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Meet Our Board |
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Bev Hollis, DVM
Dr. Bev Hollis is a graduate of The University of Tennessee College of
Veterinary Medicine. She works as a relief veterinarian for Nashville and
its surrounding communities.
Her interest in greyhounds began when, as a veterinary student in freshman
anatomy, a greyhound cadaver was placed before her for dissection. The
sight of so many sacrificed greyhounds spurred Bev to learn more about the
breed and their plight. She subsequently adopted a greyhound from a local
group while in vet school.
Bev has been involved with greyhounds ever since. In 1998 she started an
adoption group in Nashville which worked with a nearby track to provide
greyhounds locally to interested parties. Then, in 2002, the plight of
the Spanish galgos was brought to her attention. In February 2003 she
joined the first medical team from Nashville as it traveled to Spain to
provide assistance to the Scooby refuge in Medina del Campo.
The overwhelming need of the refuge, coupled with the warmth and
generosity of the Spanish shelter workers, inspired Bev to be a part of
Operation Scooby and its ongoing rescue efforts.
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Suzanne Stack, DVM
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Dr.
Suzanne Stack is a 1985 graduate of the Ohio State University College of
Veterinary Medicine. She has practiced mostly in Arizona since graduation
with stints at greyhound racetracks in Wisconsin and Texas. She was the vet
for Arizona Adopt A Greyhound before moving to Yuma where she currently
resides with her husband Don, 12 greyhounds, 12 mutts, and 6 cats.
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Carol Macherey, DVM Dr. Carol Macherey graduated from Texas A&M in 1977 and has practiced in Nashville since then. She currently is a partner in a large companion animal practice in Nashville. Her serious interest in greyhounds began in 1997 with the adoption of her first retired racer. This interest expanded to galgos after hearing about their unique problems in Spain. Finally, when the discarded galgos from the hunting season that ended in the winter of 2002 filled Scooby, she began making plans to try to help. After many months of planning and the addition of several other concerned volunteers, the first medical team left for Medina del Campo. The experience was unprecedented. Seeing the galgos, working on them medically, experiencing life at Scooby, and meeting the Spanish volunteers who staff the shelter became the inspiration to continue the commitment to help the galgos through Operation Scooby.
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Abby Christman, CVT, VTS(ECC)
Abby shares her home with 8 dogs and 3 cats - 3 Greyhounds, 1 Galgo, 1 Samoyed, 1 Chow, 1 Chow mix, and a German Shepherd, all of whom are rescues (as are the 3 kitties). When not hanging out with her kids on her ranch in Northern Colorado or working on galgo stuff, she's usually concentrating on her second great passion, veterinary medicine.
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Abby
Christman is a veterinary nurse board certified in emergency and
critical care. She works at the Colorado State University Veterinary
Teaching Hospital in the Critical Care Unit. She has been involved with
greyhound rescue for 10 years, first becoming involved when she was a
veterinary technician student working at CSU in the kennels where they
kept the greyhounds used for terminal surgery. She rescued a number of
those pups and helped with the movement to abolish the practice. Her
first greyhound, and the true love of her life, Freddy, was one of those
rescued CSU dogs.