Greyhound Rescue NSW is about to have a new property to call home.
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The animal rescue organisation has been based in Camden, 65km south of Sydney, for the past year however it will soon be moved to property in nearby Bargo.
The new facility was once used as a commercial kennel which trained and raced greyhounds.
Greyhound Rescue president Natalie Panzarino said it was nice to see the property "come full circle".
"It all came about by chance really because the land that we are on in Leppington is going to be redeveloped and we have been based there on a month-to-month lease," she said.
"Obviously that's a precarious position to be in with all the dogs we are caring for so I started looking around for a new property.
"I was finishing up a meeting with Mark Slater, chief executive of the Animal Welfare League, and said that we were on the hunt for a new home and he suggested this facility in Bargo.
"It's nice that the property can now be used to rehabilitate greyhounds and find them homes."
The property is being renamed 'Greysland' and over the next few weeks, volunteers and supporters will be packing equipment, infrastructure, all the greyhounds for the big move.
This is the organisations third move in just a few years as suitable properties are hard to come by.
Greyhound Rescue has set up a crowdfunding page to help assist them with the move.
"We cannot do in-person fundraising events due to Covid so we have taken it online," Ms Panzarino said.
"We have put the link on our website so people can just donate and help us make the move."
Ms Panzarino said the pandemic had posed some difficulties for the organisation but adoption requests were at an all time high.
"We acted rather quickly and got our Covid safe plan in place because we have volunteers that come from all over Sydney," she said.
"We have a mask requirement and limited people are allowed on site at the one time - so it has been a little difficult to adjust.
"But the one good thing to come out of this is that more people are looking to foster or adopt greyhounds."
Greyhounds have been associated with the race track for generations, however Ms Panzarino said the hounds were notoriously lazy.
"They make the ideal family dog because they are actually really lazy," she said.
"They are basically couch potatoes - they'd rather chill on the couch and they don't really have that doggy smell."
Wollondilly MP Nathaniel Smith recently met with Greyhound Rescue to discuss their new home.
"I am delighted to say that they have found new premises in the Wollondilly Shire." Mr Smith said.
"This property was a commercial kennel for Greyhounds bred and trained for the racing industry.
Now it will be transformed into a wonderful new rescue centre where Greyhounds will be rehabilitated in safety and comfort, before being passed on to their new owners.
"This move is an opportunity for more people to experience the feeling that comes from helping to change the lives of rescued greyhounds."
Ms Panzarino said she hoped more locals would consider volunteering with the organisation.
"We have volunteers from across western Sydney but we hope to increase our pool of volunteers from Macarthur, Wollondilly, the Southern Highlands and Illawarra," she said.
"Our volunteers love just being able to make a difference in the lives of these greyhounds - they find it rewarding."
To find out more about volunteering, fostering or adopting visit: greyhoundrescue.com.au or to donate to the rescue's move visit: chuffed.org/project/greysland.