Greyhound Memorial Day in Belgium – 29^th July

Following the discovery in 2002 in Alabama of a mass grave of shot ex-racing greyhounds sent from Florida for disposal, greyhound rescue groups in many countries have dedicated this July weekend  to the memory of these and all greyhounds and galgos everywhere who have suffered when their usefulness is over.

The majority of the galgos we are able to help are homed by Josephine and her group Greyhounds Rescue Belgium and last Sunday  hundreds of GRB's adopters and their dogs come together for a walk near the beach.  They received a blessing from the priest, and then, as in previous years,  hundreds of tagged blue balloons were released in memory of those thousands of greyhounds whom we have been, and will sadly be unable to reach.