CZ: eine tschechische Organisation hilft ausgedienten Greys
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Tschechien, eine tschechische Organisation hilft ausgedienten und ungewollten irischen Greyhounds
CZ: Czech charity helps save unwanted racing greyhounds from Ireland
From http://www.radio.cz
Czech charity helps save unwanted racing greyhounds from Ireland
22-03-2012 16:29 | Daniela Lazarov�
http://www.radio.cz/en/who-is-who/daniela-lazarova
A few hours of browsing the web changed Lucie Pou�ova's life forever. After
accidentally coming upon a site reporting on the fate of unwanted racing
greyhounds in Ireland she decided to get involved and now runs an animal
welfare organization dedicated to re-homing unwanted greyhounds from Ireland
and Spain with families in the Czech Republic.
Download: MP3
http://old.radio.cz/mp3/podcast/en/pano ... ave-unwant
ed-racing-greyhounds-from-ireland.mp3
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama ... unwanted-r
acing-greyhounds-from-ireland/pictures/zvirata/chrti_v_nouzi3.jpg#pic
Description: http://img.radio.cz/pictures/zvirata/ch ... ouzi3x.jpg
Greyhounds in Need was set up in the spring of 2010 and Lucie recalls how it
all came about.
" I have always been fond of animals -dogs, cats, and even farm animals at
my granny's home in the country. Once I was looking at a cat site and
happened to come upon a link to this greyhound web page which alerted animal
lovers to the fate of unwanted racing greyhounds in Ireland. The information
and pictures came as a huge shock. I arranged to adopt one of those unwanted
greyhounds and soon I realized I wanted to save more than just this one
dog."
The Czech Republic is a nation of dog-lovers and although operating on a
tight budget the Greyhounds in Need charity organization has helped save
close to 200 greyhounds. She and her friends operate a website and make
monthly visits to Ireland to bring back greyhounds who would otherwise be
put down. While a greyhound's life expectancy is 13 to 14 years ex-racing
greyhounds in Ireland generally live three to four years before being cast
off or put down. Lucie explains that under Irish law greyhounds are regarded
as something akin to farm animals.
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama ... ie.jpg#pic
Description: Lucie Pou�ov�, photo: Honza Pt��ek
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama ... unwanted-r
acing-greyhounds-from-ireland/pictures/lidi/poucova_lucie.jpg#pic
Lucie
Pou�ov�, photo: Honza Pt��ek "Of course the Irish like animals - they have
household pets just like we do but they do not regard greyhounds as pets.
People have dogs but with very small exceptions they do not chose
greyhounds. Which means that only a tiny fraction of racing greyhounds find
a home once they are considered past their prime - which is at age 3 or 4.
The rest are either put down professionally or killed far more brutally. And
if they do manage to get into a dog shelter the chance of someone taking
them home is practically nil. Their only chance is getting adopted in a
foreign country - Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands or the Czech Republic.
There are many organizations like ours on the Continent. "
The number of greyhounds in need of new homes in Ireland alone is staggering
.Every year around 5,000 greyhounds are taken off the racing course because
they are no longer in top form and their fate hangs in the balance. Animal
rights activists and welfare groups from around Europe do their best to save
as many as they can. Lucie says that they bring over as many dogs as they
can find new homes for - and sometimes more if they hear of a dog in danger
of being put down. She explains how it works.
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama ... unwanted-r
acing-greyhounds-from-ireland/pictures/zvirata/chrti_v_nouzi2.jpg#pic
Description: http://img.radio.cz/pictures/zvirata/ch ... ouzi2x.jpg
"The
way it usually works is that the greyhounds arrive and their adoptive
families are ready and waiting for them. All the arrangements are made in
advance. We are in contact with the people who have expressed interest in
taking in a greyhound, we explain what it will entail, what the dogs needs
are and then visit their home to check up on the surroundings. We take into
consideration whether they have children, whether they work away from home
and so on. We try to make an ideal match."
Adoptive families make a one-off payment of 4.500 crowns which is not the
price of the greyhound but goes to cover the cost of transport from Ireland
and veterinary care. Anything left over goes to cover the organizations
operational costs -such as phone calls to Ireland - and publicity in order
to spread word about the need for more adoptive families. In many cases
families who adopt one greyhound find the dog such an intelligent and
amiable companion that they often call and register for another. Lucie whose
family of greyhounds has grown to six says that they are gentle and loving
creatures.
"In many ways these dogs are like any other you would adopt from a local dog
shelter. We do not always know the dog's history and what the animal has
been through so you have to work on building up trust. In the case of our
greyhounds you may find that they are not housetrained -never having lived
with people - but they are very intelligent animals and are very quick to
learn. And I must say they are extremely loving. They make these funny
"singing" sounds when they greet you and click they teeth when they are
happy or anticipating a walk. It is simply their way of expressing
pleasure."
Marie Hackerova adopted a greyhound from Ireland a year ago and she says she
has never regretted the decision.
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama ... unwanted-r
acing-greyhounds-from-ireland/pictures/zvirata/chrti_v_nouzi1.jpg#pic
Description: http://img.radio.cz/pictures/zvirata/ch ... zi1x.jpg"I
learned about this help programme quite by accident - I happened to pick up
a leaflet in a doctor's waiting room - and I was quite horrified to find was
happening to these beautiful animals. I immediately thought to myself -you
have got to do a good deed here. And despite already having two dogs I asked
to get a greyhound. She is absolutely wonderful and I don't think we are
going to leave it there - I think we'll get another one next year to give
her a companion. "
The organization Greyhounds in Need has a website and is on Facebook. If you
would like to help its endeavor -either by adopting a dog or in some other
way you will find more information in Czech, English and German at
http://www.chrtivnouzi.cz
Photo: Greyhounds in Need
CZ: Czech charity helps save unwanted racing greyhounds from Ireland
From http://www.radio.cz
Czech charity helps save unwanted racing greyhounds from Ireland
22-03-2012 16:29 | Daniela Lazarov�
http://www.radio.cz/en/who-is-who/daniela-lazarova
A few hours of browsing the web changed Lucie Pou�ova's life forever. After
accidentally coming upon a site reporting on the fate of unwanted racing
greyhounds in Ireland she decided to get involved and now runs an animal
welfare organization dedicated to re-homing unwanted greyhounds from Ireland
and Spain with families in the Czech Republic.
Download: MP3
http://old.radio.cz/mp3/podcast/en/pano ... ave-unwant
ed-racing-greyhounds-from-ireland.mp3
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama ... unwanted-r
acing-greyhounds-from-ireland/pictures/zvirata/chrti_v_nouzi3.jpg#pic
Description: http://img.radio.cz/pictures/zvirata/ch ... ouzi3x.jpg
Greyhounds in Need was set up in the spring of 2010 and Lucie recalls how it
all came about.
" I have always been fond of animals -dogs, cats, and even farm animals at
my granny's home in the country. Once I was looking at a cat site and
happened to come upon a link to this greyhound web page which alerted animal
lovers to the fate of unwanted racing greyhounds in Ireland. The information
and pictures came as a huge shock. I arranged to adopt one of those unwanted
greyhounds and soon I realized I wanted to save more than just this one
dog."
The Czech Republic is a nation of dog-lovers and although operating on a
tight budget the Greyhounds in Need charity organization has helped save
close to 200 greyhounds. She and her friends operate a website and make
monthly visits to Ireland to bring back greyhounds who would otherwise be
put down. While a greyhound's life expectancy is 13 to 14 years ex-racing
greyhounds in Ireland generally live three to four years before being cast
off or put down. Lucie explains that under Irish law greyhounds are regarded
as something akin to farm animals.
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama ... ie.jpg#pic
Description: Lucie Pou�ov�, photo: Honza Pt��ek
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama ... unwanted-r
acing-greyhounds-from-ireland/pictures/lidi/poucova_lucie.jpg#pic
Lucie
Pou�ov�, photo: Honza Pt��ek "Of course the Irish like animals - they have
household pets just like we do but they do not regard greyhounds as pets.
People have dogs but with very small exceptions they do not chose
greyhounds. Which means that only a tiny fraction of racing greyhounds find
a home once they are considered past their prime - which is at age 3 or 4.
The rest are either put down professionally or killed far more brutally. And
if they do manage to get into a dog shelter the chance of someone taking
them home is practically nil. Their only chance is getting adopted in a
foreign country - Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands or the Czech Republic.
There are many organizations like ours on the Continent. "
The number of greyhounds in need of new homes in Ireland alone is staggering
.Every year around 5,000 greyhounds are taken off the racing course because
they are no longer in top form and their fate hangs in the balance. Animal
rights activists and welfare groups from around Europe do their best to save
as many as they can. Lucie says that they bring over as many dogs as they
can find new homes for - and sometimes more if they hear of a dog in danger
of being put down. She explains how it works.
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama ... unwanted-r
acing-greyhounds-from-ireland/pictures/zvirata/chrti_v_nouzi2.jpg#pic
Description: http://img.radio.cz/pictures/zvirata/ch ... ouzi2x.jpg
"The
way it usually works is that the greyhounds arrive and their adoptive
families are ready and waiting for them. All the arrangements are made in
advance. We are in contact with the people who have expressed interest in
taking in a greyhound, we explain what it will entail, what the dogs needs
are and then visit their home to check up on the surroundings. We take into
consideration whether they have children, whether they work away from home
and so on. We try to make an ideal match."
Adoptive families make a one-off payment of 4.500 crowns which is not the
price of the greyhound but goes to cover the cost of transport from Ireland
and veterinary care. Anything left over goes to cover the organizations
operational costs -such as phone calls to Ireland - and publicity in order
to spread word about the need for more adoptive families. In many cases
families who adopt one greyhound find the dog such an intelligent and
amiable companion that they often call and register for another. Lucie whose
family of greyhounds has grown to six says that they are gentle and loving
creatures.
"In many ways these dogs are like any other you would adopt from a local dog
shelter. We do not always know the dog's history and what the animal has
been through so you have to work on building up trust. In the case of our
greyhounds you may find that they are not housetrained -never having lived
with people - but they are very intelligent animals and are very quick to
learn. And I must say they are extremely loving. They make these funny
"singing" sounds when they greet you and click they teeth when they are
happy or anticipating a walk. It is simply their way of expressing
pleasure."
Marie Hackerova adopted a greyhound from Ireland a year ago and she says she
has never regretted the decision.
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama ... unwanted-r
acing-greyhounds-from-ireland/pictures/zvirata/chrti_v_nouzi1.jpg#pic
Description: http://img.radio.cz/pictures/zvirata/ch ... zi1x.jpg"I
learned about this help programme quite by accident - I happened to pick up
a leaflet in a doctor's waiting room - and I was quite horrified to find was
happening to these beautiful animals. I immediately thought to myself -you
have got to do a good deed here. And despite already having two dogs I asked
to get a greyhound. She is absolutely wonderful and I don't think we are
going to leave it there - I think we'll get another one next year to give
her a companion. "
The organization Greyhounds in Need has a website and is on Facebook. If you
would like to help its endeavor -either by adopting a dog or in some other
way you will find more information in Czech, English and German at
http://www.chrtivnouzi.cz
Photo: Greyhounds in Need