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Canada07 Oct 2026

Owner of lost Spanish greyhound says Sask. needs provincewide standards for capturing missing dogs

Volunteers spent three weeks trying to track and capture the dog, which is a rescue from Spain, where the breed is routinely killed after a career in racing.

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For three weeks this summer Garson Hunter drove out to the Qu’Appelle Valley, northwest of Regina, putting out food and hoping it might tempt his beloved Spanish greyhound La Gracia out of hiding. “I’d camp in my car overnight so that there’s food in the morning, food at night to keep her coming.” Sick and hungry, the dog had already led a tough life when it went missing from a Lumsden veterinary clinic in late August. La Gracia had been saved while living in Spain, a country where greyhounds, the fastest dogs in the world with top speeds exceeding 70 km/h, are used in racing then often abandoned or killed when their career is over greyhound adoption group sees increase in applications after Florida greyhound racetrack ban By the time Hunter got La Gracia through a rescue organization a year ago, she’d already had a three kilogram tumour and her mammary glands removed, and was diagnosed with cancer. In August, Hunter and his wife took La Gracia to a vet clinic, TM’z in Lumsden, 30 kilometres northwest of Regina. La Gracia was sick, infected with a parasite that required regular drug treatment to keep it under control. Hunter said the veterinarian at TM’z suspected the medication had accumulated in the dog’s system and admitted La Gracia for intravenous treatments to flush out her kidneys.

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putting out food and hopingCollocation

ให้อาหารออกและหวัง.

From the storyFor three weeks this summer Garson Hunter drove out to the Qu’Appelle Valley, northwest of Regina, putting out food and hoping it might tempt his beloved Spanish greyhound La Gracia out of hiding. “I’d camp in my car overnight so that there’s food in the morning, food at night to keep her coming.” Sick and hungry, the dog had already led a tough life when it went missing from a Lumsden veterinary clinic in late August.

might tempt his beloved SpanishCollocation

อาจทําให้ชาวสเปนที่รักของเขา.

From the storyFor three weeks this summer Garson Hunter drove out to the Qu’Appelle Valley, northwest of Regina, putting out food and hoping it might tempt his beloved Spanish greyhound La Gracia out of hiding. “I’d camp in my car overnight so that there’s food in the morning, food at night to keep her coming.” Sick and hungry, the dog had already led a tough life when it went missing from a Lumsden veterinary clinic in late August.

had already led a toughCollocation

ได้นําไปสู่การต่อสู้ที่ยากลําบาก.

From the storyFor three weeks this summer Garson Hunter drove out to the Qu’Appelle Valley, northwest of Regina, putting out food and hoping it might tempt his beloved Spanish greyhound La Gracia out of hiding. “I’d camp in my car overnight so that there’s food in the morning, food at night to keep her coming.” Sick and hungry, the dog had already led a tough life when it went missing from a Lumsden veterinary clinic in late August.

missing from a Lumsden veterinaryCollocation

หายไปจากแพทย์สัตว์ในลัมส์เดน.

From the storyFor three weeks this summer Garson Hunter drove out to the Qu’Appelle Valley, northwest of Regina, putting out food and hoping it might tempt his beloved Spanish greyhound La Gracia out of hiding. “I’d camp in my car overnight so that there’s food in the morning, food at night to keep her coming.” Sick and hungry, the dog had already led a tough life when it went missing from a Lumsden veterinary clinic in late August.

had been saved while livingCollocation

ได้ถูกช่วยไว้ในขณะที่ยังมีชีวิตอยู่.

From the storyLa Gracia had been saved while living in Spain, a country where greyhounds, the fastest dogs in the world with top speeds exceeding 70 km/h, are used in racing then often abandoned or killed when their career is over greyhound adoption group sees increase in applications after Florida greyhound racetrack ban By the time Hunter got La Gracia through a rescue organization a year ago, she’d already had a three kilogram tumour and her mammary glands removed, and was diagnosed with cancer.

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