#drum roll
Okay so you’re telling me that DA4 is getting a lacklustre name like Dreadwolf,meanwhile we could have had the absolute rad banger that is Dragon Age: Absolution as a title??
GALTx eNews: Drum Roll, Please… Our 2021 Results Are In!
The results for 2021, our 20th Anniversary year, are in! It felt like we faced challenges at every turn but we all stuck together and got the work done for the 20th consecutive year!
During 2021, we welcomed 170 new hounds to the GALT family. About 152 of them were surrendered by their owners, most of whom work in the racing industry. Twelve came from shelters and six were strays. Meanwhile, our adoption teams found forever homes for 180 hounds, bringing our grand total to nearly 3,900 over the years! In October, GALT New Mexico celebrated its 100th adoption since inception and we thank everyone for the hard work that represents!
The coming and going hounds rack up a lot of expenses. Just our vet bills, hound medications, boarding and care, kennel rent and maintenance, and utilities added up to more than $117,000! To help pay the bills, our dedicated volunteers hosted: about a dozen on-line auctions and a silent auction raising over $56,000; our first big in-person event in a long time, Cooking for the Hounds; GALT’s 20th Anniversary Dinner At Home; several on-line fundraisers such as North Texas Giving Day, Giving Tuesday, and our Holiday Matching Fund; Strut Your Mutt; GALT’s Greyt Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Raffle; and several other events. Thanks to all who made these events possible and who participated to help pay the bills!
Currently, heating at the kennel is out due to a gas line failure leading to a gas leak. Over 300 feet of supply line that was originally placed in 1972 must be replaced. We are renting a diesel heater for $1,500 a month that costs approximately $130 a day in diesel to run, making the total for only 30 days $5,400. We’ll keep everyone updated on the status of repairs as we know more. Our foster team went above and beyond to move as many hounds to warm foster homes as possible. Consequently, we now have about 21 hounds in our kennelawaitingfoster homes and 65 hounds in foster homes getting ready for adoption. Our adoption team remains busy with about 100 adoption applications in process. As we prepare to celebrate our 21st birthday this spring, we have a busy year ahead of us. We hope you’ll stay tuned for more news!
1/6/2022
