GIVE SUPPORT TO THE EX-RACERS AND THE ONES WHO DON,T MAKE THE GRADE.

STOP GREYHOUND CRUELTY

Target:
Hilary Benn,secretary of state.Jane Kennedy,minister of state

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)HAS RULES STATING THAT ALL RETIRED DOGS SHOULD BECOME PETS 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.

SOME PICTURES CAN BE FOUND AT http://www.greyhoundaction.org.uk/

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.

MANY PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE INJURIES SUFFERED TO GREYHOUNDS WHILE RACING ETC, PLEASE WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO, AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER THIS BARBARIC SPORT IS WORTH WATCHING OR ATTENDING
http://greytexploitations.com/resources-and-reports/dying-to-entertain-you



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)HAS RULES STATING THAT ALL RETIRED DOGS SHOULD BECOME PETS 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.

SOME PICTURES CAN BE FOUND AT http://www.greyhoundaction.org.uk/

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.

MANY PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE INJURIES SUFFERED TO GREYHOUNDS WHILE RACING ETC, PLEASE WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO, AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER THIS BARBARIC SPORT IS WORTH WATCHING OR ATTENDING
http://greytexploitations.com/resources-and-reports/dying-to-entertain-you



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.

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We signed the "STOP GREYHOUND CRUELTY" petition!
# 1,892:
1:43 pm PST, Feb 2, J O'Brien, United Kingdom
Please, please stop the atrocious abuse of these beautiful, gentle animals.
# 1,891:
12:10 pm PST, Jan 31, Nora Gonzalez, Argentina
We are campaigning here in Argentina to stop Greyhounds races because the cruelty of the treatment they receive after finishing their time as racers. Generally they don´t receive medical treatment, enough food, or they are left in the streets. If they´re lucky, they find an adoptive home. But that´s not the usual luck. As racers they are given drugs to improve performance but they can result dead. If they get hurt generally the owner sacrifice them.
# 1,890:
7:12 am PST, Jan 25, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 1,889:
3:23 am PST, Jan 23, Cameron G., Massachusetts
Please Save Greyhound. Animals Are So INNOCENT. We Love Animals Our Heart. I Beg You Please Don't Hurt Greyhound. They Need To Go Home And They Need a Family Home. God Will Save Them THis Present and Future More Powerful And No Past. Amen. ============ Listen, Please Get A This Printer And Get Your Paper For Signature With Envelope Before Send To Governor. Please Pass Your Friends and Your Family. Please Do Not Need To Wait. Go Now!! That's Website From Selena. http://www.islanddog.org/writetogovernor.html
# 1,888:
8:15 pm PST, Jan 20, Name not displayed, Canada
Stop the cruelty !
# 1,887:
11:37 am PST, Jan 18, Name not displayed, Brazil
# 1,886:
12:11 pm PST, Jan 7, Carolina Carvalho Clemente, Brazil
# 1,885:
9:06 pm PST, Jan 5, Lana Tie, Australia
# 1,884:
1:29 pm PST, Jan 5, Ashton Roggenbuck, Wyoming
I love this dogs! im sick of people hurting them!
# 1,883:
11:17 am PST, Jan 2, Christa Beebout, California
# 1,882:
12:45 am PST, Dec 29, Marilyn Roberts, United Kingdom
...& some ask me -"Why do you prefer animals to people"?
# 1,881:
6:47 am PST, Dec 28, Jacqueline Hood, United Kingdom
there's is no need for this slaughter- they make wonderful pets, I should know.
# 1,880:
5:55 am PST, Dec 28, Serena Jennings, Massachusetts
# 1,879:
10:24 am PST, Dec 24, Moesha Jeminez, Texas
Greyhound racing is very cruel to the sweet nature of these dogs.I cant believe that when the dog is injured they will put the dog to sleep or worse just because they want to avoid Vetinary Fees! Its cruel and sickining just reding what happens to them,i just cant imagine how they are being treated and what happens to them in real life! I just want to stop this racing,so that the dogs could live a better life,not a life with torture and constant running.
# 1,878:
11:27 pm PST, Dec 23, Barbagianni Michele, France
# 1,877:
5:25 pm PST, Dec 22, Name not displayed, Canada
these dogs are SO loveable and caring and eager to please! STOP using them as a sport!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOULD YOU RACE YOUR CHILD?????? NO!! Same thing!
# 1,876:
2:50 pm PST, Dec 22, Anne K, Canada
# 1,875:
8:32 am PST, Dec 22, Andrew Seago, United Kingdom
# 1,874:
8:21 am PST, Dec 21, Carla Howell, Tennessee
They need to put a stop to such cruelty!
# 1,873:
12:16 am PST, Dec 20, Gretchen Leatherman, New Jersey
# 1,872:
4:02 am PST, Dec 18, Jane Boulton, Australia
# 1,871:
12:51 pm PST, Dec 12, Jennifer Hall, Tennessee
# 1,870:
12:10 pm PST, Dec 12, Rosalind Priest, Belgium
# 1,869:
3:14 am PST, Dec 12, Name not displayed, Belgium
# 1,868:
6:50 pm PST, Dec 10, Paulo Netto, Delaware
# 1,867:
3:53 am PST, Dec 7, Angela Dillon, Australia
The horror behind the shallow entertainment must stop.
# 1,866:
6:51 am PST, Dec 2, Leslie Petit Vinson, Georgia
when will this world EVER evolve? we have geniuses creating the most high tech equipment ever available to man yet we treat living, breathing creatures like this???
# 1,865:
2:55 pm PST, Nov 30, Sheona Leonard, United Kingdom
Please help these loving animals to live a life they deserve in a loving and stable home where they get all the love they give returned back to them like they deserve.
# 1,864:
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!!!!
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