~ In Memory of Valentina ~
On February 14th 2009, a man walking his dog discovered a blood soaked blanket on wasteland in Iron Acton – a village on the outskirts of Bristol.
Obviously alarmed, he investigated the contents and was horrified to find a dead black female greyhound.
Her ears had been hacked off to prevent her from being indentified by her tattoos and even more macabre – this poor girl was heavily pregnant with six pups.
Unlike Rusty, who was dumped on a Welsh mountainside in similar circumstances and despite months of investigations - DNA profiling, leafleting campaigns and public appeals – her true identity has never been determined and her killer(s) walk amongst us today – unpunished for this atrocious and barbaric crime.
In memory of Valentina – Thomasz Adamski has beautifully captured her spirit in a restful pose and one which is befitting to remember her by.
~ Valentina ~
Resting in Peace
This portrait will be auctioned off on eBay to start on Sunday 21st February and the monies raised will go to two very worthy rescues – in order to save as many greyhounds as possible from the same fate as Valentina's.
Until then, please light a candle and reflect on the hundreds of thousands of greyhounds who have gone ‘unaccounted’ over the past 80 years and of those that continue to be abandoned and die without being found..........may you all Rest In Peace.
Please click here to read Valentina's story
http://greytexploitations.com/resources-and-reports/valentina