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Article: Irish dogs find luck in U.S.: Greyhound rescue gives racing canines a new life.
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- The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Article date:
- May 22, 2006
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Byline: Jim Sielicki
May 22--PORT CLINTON - "Go Irish" is becoming the motto for a group of northwest Ohio dog lovers who promote adoptions of unwanted greyhounds.
In the case of the North Coast Greyhound Connection, the dogs are retired from Irish racetracks.
North Coast recently received a pair of Irish greyhounds from a kennel in Dundalk in County Louth, near the border with Northern Ireland. The male and female greyhounds are in Ohio awaiting adoption.
Port Clinton resident Sandy Augugliaro, who founded the organization last fall, says the adoption group hopes the pair of dogs will increase awareness to the need for adoptive ...