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Greyhound Adoption Group Reaches New Milestone
Greyhound Adoption Group Reaches New Milestone
Greyhound Pets of America adopts out its 60,000th dog,
citing increase in public awareness.
September 21, 2004
Greyhound Pets of America (GPA), the largest non-profit adoption
group in the United States, announced today that it has adopted
its 60,000th greyhound. At its conference in Richmond, VA
today, GPA president Rory Goree introduced Crunchtime Casey,
representing the 60,000th greyhound that GPA has placed into
a loving home as a pet, and Crunchtime Casey's "parents" Ken
and Heather Vaughn.
"Our goal is to see that 100 percent of all adoptable greyhounds
are placed in homes as pets by the year 2007," said Goree.
"Today, approximately 90 percent of all greyhounds find homes
once their racing careers have ended. As people become increasingly
aware of what exceptional pets greyhound make, it puts us
one step closer to our goal."
Prior to becoming a couch potato, Crunchtime Casey ran 125
races at Palm Beach, Derby Lane and Tampa Greyhound racetracks
finishing in the money 50 percent of the time. After four
years of racing, Crunchtime Casey decided to hang up his racing
paws and entered the adoption program through GPA South Carolina.
Crunchtime Casey entered a foster home to evaluate how he
related to cats, small dogs and children. After assessment,
Crunchtime Casey was then placed in a unique program for socialization
prior to being place in a home. The GPA adoption program has
formed a relationship with the Camille Griffin Graham Correction
Institution in Columbia, S.C. to be socialized by one of the
female inmates. The inmates are trained to handle greyhounds
and help them adjust to life as pet. It is great therapy for
the inmates and the greyhounds that follow their "trainers"
around the clock for several weeks until the pets are adopted.
Crunchtime Casey found a home with the Vaughns through the
joint efforts of GPA South Carolina and GPA Richmond. The
Vaughn's renamed Crunchtime Casey, to "Prajna",
which translates to "transcendental wisdom."
The Vaughn's are delighted with their new pet. "People have
a lot of misperceptions about greyhounds," said Ken Vaughn.
"They think they need a big yard and are high strung. Nothing
could be farther from the truth. Even though they need exercise,
most of the time they are the world's greatest couch potatoes."
Greyhound Pets of America was formed in 1987 with the purpose
of finding homes for retired greyhounds and educating the
public about the suitability and availability of greyhound
pets. Generally greyhounds are between 2-5 years old when
they retire from racing and have a life expectancy of up to
12 years. They are very affectionate and very good with children.
To find out more about adopting a greyhound, call 1-800-366-1472,
or visit their website: http://www.greyhoundpets.org/
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