In 2008, eighty eight  galgos left Albacete for homes in Italy and       Slovenia.  GIN funded their veterinary care in Albacete and contributed towards the transportation costs. We are lucky to work with Elisa and her team at the Greyhound Adopt   Centre, Italy (GACI) and Nina and her group Slovensko Drustvo Za Pomoc Hrtom in Slovenia.   Both groups work hard on promoting greyhounds and    galgos as pets in their own countries and GACI are now intending to participate in dog shows, both nationally and internationally, to promote their work and encourage people to adopt a greyhound/galgo. So far Elisa reports that many towns and     cities all over Italy are keen to take part. In 2008 we were able to give a donation to  Arca de Noe   in Albacete to help with the improvements they are     making to the refuge.   They have been building new kennels to accommodate the growing  number of dogs they help and provide a quarantine    area for dogs  needing extra care/treatment. We also take galgos from Albacete to Vic, Barcelona, to Pep’ s  boarding kennels and are currently taking galgos into Vic from Almendralejo, Jaen and Murcia too.      GIN funds their boarding and veterinary care at Vic.  Pep re-tests the dogs for the Mediterranean diseases and sterilises them and as soon as they are fit and healthy transportations to the homing groups can be arranged, and most of these galgos travel by road from Vic to their new homes in France, Switzerland and the UK.      30