Greyhound track closing, dogs to be euthanized.

We received word on April 27 that the greyhound track at Plainfield, CT. will be closing down as of May 15- good news and bad. Certainly we are happy to have one less track, especially one that has produced more than its share of broken legs. The bad news: there are 1200 greyhounds at Plainfield that will need safe places to go.

While Greyhound Friends is hopeful that all adoption groups will step forward and help, we know that a large part of the burden will fall on us since we have been one of the primary “safe havens” for Plainfield greyhounds over the last several years. We need to prepare now to take in more dogs than we normally do and make sure they have temporary places to go. Hay Hill kennels can accommodate only so many, especially now as vacation season approaches. In addition to housing dogs until they can be placed into permanent homes, we need to expand our available discounted veterinary services so the dogs can be prepared for adoption as quickly as possible.

Here’s what we need you to do:

*Volunteer to foster at least one dog, hopefully short-term, until we can get the vet work done and place the dog in an appropriate home.

*Help with transportation from the track to New Jersey as we have space available for dogs.

*If you’re unable to do any of the above, dig down and make an extra donation to help with the increased kenneling and veterinary fees we will be facing to accommodate the extra dogs. Any amount will be appreciated.

*If you have been considering adopting a second, third... greyhound, now may be the perfect time to do so.

*If you know of any venues that might be a good place to promote greyhound adoption, please let me know and we will see if we can do a Meet and Greet at the event. Now that Spring is here, there are a lot of street fairs, craft shows,.... all of which are good ways to promote the education about and the adoption of our greyhounds.

All of us who love greyhounds will have to pitch in and help until this crisis is over and all the dogs are in safe places.

If you can help with any of these things please call Barbara at _________[phone number available at link provided above].

Greyhound rescues can be great pets - need surprisingly little exercise outside of one good chance to sprint a day. A former colleague adopted one, and then a second. Nice big lap dogs - biggest problem was that they destroyed her kids' stuffed toys (that prey instinct is strong).