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Posted : 8/13/2007 9:29:28 AM

[linkhttp://www.wsbtv.com/news/13845476/detail.html]http://www.wsbtv.com/news/13845476/detail.html[/link]

These Saluki's look normal breed weight to me? The coat on the black look rather shiny, and they're not all matted up as far as pics can show....I don't know what to think. Do any sighthound folks know anything about this?

Xerxes

Posted : 8/13/2007 9:53:41 AM

I don't know anything about it, but the Salukis do look like they are fit. They're not, from what the pics show, underweight by anything more than a pound or two.

From reading though, they took 15 dogs and left 10. That's 25 dogs in a household setting and that's no way to live. IMO. Not without a well organized kennel.

Do you mind if I cross post onto another forum?

rwbeagles

Posted : 8/13/2007 9:59:58 AM

oh gosh no...please do! I'm just curious as to whether her club knew about it. Someone on pet law said they passed it on to the breed club and got a 'meh' response??

Xerxes

Posted : 8/13/2007 5:43:02 PM

Another link...

http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/2007/08/09/gwindogs.html

Gwinnett authorities have cited a Duluth woman for animal abuse and unsanitary conditions after removing 19 Saluki dogs from her home. Sue Jones on Tuesday surrendered the canines to Gwinnett County Animal Control after the agency began investigating complaints from neighbors about barking and foul odors coming from the home at 3869 Vicky Court, said Cpl. Illana Spellman, a Gwinnett police spokeswoman. Jones had already taken 10 other dogs to a kennel in South Carolina, Spellman said Wednesday. She apparently had kept all 29 dogs crated inside her home. Salukis are tall, thin, athletic and fast, and hunt by sight, not smell. They originated in Egypt. Jones received 19 separate citations for animal neglect for alleged improper health care of the dogs and one additional citation for unsanitary conditions. A veterinarian who examined the dogs found them to be in fair to poor condition, Spellman said. Some had parasites. The canines are now in the care of National Saluki Rescue Organization, which hopes to adopt them out, Spellman said.

So apparently it was due more to the conditions of the facility rather than the condition of the dogs.