ORIGINS OF GREYHOUND RESCUE WALES
Greyhound Rescue Wales began in 1993 with a
small group of people trying to rescue
Greyhounds and Lurchers in the Swansea area.
Over the next few years the organisation grew
quickly and attracted support from many parts of
Wales. Greyhound Rescue Wales became a
registered charity in 1996 when it became able
to cover the whole of Wales.
Over 1,500 greyhounds and lurchers have since
been found permanent homes.
ORGANISATION AND FINANCES
Greyhound Rescue Wales is a membership
organisation currently with over 300 members and
several hundred more supporters.
Greyhound Rescue Wales is a democratic
organisation managed by a board of trustees, the
“Executive Committee” members of which are
elected annually at an Annual General meeting of
members.
All members and supporters are kept in touch
through the twice yearly magazine “Greyhound
Express” and can also subscribe to a free
monthly e-newsletter. If you would like to
receive this e-newsletter, click on the link at
the bottom of this page.
Those who wish can help the charity by
volunteering for some of the important tasks
such as raising funds, visiting prospective
owners, transporting dogs, fostering dogs etc.
We do not employ paid staff so all of this vital
work depends on volunteers.
We have to raise all our money ourselves and we
make sure it goes a long way. We pride ourselves
on our cost-effectiveness and this is only
possible because of the dedication of our
volunteers.
OUR WORK
Our work is focused on rescuing and re-homing
greyhounds and lurchers.
We also aim to raise awareness that greyhounds
make wonderful pets and to achieve proper
legislation to protect racing greyhounds in
Wales.
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The Scale of the Problem |
The Nature of the Problem