On February 14th 2009, a man walking his dog discovered a blood soaked blanket on wasteland in Iron Acton – a village on the outskirts of Bristol.

Obviously alarmed, he investigated the contents and was horrified to find a dead black female greyhound.

Her ears had been hacked off to prevent her from indentified by her tattoos and even more macabre – this poor girl was heavily pregnant with six puppies.

Unlike Rusty, who was dumped on a Welsh mountainside in similar circumstances and despite months of investigations - DNA profiling, leafleting campaigns and public appeals – her true identity has never been determined and her killer(s) walk amongst us today – unpunished for this atrocious and barbaric crime.

In memory of Valentina – Thomasz Adamski has captured her spirit in a restful pose and one which is befitting to remember her by.

Please click here to view Valentina’s remembrance page and view Thomasz’s beautiful portrait of her.