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Link farming

It's starting again....
Suggested links to remove:

  • Greyhound Adoption Program, South Australia, Australia
  • Greyhounds as Pets NSW
  • The Greyhound Adoption Program, Victoria, Australia

The above links are all to individual adoption groups (Rather than group directories or general information pages). Pokey little puppy (talk) 04:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Behavior of adopted greyhounds

Someone added a large block of text about behavior of adopted greys, and asked in their comment if it should be its own article. I've gone through and edited it substantially, including cutting large sections. Those sections should probably be moved (at least in content if not text) to either the general greyhound article or greyhound racing. Some of it I also removed since this article is an overview of adoption, not an adoption manual. More editing is still needed.

The removed text follows:

--Ahc 13:55, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Incorrect Info

"At the age of three months, puppies receive tattoos in their ears; the left ear is the individual litter registration number, and the right ear is a code for the month, year, and order in which the animals were tattooed."

This isn't always correct anyway, as greyhounds in the UK only have the regestration number in their left ear.

"Although possessing long legs, greyhounds do not like to step or jump over objects."

Again- not always. My greyhound loves to jump over fences and bounds in the air whenever there's a cat about...

Significant edits Nov 2006

I've been concerned by the movement of this article toward being and adoption guide. So I took some time to do some heavy editing, removing some information that I consider correct, but I'm well aware is not NPOV. I made several small changes, but I significantly edited the section on Behavior of adopted greyhounds . Let me be clear, that much of the information I removed is good advice in my option, but some of it goes to your philosophy about caring for animals. That makes this kind of information inherently not NPOV. To review the changes you can see the diff in the article history. --Ahc 03:47, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

External Links

It seems to me that the list of adoption groups has gotten out of hand. That section is slowly becoming a link farm for the growing number of groups out there. Seems like we should cut that back, and perhaps provide links to 1 or 2 sources that provide information on adoption groups. Thoughts? --Ahc 14:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Adoption groups
    • Greyhound Pets Inc
    • Greyhounds Unlimited
    • Greyhound Gap (UK based independent adoption group)
    • Greyhound Rescue Foundation of Tennessee
    • Make Peace With Animals (Non-profit greyhound adoption group founded by Cynthia Branigan located in New Hope, Pennsylvania)
    • Greyhound Adoption League of Texas
    • Southeastern Greyhound Club - Metro Atlanta based
    • American-European Greyhound Alliance
    • British Greyhound Retired Database (Association of over 100 adoption organizations)
    • Greyhound Gap (UK based organisation re-homing greyhounds and lurchers)
    • Retired Greyhound Trust (UK based organisation)
    • First State Greyhound Rescue
    • Greyhound Adoption Directory
    • National Greyhound Adoption Program (one of the oldest and most outspoken Greyhound adoption groups)
    • Connecticut Greyhound Adoption
    • Greyhound Pets of America. (The largest non profit Greyhound adoption group in the United States, 56 chapters nationwide.)
    • Hill Country Greyhound Adoption. (A non profit organization based in south central Texas.)
    • Greyhounds In Need of Adoption. (A non-profit, volunteer run rescue in Ontario)
    • Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue (A all-volunteer, non-profit organization located in western Canada)
    • Greyhound Friends, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    • Retired Greyhound Athletes (A greyhound adoption organization serving Northeast Wisconsin)
    • Racing Home
    • Greyhound Gang
    • Queensland Greyhound Adoption Program
    • Greyhounds as pets, Australia
    • Greyhounds as Pets, New Zealand
    • Colorado Greyhound Adoption (An all-volunteer, non-profit organization located in Colorado)
    • Friends of Retired Greyhounds(Another all-volunteer, non-profit organization located in Colorado)
    • Team Greyhound of Ohio
    • Greyhounds Only
    • Minnesota Greyhound Rescue
    • Bay Area Greyhound Adoptions (A greyhound adoption organization serving Tampa, FL and surrounding areas)
    • Circle of Friends Greyhound Adoptions, Statesville, North Carolina
    • GAP Tasmania
    • Iowa Greyhound Association/Greyhound Adoption Program
    • Greyt Expectations Greyhound Rescue, Prince Frederick, Maryland
other animal rescue orginazations in Colorado
    • Greyhound Pets of America
    • Greyhound Pets of America, Richmond, VA Chapter
Others:
      • http://www.NGAP.org
      • http:

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