Educational Booklet—                  Visit by Mada     We were very pleased to      welcome Mada and her husband Rafa to the GIN office in Wraysbury last month. Mada runs the RECAL  refuge in      Almendralejo and  although we have worked with her for many years now taking galgos she has been able to rescue, we had never met.     We are able to offer financial help to Mada to enable her   rescued galgos to be tested, treated if necessary, and transported to Pep’s kennels in Barcelona.   Pep continues their preparation for homing by carrying out sterilisations etc.   The majority of galgos we take from Mada are homed in France and Switzerland, thanks to the adoption groups we work with in these      countries.   However, we bring a few galgos to the UK and it was lovely for Mada and Rafa to meet Mary-Anne again.      Mary-Anne, originally from  RECAL, came to the UK in 2009 and has been adopted by  Geraldine and Tom. Geraldine is a volunteer and helps us in the GIN office.  Mary-Anne comes to work with her and looks forward to meeting Lurchy and usually       manages to make herself              comfortable in his bed  - he gets his own back by pinching her biscuits when she is not looking !     8 Rafa, Mada, Geraldine and Mary-Anne outside the GIN office in Wraysbury Mada, Martin and Geoffrey   at GIN HQ