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Article: FEATHER MY QUIET MAN WITH A SOUL; LAST WEEK IT EMERGED THAT THOUSANDS OF UNWANTED GREYHOUNDS ARE BRUTALLY DESTROYED EACH YEAR. BUT THIS ONE WAS SAVED...AND LAST MONTH WAS ADOPTED BY ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED WRITERS. IN THIS TENDER DIARY,SHE TELLS THE STORY OF THE DIGNIFIED CREATURE WHO ROSE ABOVE HUMAN CRUELTY.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 23, 2006
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Byline: JILLY COOPER
Bessie, our adorable black Labrador, died in June 2003.
When my beloved brindle lurcher followed suit 18 months later, I was utterly desolate to be dogless for the first time in 35 years.
On the other hand, I was desperately late and blocked on the book I was writing and decided the greatest incentive would be to allow myself another dog only when it was finished.
Then I got caught up in the editing and decided to wait until this summer, when I could really take my time finding a puppy that would get on with my five cats.
Fate, however, stepped in when my friend Angela Yardley, who runs Greyhound Rescue ...