Help for the refuges ……. As mentioned earlier in this newsletter we would like to mark the fact that GIN has been a registered charity for 10 years by putting together an Educational Booklet, in Spanish, on how to care for the galgos. We appreciate that our rescue work is first aid and that deal- ing with the problem at source needs to be addressed.  We hope therefore that educating the children in how to care for the galgos and other animals will reap rewards in the future. Many of the refuges we work with encourage children to visit and help look after the dogs and others visit schools giving talks.   This booklet will take some time to produce but work has already commenced and we are in contact with other chari- ties for advice/help with this project.   The refuges are very pleased about this and are willing to help us. We continue to help the refuges by sharing the many coats, blankets etc that are kindly donated by our supporters.    Here you can see the galgos at the Villamartin refuge in Cadiz   wearing coats sent by GIN supporters recently. Other items that are always needed are :- * Collars, leads and muzzles - new or second-hand, very useful                 and necessary when transporting the galgos * Feeding and water bowls—plastic or metal    * Antiparasitics like Frontline, Drontal   *  Wound sprays   * Bandages   If you are able to donate any of these items please send them to us at Wraysbury and we will forward them to Spain.    Thanks to everyone who so kindly do- nated money for Christmas treats for the dogs—they were much appreci- ated ! 15 News from RECAL, Almen- dralejo  Mada has worked hard putting together an exhi- bition showing galgos she has helped over the years and wanting people to see what good pets they make and how they settle so well in homes. Mada writes ……Celebrating their 10th anniversary, RECAL has organized the exposition “EL GALGO COMO NUNCA LO HABÍAS VISTO” – “THE GREYHOUND AS YOU NEVER SAW BEFORE”, consisting on 67 pictures showing some of the greyhounds included on the RECAL´S program “SALVAMENTO DE GALGOS” - “GREYHOUND RESCUE”, finding adoptive families for them. The selection of pictures wants to face the nice side of the long process of adoption till the animals arrive to their new homes, showing the dogs with their families. Up to now, RECAL has managed the adoption of 463 abandoned greyhounds. The exposition will be installed on five different places, three in Almendralejo and two on the city of Merida . Once fin- ished this tour, the association will go to different schools with the purpose of continuing this project. In the opening of the exposi- tion, it were showed a video in which RECAL describes the process of recovery of one of the greyhounds, TITO, from the moment it was found seriously injured, until the recovery and fur- ther adoption, together with a presentation in PowerPoint explaining the whole way to the adoption from the beginning (first contact with the animal), the physical recovery, the veterinary cares, the search for a home, the preparative of the travel…   Also in the opening of the exposition, it was specially men- tioned GREYHOUNDS IN NEED, friend organization without which this project would not have been possible to achieve. RECAL, in this act, talked about the great efforts that GIN makes supporting RECAL punctually sending useful material for the wellness and care of these animals: clothes, blan- kets, straps, collars, medicines… and the valuable economi- cal support made, paying the expenses arisen with the adoptions and even, in some cases, the veterinary operations made to those animals that required them. From RECAL, we take the chance to thank very effusively the uncondi- tional support from GIN and their confidence along all these years.               THANKS TO ALL Mada at the Exhibition in              October 2007 Photo from Saskia