Six years ago, on the night his twin daughters were born, George Plimpton was giving a speech to a room full of dogs. “My wife has never fully forgiven me,” Plimpton says looking back on it, “but it’s not like I thought they were going to be born that instant… at any rate it was […]
Adopting the Racing Greyhound; by Cynthia A Branigan
This comprehensive labor of love opens with a tub-threatening foreword by the late animal advocate, Cleveland Amory, and from there proceeds to extol the virtuous yet exploited breed, the Greyhound. Branigan, president of Make Peace With Animals – a welfare group that holds Greyhound rescue among its missions-leaves no bone unturned as she thoroughly […]