All of the hounds shown on this page were unwanted. Abandoned, abused, used as breeding machines in some instances and almost starved to death in one case. All now have fantastic homes and all finally know the meaning of love. Please help us to help more of them and donate using the 'Donate' button above. Any amount, no matter how small, goes directly to the hounds in our care.
Every day in the world of rescue another appeal is put out to help save the lives of greyhounds and lurchers in danger of being put to sleep.
There are thousands of hounds being destroyed every year, and not always humanely, after being discarded by the racing industry. This starts with the pups and young dogs who don’t make the grade to race, the ones with medical problems that need veterinary care, the failed racers or those that turn their head on the track and finally the ones the trainers put to sleep as it's easier and cheaper than trying to rehome them.
We have 2 Retired Greyhound Trusts in Kent that successfully rehome many of the greyhounds that have been retired from the local tracks.
But there still remains a demand for rescue spaces for those that aren't lucky enough to make it into these and other RGT's around the country.
We are a Welfare organisation as well as a Rescue and in general receive our dogs as a result of emergency appeals from other parts of the country, where the dogs WILL be put to sleep unless an independent charity steps in and agrees to fund and ultimately rehome the dogs.
Some of the hounds come into rescue in the most appalling condition whilst others are saved within hours of a certain death. All of these hounds will receive the same care from us until they are finally ready to be rehomed.
The majority of the hounds in our care come into us from the North of England where historically there is a higher level of regulated and unregulated tracks and therefore greater numbers of hounds being abandoned and abused or directly from Ireland, the land of the Greyhound breeder.
We receive absolutely no funding from the racing industry and have to fund raise every penny to help save the lives of the dogs in our care ourselves.
The more money we can raise the more dogs we can help, so if you would like to help us to help these hounds, please please do get in contact.
We are very fortunate to be able to use an excellent private boarding kennels, who really understand our dogs and are prepared to spend their time with them to bring them on.
We place very shut down and withdrawn dogs in their care and in a very short space of time, they are different dogs, full of fun and affection. Please do consider sponsoring a kennel.
We ask for a minimum donation of £150 when you adopt one of our dogs. Please remember we have cared for the dog for several weeks, we have provided food, water, and either a loving foster home or we have paid to have the dog kennelled in a warm boarding kennel. We will have microchipped the dog, ensured it is vaccinated fully, wormed, de-flead, and neutered, plus any other veterinary care required. All of this is funded purely by donations we receive, our volunteers give their time for free, all money received goes directly to the care and protection of the dogs.
As a guide, all of the care we provide costs an average £600 per dog, not including cases that require further veterinary care.
