importance of providing a good
life for retired greyhounds.
* Raise money to support its work.
The Retired Greyhound Trust believes greyhounds make wonderful pets and it works to ensure they have a good life following their racing careers.
Despite popular misconceptions greyhounds, in general, are:
* Gentle and adaptable
* Lazy couch potatoes happy with a couple of short walks a day
* Loving companions who can live easily with children and other pets.