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Visit to Spain – March 2018
Leaving a very snowy UK behind, I joined our trustee, Leigh, on a trip to Southern Spain to visit three shelters that GIN support and meet the dedicated staff and volunteers that run them. Our first stop was in Albacete where we met Sole and Jisseth from Arca de Noe...
Visit to Spain – June 2017
Visit to Spain – June 2017 It was a privilege to travel with Martin, Leigh and Carolyn to meet the dedicated people running rescue and rehoming shelters for galgos in southern Spain, and see some of the vital work that the charity supports and funds. Our first...
Visit to Spain – April 2016
In April we made another visit to Spain. This time we flew to Faro in Portugal and then drove the short journey across the border to Ayamonte. Their shelter is in the middle of a pine forest and after our meeting with Claudette we drove to the shelter to meet the...
Special Event – ‘February’ Screening 2014
On the 5 December 2014 GIN put on its largest and perhaps its most important event to date. Earlier in the Year we had been granted a licence to stage the UK premiere of a remarkable and moving documentary film entitled “February” which depicts the dreadful working...
Sad news about Anne Finch 2018
It is with profound regret that we have to inform you of the death of our founder, Anne Finch, which occurred on the 5th August 2018. Anne passed away peacefully at the Earl Mountbatten Hospice IOW at the age of seventy-five. Anne was loved and respected by all those...
Report on the III Congress of Animal Law of Extremadura, 26th-27th May 2017
In general, we are very happy with the outcome of the Congress because it has been the big opportunity to finally open the doors with Badajoz City Council. We’ve been trying for years to get them to see that our projects are the result of works and collaborations...
News from Arca de Noe, Albacete
Hello Carolyn ...........The education classes are going great, most of the schools are very aware of the problem so they are so pleased to invite us to go and visit them. But I am afraid that we didn’t get for now as many classes as I expected, sometimes it is a...
GIN in the News: Daily Mail – 7th Jan 2015
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Galgos en Familia 26/04/14
We last visited Vera, at her old kennels, in 2012. At her new kennels she is able to help more galgos and as soon as we arrived there were lots of them waiting to say hello. They all looked happy and Vera told us that homing was going well. We are able to offer...
Arca de Noe, Albacete 26/04/14
We last visited this shelter in 2011 and on our recent visit could see how much work the volunteers have carried out over the last three years. They help all breeds and currently have 90 galgos, some they are getting ready for the next transport to Italy. Last year we...
Gift Aid
Gift Aid form You can complete our online Gift Aid form below or download and print a copy (click on the image below). When you have completed it, please pop it in the post to us at Greyhounds in Need 5A, 80 High St, Egham TW20 9HE. Gift Aid boosts your donation by...
Horror Story from Andalucia 18.12.12
For some time we have known that a particularly cruel method of “training” galgos has been in use by Spanish hunters, called galgueros. This barbaric practice involves attaching dogs to a motor cycle or car by a rope, and driving off, leaving the unfortunate galgos to...
Sponsorship Form – Printable
Galgos to the UK 03.09.11
As mentioned earlier on our website in the Defra quarantine article the government has decided to end the current quarantine requirements from 1st January 2012. This has come about because the “derogation” under which the UK is permitted to opt out of the EU...
GIN’s 20th Anniversary
GIN celebrates 20 years as a registered charity helping greyhounds and galgos.
GREYHOUNDS IN NEED – HOMING GALLERY – Archive
The Archive of the Greyhounds in Need Homing galley can be found HERE