PLEASE GIVE SUPPORT TO THE EX-RACERS AND THE ONES WHO JUST DONT MAKE THE GRADE.
OVER 25,000 GREYHOUND PUPPIES ARE REGISTERED EVERY YEAR IN THE BRITISH ISLES. THE NUMBER BRED IS ACTUALLY MANY THOUSANDS MORE THAN THIS,WHEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PUPPIES THAT NEVER GET REGISTERED AND THOSE KILLED BY BREEDERS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.THOUSANDS OF GREYHOUND PUPPIES AND YOUNG DOGS ARE PUT TO DEATH BECAUSE THEY FAIL TO REACH RACING STANDARDS.
SADLY, IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID THE CONCLUSION THAT AT LEAST 20,000 DOGS BRED ANUALLY TO SUPPLY THE DEMANDS OF THE BRITISH GREYHOUND RACING INDUSTRY END UP BEING PUT TO SLEEP OR KILLED BY OTHER, MORE HORRIFIC METHODS IN ORDER TO AVOID VETINARY FEES.
THIS AMOUNTS TO THE KILLING OF MORE THAN 50 GREYHOUNDS EVERY DAY!!!! DOGS WHICH ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO THE TRACK ARE VERY LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SUFFERING DURING THEIR RACING CAREERS. It HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT GREYHOUNDS RUNNING ON BRITISH TRACKS SUSTAIN MORE THAN 12,000 INJURIES EVERY YEAR AND THAT 10% OF DOGS THAT RACE ARE ALREADY SUFFERING FROM INJURIES.
AT LEAST 10,000 GREYHOUNDS RETIRE FROM RACING IN BRITAIN EVERY YEAR, AT AN AVERAGE AGE OF JUST 2%uFFFD YEARS OLD. THIS IS EITHER BECAUSE OF INJURY OR BECAUSE THEY ARE JUDGED TO BE NO LONGER GOOD ENOUGH,OR PROFITABLE ENOUGH TO RACE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOGS ARE DISPOSED OF EVERY YEAR - BY THE BRITISH RACING INDUSTRY BECAUSE THEY FAIL TO MAKE THE GRADE AS RACERS OR WHEN THEIR RACING DAYS ARE OVER. THE NATIONAL GREYHOUND RACING CLUB (NGRC)HASRULES STATING THAT ALLRETIRED DOGS SHOULD BECOMEPETS OR BE SENT TO RETIREMENT HOMES. THE GREYHOUND RESCUE CHARITIES,DOG REHOMING CENTRES ETC, CAN ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 4,000 DOGS. LEAVING THOUSANDS JUST ''DISAPPEARING''. THIS DISAPPEARANCE DOES INCLUDE DOGS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM TRACKS FOR %uFFFD10 AND DISPOSED OFF. THIS WOULD COST TRAINER %uFFFD70 TO HAVE THE DOG HUMANELY PUT TO SLEEP.
ONE MAN WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING UP TO 10000 GREYHOUNDS WITH A BOLT GUN (NO FIREARMS LICENSE REQUIRED) OVER 15 YEARS. HE WAS FINED JUST %uFFFD2000.
TRAINERS AND OWNERS ARE OUT TO MAKE BIG MONEY ON THIS BARBARIC SPORT. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WASTE MONEY ON A COMMODITY THAT IS NO LONGER USEFUL. THERE IS DOCUMENTED CASES OF DOGS BEING FOUND HANGING FROM TREES, TIED BELOW THE WATER LINE, HAD THEIR EARS CUT OFF TO REMOVE IDENTITY TATTOOS, TIED TO TREES AND LEFT TO STARVE.
THIS BARBARIC TREATMENT TO ONE OF THE MOST NOBLE ANIMALS HAPPENS WORLD WIDE ON A DAILY BASIS. IT IS RIFE IN USA, SPAIN, IRELAND, IN FACT EVERYWHERE WHERE THERE IS A RACE TRACK.
FACT SHEET 7,fact sheets in top red banner, THESE PICTURES ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED,THERE ARE MANY MORE SITES DEPICTING THESE SHOCKING DISPLAYS OF CRUELTY. OR HAVE A LOOK AT THIS POWER POINT PRESENTATION, THE PRESENTATION IS SHOCKING, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALISE THE EXTENT OF THE CRUELTY AND SUFFERING.(click on each page to move forward) http://www.greyhoundaction.org.uk/powerpoint/doglovers.pps
GREYHOUND RACING IS ONE OF THE MOST GAMBLED ON SPORTS IN THE WORLD,IN THE BIG MONEY WORLD OF DOG RACING, THE BOOKIES RAKE IN OVER %uFFFD2bn FROM THIS ''SPORT'', BUT LITTLE GOES BACK INTO CARING FOR THE DOGS, MANY OF WHOM ARE RETIRED BEFORE THE AGE OF FOUR BUT COULD HAVE ANOTHER 10 YEARS OF ACTIVE LIFE LEFT, MANY TRACKS ARE IN FACT OWNED BY THE MAJOR BOOKMAKERS,WILLIAM HILL ETC,YET THE "ATHLETES "ARE JUST DISPOSED OF WHEN NO LONGER NEEDED.
IMAGINE IF THIS CRUELTY HAPPENED TO ANY OTHER TYPE OF ANIMALS, I.E. HORSES, LABRADOR DOGS, POODLES, THERE WOULD BE A WORLD WIDE OUTCRY AND IT WOULD BE STOPPED. FULL STOP.
IN EGYPTIAN TIMES, THE DEATH OF A GREYHOUND WAS EQUAL TO THE DEATH OF A HUMAN. THESE DOGS WERE SO HIGHLY REGARDED THAT THEY WERE MUMMIFIED AND BURIED IN FAMILY TOMBS.GREYHOUNDS WERE ALSO WORSHIPPED IN ANCIENT GREECE AND IN ANCIENT ROME. THEY ARE THE ONLY BREED OF DOG MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE.Proverbs 30, verses 29 to 31. GREYHOUNDS MAKE THE MOST ADORABLE COMPANIONS ,AND THE LOVE THEY SHOW YOU WHEN YOU RESCUE ONE AND TAKE IT HOME IS SECOND TO NONE.
IT IS TIME TO STOP THIS MINDLESS VIOLENCE AND GIVE ONE OF THE MOST GENTLE AND LOVING BREEDS ON EARTH A CHANCE TO LIVE OUT ITS FULL LIFE IN A LOVING HOME.
THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THE MASSIVE SUFFERING AND KILLING OF GREYHOUNDS CAUSED BY THE GREYHOUND INDUSTRY IS FOR GREYHOUND RACING TO BE ABOLISHED.
PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT, OR ATTEND GREYHOUND RACING,AND PLEASE NEVER BET ON A GREYHOUND RACE.
THE ENCOURAGING NEWS IS GREYHOUND RACING HAS LOST 500,000 RACEGOERS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS ... AND LAST YEAR GREYHOUND BREEDING FELL BY 13% RESULTING IN 5000 LESS DOGS BEING KILLED!!!!
IF YOU CAN GO ON LINE AND BUY SOMETHING TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GREYHOUND CHARITY - FANTASTIC. BUT EVEN BETTER IF YOU CAN SPONSOR OR ADOPT A GREYHOUND THINK OF THE LIFE YOU HAVE SAVED.
PLEASE CAN YOU GIVE YOUR SUPPORT TO STOP GREYHOUND CRUELTY BY SIGNING THE PETITION BELOW AND PASS ON TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS,AND HOPEFULLY FORWARDING IT ON,EVERY SIGNATURE HELPS.
PLEASE GIVE SUPPORT TO THE EX-RACERS AND THE ONES WHO JUST DONT MAKE THE GRADE.
OVER 25,000 GREYHOUND PUPPIES ARE REGISTERED EVERY YEAR IN THE BRITISH ISLES. THE NUMBER BRED IS ACTUALLY MANY THOUSANDS MORE THAN THIS,WHEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PUPPIES THAT NEVER GET REGISTERED AND THOSE KILLED BY BREEDERS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.THOUSANDS OF GREYHOUND PUPPIES AND YOUNG DOGS ARE PUT TO DEATH BECAUSE THEY FAIL TO REACH RACING STANDARDS.
SADLY, IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID THE CONCLUSION THAT AT LEAST 20,000 DOGS BRED ANUALLY TO SUPPLY THE DEMANDS OF THE BRITISH GREYHOUND RACING INDUSTRY END UP BEING PUT TO SLEEP OR KILLED BY OTHER, MORE HORRIFIC METHODS IN ORDER TO AVOID VETINARY FEES.
THIS AMOUNTS TO THE KILLING OF MORE THAN 50 GREYHOUNDS EVERY DAY!!!! DOGS WHICH ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO THE TRACK ARE VERY LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SUFFERING DURING THEIR RACING CAREERS. It HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT GREYHOUNDS RUNNING ON BRITISH TRACKS SUSTAIN MORE THAN 12,000 INJURIES EVERY YEAR AND THAT 10% OF DOGS THAT RACE ARE ALREADY SUFFERING FROM INJURIES.
AT LEAST 10,000 GREYHOUNDS RETIRE FROM RACING IN BRITAIN EVERY YEAR, AT AN AVERAGE AGE OF JUST 2%uFFFD YEARS OLD. THIS IS EITHER BECAUSE OF INJURY OR BECAUSE THEY ARE JUDGED TO BE NO LONGER GOOD ENOUGH,OR PROFITABLE ENOUGH TO RACE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOGS ARE DISPOSED OF EVERY YEAR - BY THE BRITISH RACING INDUSTRY BECAUSE THEY FAIL TO MAKE THE GRADE AS RACERS OR WHEN THEIR RACING DAYS ARE OVER. THE NATIONAL GREYHOUND RACING CLUB (NGRC)HASRULES STATING THAT ALLRETIRED DOGS SHOULD BECOMEPETS OR BE SENT TO RETIREMENT HOMES. THE GREYHOUND RESCUE CHARITIES,DOG REHOMING CENTRES ETC, CAN ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 4,000 DOGS. LEAVING THOUSANDS JUST ''DISAPPEARING''. THIS DISAPPEARANCE DOES INCLUDE DOGS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM TRACKS FOR %uFFFD10 AND DISPOSED OFF. THIS WOULD COST TRAINER %uFFFD70 TO HAVE THE DOG HUMANELY PUT TO SLEEP.
ONE MAN WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING UP TO 10000 GREYHOUNDS WITH A BOLT GUN (NO FIREARMS LICENSE REQUIRED) OVER 15 YEARS. HE WAS FINED JUST %uFFFD2000.
TRAINERS AND OWNERS ARE OUT TO MAKE BIG MONEY ON THIS BARBARIC SPORT. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WASTE MONEY ON A COMMODITY THAT IS NO LONGER USEFUL. THERE IS DOCUMENTED CASES OF DOGS BEING FOUND HANGING FROM TREES, TIED BELOW THE WATER LINE, HAD THEIR EARS CUT OFF TO REMOVE IDENTITY TATTOOS, TIED TO TREES AND LEFT TO STARVE.
THIS BARBARIC TREATMENT TO ONE OF THE MOST NOBLE ANIMALS HAPPENS WORLD WIDE ON A DAILY BASIS. IT IS RIFE IN USA, SPAIN, IRELAND, IN FACT EVERYWHERE WHERE THERE IS A RACE TRACK.
FACT SHEET 7,fact sheets in top red banner, THESE PICTURES ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED,THERE ARE MANY MORE SITES DEPICTING THESE SHOCKING DISPLAYS OF CRUELTY. OR HAVE A LOOK AT THIS POWER POINT PRESENTATION, THE PRESENTATION IS SHOCKING, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALISE THE EXTENT OF THE CRUELTY AND SUFFERING.(click on each page to move forward) http://www.greyhoundaction.org.uk/powerpoint/doglovers.pps
GREYHOUND RACING IS ONE OF THE MOST GAMBLED ON SPORTS IN THE WORLD,IN THE BIG MONEY WORLD OF DOG RACING, THE BOOKIES RAKE IN OVER %uFFFD2bn FROM THIS ''SPORT'', BUT LITTLE GOES BACK INTO CARING FOR THE DOGS, MANY OF WHOM ARE RETIRED BEFORE THE AGE OF FOUR BUT COULD HAVE ANOTHER 10 YEARS OF ACTIVE LIFE LEFT, MANY TRACKS ARE IN FACT OWNED BY THE MAJOR BOOKMAKERS,WILLIAM HILL ETC,YET THE "ATHLETES "ARE JUST DISPOSED OF WHEN NO LONGER NEEDED.
IMAGINE IF THIS CRUELTY HAPPENED TO ANY OTHER TYPE OF ANIMALS, I.E. HORSES, LABRADOR DOGS, POODLES, THERE WOULD BE A WORLD WIDE OUTCRY AND IT WOULD BE STOPPED. FULL STOP.
IN EGYPTIAN TIMES, THE DEATH OF A GREYHOUND WAS EQUAL TO THE DEATH OF A HUMAN. THESE DOGS WERE SO HIGHLY REGARDED THAT THEY WERE MUMMIFIED AND BURIED IN FAMILY TOMBS.GREYHOUNDS WERE ALSO WORSHIPPED IN ANCIENT GREECE AND IN ANCIENT ROME. THEY ARE THE ONLY BREED OF DOG MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE.Proverbs 30, verses 29 to 31. GREYHOUNDS MAKE THE MOST ADORABLE COMPANIONS ,AND THE LOVE THEY SHOW YOU WHEN YOU RESCUE ONE AND TAKE IT HOME IS SECOND TO NONE.
IT IS TIME TO STOP THIS MINDLESS VIOLENCE AND GIVE ONE OF THE MOST GENTLE AND LOVING BREEDS ON EARTH A CHANCE TO LIVE OUT ITS FULL LIFE IN A LOVING HOME.
THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THE MASSIVE SUFFERING AND KILLING OF GREYHOUNDS CAUSED BY THE GREYHOUND INDUSTRY IS FOR GREYHOUND RACING TO BE ABOLISHED.
PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT, OR ATTEND GREYHOUND RACING,AND PLEASE NEVER BET ON A GREYHOUND RACE.
THE ENCOURAGING NEWS IS GREYHOUND RACING HAS LOST 500,000 RACEGOERS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS ... AND LAST YEAR GREYHOUND BREEDING FELL BY 13% RESULTING IN 5000 LESS DOGS BEING KILLED!!!!
IF YOU CAN GO ON LINE AND BUY SOMETHING TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GREYHOUND CHARITY - FANTASTIC. BUT EVEN BETTER IF YOU CAN SPONSOR OR ADOPT A GREYHOUND THINK OF THE LIFE YOU HAVE SAVED.
PLEASE CAN YOU GIVE YOUR SUPPORT TO STOP GREYHOUND CRUELTY BY SIGNING THE PETITION BELOW AND PASS ON TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS,AND HOPEFULLY FORWARDING IT ON,EVERY SIGNATURE HELPS.
1:59 pm PST, Nov 19,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 1,863:
12:09 pm PST, Nov 19,Faye Thatcher, United Kingdom
# 1,862:
6:21 am PST, Nov 19,Robby Wyman, Maryland
# 1,861:
5:22 pm PST, Nov 16,Barbara Ghandhi, Maryland
No one deserves this. Where has our humanity gone????
# 1,860:
3:59 pm PST, Nov 16,Yousof Ardakani, United Kingdom
# 1,859:
10:59 am PST, Nov 16,Bonnie Jackson, Virginia
# 1,858:
9:43 am PST, Nov 16,Barbara Black, Virginia
# 1,857:
11:35 am PST, Nov 12,Glen Venezio, Puerto Rico
# 1,856:
11:04 am PST, Nov 11,Sally Tully-Figueroa, Puerto Rico
This is stupid, barbaric cruelty! Isn't it time to stop it once and for all?
# 1,855:
8:56 am PST, Nov 8,Linda Aertgeerts, Belgium
STOP, STOP, STOP IT.........PLEASE
# 1,854:
4:32 pm PST, Nov 6,Elisabeth Meinhard, Germany
Ich lebe in Deutschland, ich habe zwei Greyhounds adoptiert. Ich bin froh, dass diese zwei gerettet sind! Es sind edle Tiere, die dieses unwürdige Dasein zwischen Rennbahn und Tod nicht verdient haben. Die Menschen, die dieses Elend verursachen, sie müssen gestoppt und zur Verantwortung herangezogen werden. Leider ist noch immer das Geld wichtiger als das Leben selbst. Ein Tier ist Teil des Lebens, ist Teil der Schöpfung, das haben wir zum Leidwesen der Tiere vergessen!
# 1,853:
7:16 am PDT, Oct 30,Angela Inojosa pereira pinto, Brazil
# 1,852:
9:50 pm PDT, Oct 28,Mark Sousa, California
# 1,851:
5:28 pm PDT, Oct 28,Gabriela Zambrana, Bolivia
GENTE DESALMADA Y MALVADA! MERECEN PAGAR SU MALDAD SUFRIENDO DE LA MISMA MANERA!!!!
# 1,850:
1:13 pm PDT, Oct 28,Judy Boyle, Colorado
# 1,849:
11:21 am PDT, Oct 23,Helle Collin, Denmark
# 1,848:
9:55 pm PDT, Oct 22,I LOVE Whippets Whippets, Brazil
é uma crueldade o que fazem com animais tão dóceis! só quem não tem amor próprio pode fazer algo assim! É pq nunca foi amado ou soube o que é dar amor!
# 1,847:
7:24 am PDT, Oct 22,John Boulton, United Kingdom
# 1,846:
10:43 am PDT, Oct 21,Mary McKinney, West Virginia
Please...let's all do our part to end this vile and brutal "sport" (if you can call it that") of greyhound racing in our home states and all over the world!! The treatment of these dogs is inhumane! We as a country should be appalled!!! We need to educate the public, sign petitions and start letter writing campaigns immediately! Please, let's all do whatever we can to stop this deadly industry.
# 1,845:
6:14 am PDT, Oct 20,Jennifer Grier, Missouri
This is WRONG in every sense of the word. STOP this NOW!
# 1,844:
6:09 pm PDT, Oct 19,Kassia Boulton, Australia
# 1,843:
7:05 am PDT, Oct 18,Fernanda Cárdena, Brazil
This is absurd, dogs must be respected and treated with dignity and affection. Who does this kind of atrocity of the animals have no heart.
# 1,842:
12:35 pm PDT, Oct 17,CLARE GORST, United Kingdom
# 1,841:
7:04 am PDT, Oct 14,Sara Leuti, Italy
# 1,840:
5:15 am PDT, Oct 14,Vicky Lewis, Switzerland
# 1,839:
4:38 am PDT, Oct 14,Ricardo Coacci, Brazil
Sorry!
# 1,838:
9:27 am PDT, Oct 10,Michael Schwamb, California
I have lived with Greyhounds all my life and they are gentle,beautiful creatures who don't deserve the abuse that goes on. Belive me I've seen how traumatized they are when they are finally released from the track;they eat holes in themselves to try and relive pain from small fractures.
# 1,837:
8:35 pm PDT, Oct 8,Name not displayed, Japan
# 1,836:
6:40 pm PDT, Oct 4,Orazio Signorella, Italy
# 1,835:
4:59 pm PDT, Oct 4,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
The measure of our humanity is how we treat the animals and all creatures. So far the humans are failing.
# 1,834:
3:21 am PDT, Oct 4,Paolo Bellini, Italy
horrible!
# 1,833:
3:14 am PDT, Oct 4,Raffaella Gambogi, Italy
Facciamo conoscere questa causa al mondo intero
# 1,832:
7:09 am PDT, Oct 3,Agata Daquino, Italy
# 1,831:
1:33 pm PDT, Oct 2,Jacqueline Morgan, Pennsylvania
# 1,830:
10:45 am PDT, Oct 2,Annik Wouters, Belgium
# 1,829:
9:48 am PDT, Oct 1,Barbara Black, Canada
# 1,828:
12:41 pm PDT, Sep 27,Sherry Beers, Pennsylvania
I saw many of the Beautiful & Gentle Greyhound Rescues at Myrtle Beach last week, while on Vacation
# 1,827:
2:20 pm PDT, Sep 26,Terri Sanderson, Florida
Anyone who could put an animal to death especially due to reach entertainment standards are pure evil!
# 1,826:
5:47 am PDT, Sep 26,SUSANA NAVARRO MAÑAS, Spain
# 1,825:
8:52 pm PDT, Sep 25,Name not displayed, Brazil
# 1,824:
7:56 pm PDT, Sep 25,William Beers, Pennsylvania
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ALL THE OWNERS OF THE DOG RACING AN PUT THEM IN A CAGE TOGEATHER WITH OUT FOOD & WATER AND THEN PUT JUST ENOUGH FOOD & WATER FOR ONE AFTER ABOUT THREE DAYS/YOU DO THE MATH
# 1,823:
11:35 am PDT, Sep 25,Patrizia Fiorentini, Italy
# 1,822:
1:18 am PDT, Sep 25,Shelley Trinchero, California
# 1,821:
12:24 pm PDT, Sep 24,Chester Hoover, Pennsylvania
# 1,820:
10:30 am PDT, Sep 24,Name not displayed, Texas
# 1,819:
10:05 am PDT, Sep 24,Mary Radzialowski, Illinois
My 2 adopted ex-racer greyhounds are happiest when they are making me happy. How any person could abuse such gentle, loving animals is beyond me. Please stop their senseless mistreatment during their careers and after - the only ones who lose are the innocent dogs.
# 1,818:
8:09 am PDT, Sep 24,Danielle Mitria, Illinois
I think it's sickening the way these and many animals are treated.
# 1,817:
7:58 am PDT, Sep 24,Karen Steiger, Illinois
I am the proud owner of two retired racing greyhounds, and I can't imagine more loving, devoted animals. The idea of anyone doing any harm to these dogs is sickening to me!
# 1,816:
5:59 am PDT, Sep 24,Allison Hicks, Florida
# 1,815:
10:07 pm PDT, Sep 23,Elizabeth Holmes, Illinois
I recently adopted the most amazing dog ever: Phoebe. She had been a top racer and due to an ankle injury, was released and put up for adoption (thank god). This has to stop. Greyhounds do NOT deserve this. Perdiod.
3:15 pm PDT, Sep 23,Jennifer Swofford, Illinois
Greyhounds are some of the sweetest dogs with the most love to give. They deserve just as much love from humans in return.
# 1,807:
8:33 am PDT, Sep 23,Sarah Heinz, Delaware
These are loving creatures that make the most wonderful companions. They should not be disposable!
# 1,806:
6:37 am PDT, Sep 23,Angela J., Tennessee
# 1,805:
4:34 am PDT, Sep 23,Kori Miles, Georgia
End this NOW!!
# 1,804:
3:07 am PDT, Sep 21,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
i have a dog wat was badly abuse
# 1,803:
1:42 am PDT, Sep 21,Simone Walter, Germany
# 1,802:
12:47 am PDT, Sep 21,Claudia Fabbro, Italy
# 1,801:
6:40 pm PDT, Sep 20,Kristina Brough, Florida
The greyhound racing industry needs to be out-lawed and cease to exist. The barbaric and cruel treatment of greyhounds is appalling.
