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Stop The Greyhound Slaughter!

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Show support for the process of adopting greyhounds when they retire and voice our objections to their needless slaughter.

FACT: Greyhound racing is not a regulated sport in that when greyhounds retire, the owners are free to do whatever they want with them.

FACT: The greyhound life expectancy is lower than any other breed, and not as a result of natural causes.

FACT: In the UK alone, 40,000 greyhounds are needlessly slaughtered every year.

FACT: These practices occur in Australia, Sweden, the USA, the UK, France, Germany, South Korea, Ireland, Spain, China and countless other countries aroud the world.

FACT: Puppies that are not good enough to race are mindlessly slaughtered before their first birthday.

Greyhound racing is carried out for the entertainment of millions all over the world. We marvel at the beautiful and yet powerful creatures when they race around a track, and yet they apparently have no real value to us.

We as a race should be looking after their welfare when they retire, as we do the elderly members amongst us. After retirement age, people tend to live quiet and happy lives, watching their families grow up and expand, but that is not the case with greyhounds.

When they have fulfilled their apparent duty, we dispose of them as if they were no more than household rubbish.

In others words, when they are no longer useful and cannot do something for us, we brutally slaughter them. At age four or five, many greyhounds are dead and the blood is on our hands.



After all, would you brutally murder your relatives when they pass retirement age and can no longer earn money?

No? Didn't think so, so why are we allowing this inhumane and unbelievably cruel practice to continue?



It is time to stop this mindless violence and give one of the most gentle and loving breeds on Earth a chance to live.

The aims of this cause are to highlight the plight of greyounds and encourage people to take them in as household pets.

We also want to join the fight to make the global voice heard so that the greyhund industry has no other choice but to regulate its practices.

This petition will be sent to various governments around the world as well as sporting bodies in March 2008, so please add your signature today.
Show support for the process of adopting greyhounds when they retire and voice our objections to their needless slaughter.

FACT: Greyhound racing is not a regulated sport in that when greyhounds retire, the owners are free to do whatever they want with them.

FACT: The greyhound life expectancy is lower than any other breed, and not as a result of natural causes.

FACT: In the UK alone, 40,000 greyhounds are needlessly slaughtered every year.

FACT: These practices occur in Australia, Sweden, the USA, the UK, France, Germany, South Korea, Ireland, Spain, China and countless other countries aroud the world.

FACT: Puppies that are not good enough to race are mindlessly slaughtered before their first birthday.

Greyhound racing is carried out for the entertainment of millions all over the world. We marvel at the beautiful and yet powerful creatures when they race around a track, and yet they apparently have no real value to us.

We as a race should be looking after their welfare when they retire, as we do the elderly members amongst us. After retirement age, people tend to live quiet and happy lives, watching their families grow up and expand, but that is not the case with greyhounds.

When they have fulfilled their apparent duty, we dispose of them as if they were no more than household rubbish.

In others words, when they are no longer useful and cannot do something for us, we brutally slaughter them. At age four or five, many greyhounds are dead and the blood is on our hands.



After all, would you brutally murder your relatives when they pass retirement age and can no longer earn money?

No? Didn't think so, so why are we allowing this inhumane and unbelievably cruel practice to continue?



It is time to stop this mindless violence and give one of the most gentle and loving breeds on Earth a chance to live.

The aims of this cause are to highlight the plight of greyounds and encourage people to take them in as household pets.

We also want to join the fight to make the global voice heard so that the greyhund industry has no other choice but to regulate its practices.

This petition will be sent to various governments around the world as well as sporting bodies in March 2008, so please add your signature today.
We, the undersigned, actively voice our objections to the lack of regulation in greyhound racing.

The amount of greyhounds slaughtered as a result is truly appaling and it is about time that this issue was sorted out once and for all.

Too long these poor creatures have suffered at our hands, so please take the time to read our objections and do what you can to help.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter and the petition.
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# 2,724:
8:44 am PST, Feb 9, Erica Kortje, California
What we all NEED to do is put a stop to greyhound racing in this country once and for all, period! Spread the word and tell everybody you know about the cruel treatment that these amazing loving and beautiful creatures endure throughout their racing careers and how they are thrown out like garbage, put to death in unimaginable ways as early as 2 years old. All because they don't run fast enough anymore! Word of mouth is the most effective way of advertising and it's free. Do not patronize any of the tracks that are still racing dogs and tell your friends that do to STOP. Though we might not be able to get this message through the thick heads of the greedy old bastards that remain to be frequent patrons of these races, whom which enable these tracks to remain in operation today. There is a whole new way to go about this, and that is to start focusing on our youth. They say that our children are our future, right? So let's start educating children in schools around the country at an age where they can understand, when they can comprehend it all without being traumatized of course. It may take a couple of decades, but you know what? If the tracks do not have the spectators, they will not generate the revenues to remain open, which will lead to the closure of these tracks, and lastly what I find to be ultimately the final goal in conquering this shady industry. There will no longer be a demand for racing greyhounds and all the greyhound breeding farms will be forced to close their kennel doors. Thus saving 28,000 or more lives a year of unborn greyhound dogs that would otherwise be slaughtered because they cannot run fast enough to the bank to put money into the pockets of all the ignorant individuals that participate in this so called “sport”. Please if you can do anything to stop this unspeakable cruelty, DO IT. Every little bit will help, trust me!!!!! SAVE A LIFE…… ADOPT A RETIRED RACING GREYHOUND! You’ll be doing your life and heart a great favor.
# 2,723:
9:57 am PST, Feb 6, Severine Chance, France
Stop slaughtering greyhounds please. Don't do to others as you would not have them do to you!
# 2,722:
4:01 pm PST, Jan 29, Karen Harrison binette, Maine
# 2,721:
6:45 am PST, Jan 28, Cameron G., Massachusetts
Please Stop It. Leave Greyhound Alone For God's Shake. ------ 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
# 2,720:
8:26 pm PST, Jan 26, Muffin Spencer-Devlin, California
I rescued a retired greyhound twenty years ago. What a great companion. Stop the needless slaughter.
# 2,719:
8:09 am PST, Jan 24, Maggie Van der Hoeven, Netherlands
# 2,718:
1:17 am PST, Jan 20, Shirley Moore, Italy
I know greyhounds well- They are the most gentle, loving and wonderful breed there is. No one deserves to be exploited and then killed, least of all these magnificent, generous dogs.
# 2,717:
8:30 pm PST, Jan 16, Amy Detlor, Ohio
I have fostered retired racers and have seen the effects of the abuse and neglect. These dogs never asked for such a life and don't deserved to be treated like disposable objects.
# 2,716:
5:12 pm PST, Jan 16, S Wing, New York
as a former retired greyhound owner, I've seen the impact racing has on these dogs.....it's brutal!
# 2,715:
4:49 pm PST, Jan 15, Gabriela Zambrana, Bolivia
Hablemos por estos pobres animalitos que no tienen voz propia para reclamar por todo el dolor al que son sometidos.
# 2,714:
6:54 pm PST, Jan 6, Bethan Summers, United Kingdom
this terrible CRIME needs to stop now!!everyone please please help xx
# 2,713:
7:39 am PST, Jan 5, David Jaeger, Florida
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# 2,712:
12:17 pm PST, Dec 30, Sara Royall, United Kingdom
# 2,711:
12:51 pm PST, Dec 27, Maire Hurme, Finland
# 2,710:
8:38 am PST, Dec 26, Marshall Robb, Canada
# 2,709:
5:51 am PST, Dec 26, Jessica Wetzel, Pennsylvania
plz sign this ppl those dogs need our help i love animals and hate crulty, neglect, slaughter yowards them plz sign this ppl plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz.
# 2,708:
9:35 am PST, Dec 25, Marjolein Soederhuizen, Netherlands
what kind off people are we??.....this is so brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, maybe we should leave and let nature have its way.
# 2,707:
7:04 pm PST, Dec 23, Andrea Pinzon, Canada
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -Mahatama Gandhi
# 2,706:
4:46 pm PST, Dec 23, Fanney Baldursdottir, Iceland
# 2,705:
3:58 pm PST, Dec 23, Brother Bernardine FHC, Australia
# 2,704:
8:52 am PST, Dec 23, Angela Sandrowicz, Oregon
It is atrocious to use, abuse, and then kill these beautiful creatures. Please make sure that retirement means adoption not death.
# 2,703:
6:44 am PST, Dec 23, Marc Rubin, New Jersey
# 2,702:
2:50 am PST, Dec 23, Cassandra Toney, New York
# 2,701:
1:43 am PST, Dec 23, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 2,700:
11:11 pm PST, Dec 22, Maria Oniga, Romania
# 2,699:
7:20 pm PST, Dec 22, Manuel Antonio Queme Andrino, Guatemala
ì`m find very offensive the fact of use this dogs like to disposable objetcs, this is like to the human explotation. please make someting abouth this.
# 2,698:
1:33 pm PST, Dec 22, Daniel Miqueiro, Florida
As an owner of 3 greyhounds, I beg of all responsible persons to get out of this racing business, and to all who attend races please don't. This breed is the most gentle of all the canine and deserve better!
# 2,697:
12:04 pm PST, Dec 22, Alice Diane, New Jersey
# 2,696:
11:38 am PST, Dec 22, Mandi TT, California
# 2,695:
1:18 pm PST, Dec 18, Gabriella Szakats, United Kingdom
# 2,694:
12:25 pm PST, Dec 18, Lajos Monus, Ireland
# 2,693:
12:23 pm PST, Dec 18, Ivett Biro, Ireland
# 2,692:
11:27 am PST, Dec 11, Trina Janssen, Georgia
# 2,691:
11:46 am PST, Nov 29, Janice Sturdy, United Kingdom
PLEASE HELP SAVE THESE LOVELY ANIMALS FROM SLAUGHTER, ITS DISGUSTING, SICK, BARBARIC AND INHUMANE AND MUST BE STOPPED NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 2,690:
11:01 am PST, Nov 28, Diana Luna, Mexico
# 2,689:
5:13 pm PST, Nov 27, Name not displayed, Illinois
Please help end the senseless slaughter of these beautiful and gentle greyhounds. They deserve to go to a good home. Animal abuse needs to stop!
# 2,688:
3:51 pm PST, Nov 27, Gabriela Zambrana, Bolivia
Malditos asesinos!!! Merecen que se les trate igual, que clase ignorante puede dañara así a un animal...Enfermos, deben ir a la cárcel y pagar por su crueldad
# 2,687:
12:24 pm PST, Nov 27, Lindsay Parker, Illinois
# 2,686:
2:46 pm PST, Nov 15, Faith Groce, Indiana
I just hope when our time comes Christ will forgive this awful practice.
# 2,685:
11:01 am PST, Nov 13, Sandra Collins, Ireland
# 2,684:
1:52 pm PST, Nov 8, Alexandra MAUVE, France
# 2,683:
5:33 am PST, Nov 7, DONNA KENNY, Pennsylvania
# 2,682:
4:22 am PST, Nov 7, Deb Marks, Pennsylvania
# 2,681:
3:33 am PST, Nov 7, Karen Lammardo, Pennsylvania
I have met many Greyhounds in my life and they are such a sweet animal. I believe that the sport of racing(any animal)is just cruel, awful, & inhumane. There is no reason why these dogs have to be slaughtered. What has this world come to.....isn't a dog supposed to be man's best friend......???
# 2,680:
3:35 pm PST, Nov 5, Isabel Cruz, Portugal
# 2,679:
2:39 pm PST, Nov 2, Amy Commins, Ireland
i work with retired/unwanted greyhounds, they arrive to the rescue center in horrible condition, we recently had a greyhound dropped in after she had been found wandering the roads some one had removed her ear tattoo's with a knife! she was in extreme pain but still was willing to trust people! can you imagine that happening to a human they would never trust anyone again!
# 2,678:
1:22 am PST, Nov 2, Shirlane Ferrante, Florida
THE USE OF ANY ANIMAL TO RACE, WHO ARE FORCED TO RACE SO THE GOVERNMENT CAN MAKE MONEY IS AN ABSOLUTE DISGUSTING DISGRACE..WHY IS THERE NO ONE HERE TO MAKE SURE THESE ANIMALS ARE NOT ABUSED, INJECTED WITH ANY DRUGS..AND TO ENSURE PROPER TREATMENT WHILE RACING AND AFTER RETIREMENT..THEY ARE IN CAGES CONSTANTLY UNLESS THERE IS A RACE. IF ANYONE KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT GREYHOUNDS YOU WILL FIND THEY ARE "NOT" HIGHLY ACTIVE DOGS..THEIR FAVOURITE ACTIVITY IS NOT RACING..THEY LIKE TO LIE AROUND...BUT LEAVE IT TO THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO EXPLOIT HELPLESS DEFENSELESS ANIMALS AND THEN ALLOW THEM TO DIE HOWEVER,W/O EVEN CARING..THEIR NOT WORTH ANYHTING..THIS IS WHAT MY COUNTRY HAS COME DOWN TO, """"BECAUSE* OF* THE * GOVERNMENT****, THEY TREAT PEOPLE.SOLDIERS,SENIOR, IMPAIRED,DISABLED, HOMELESS, DOGS, CATS, HORSES, COWS, CHICKENS EVERYSINGLE LIVING THING ON THIS EARTH THAT THE U.S. CAN EXPLOIT MAKE THEIR MONEY AND JUST THROW AWAY LIKE TRASH...OUR GOVERNMENT IS NO BETTER THAN CHINA WHO SKINS ANIMALS ALIVE,OR CANADA WHO CLUBS BABY SEALS TO DEATH, OR JAPAN WHO STILL KILL WHALES..WHERE DO WE THING THIS WHOLE DISRESPECT,DISPOSABLE THING..WE WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL WE HAVE ABUSED, SUCKED THE LIFE OUT OF AND KILLED EVERY LIVING THING..THEN WHAT,M WE ALREADY KILL EACH OTHER..THESE ANIMALS NEED NOT*TO*BE*RACING* BUT IF THEY MUST WHERE ARE THE LAWS PROTECTING THEM, WHERE IS THE HUMANE SOCIETY MONITORING THE TREATMENT OF THESE ANIMALS..OR JUST YOUR MONEY JUSTIFY THEIR TREATMENT,,HAS EVERYTHING COME DOWN TO MONEY. DOES ALL LIE HAVE A PRICETAG FOR YOU? ONE MORE PRACTICE IN MY COUNTRY THAT MAKES ME ABSOLUTELY SICK TO MY STOMACH.
# 2,677:
8:51 pm PDT, Oct 31, Lindsay Stenson, California
I have a wonderful ex racer called Gracie, who I completely adore. She's my second adopted Greyhound so far. They are beautiful, intelligent, loving and gentle creatures and I hope that some day racing will be banned. To think that they were treated with almost God-like reverence by ancient Egyptians and in the 15th century commoners were beheaded if caught with a greyhound in their possession.
# 2,676:
10:32 am PDT, Oct 29, Paul Mcgurk, United Kingdom
# 2,675:
7:45 am PDT, Oct 29, Jenn Smith, West Virginia
# 2,674:
4:14 am PDT, Oct 29, John Krumenacker, Pennsylvania
# 2,673:
10:11 am PDT, Oct 25, Janice Hackbarth, Germany
# 2,672:
12:34 am PDT, Oct 25, BRYCE Vivien, Finland
# 2,671:
3:36 pm PDT, Oct 23, Anita Roach, Oklahoma
My daughter and son-in-law own a greyhound and I really don't want to think what life would be like without Olive in it. So please stop this practice so very good dogs can live.
# 2,670:
11:03 am PDT, Oct 23, Helle Collin, Denmark
# 2,669:
8:23 pm PDT, Oct 22, Jim Flynn, Oklahoma
As a Greyhound dad, I cannot believe the heartless, inhumane, insane, psycho, need I go on, acts of certain low life humans. May God have mercy.
# 2,668:
5:14 am PDT, Oct 15, Theresa Florian, Australia
We have adopted a greyhound an ex racer - I have "rescued" dogs in the past including a labrador who I adored - but I love this dog and he is the best thing and my partner who has never been a dog lover - he is sold. I woke up the other morning and my partner was out of bed and all I heard was "Tex I love you" it is a family joke. Please the word must be spread greyhounds are the best pets ever.
# 2,667:
8:40 pm PDT, Oct 8, Name not displayed, Japan
# 2,666:
8:43 am PDT, Oct 6, Kathrin Hofmann, Netherlands
STOP RACING GREYHOUNDS!!!How cruel can humanity be? This is BARBARIC
# 2,665:
7:20 am PDT, Oct 6, Daniela Brzobohata, Czech Republic
# 2,664:
8:38 pm PDT, Oct 3, Meghan Dixon, Texas
# 2,663:
7:10 am PDT, Oct 1, D Palmer, Kentucky
I am sickend by these facts. I thought human's had more of a heart. the sport of racing dogs needs to stop, just stop. Find something else to amuse yourself, like finding a job.
# 2,662:
7:18 am PDT, Sep 30, Name not displayed, Guam
We have done enough to these dogs already! We make them run around a track for "our" amusement and then kill them after we are through with them; I'm feeling sick. We are the keepers of this world and it has been "our" job since the beginning, to take care of it and everything in it.
# 2,661:
11:33 am PDT, Sep 27, Sheree Boyd, New York
Greyhounds are one of the sweetest most gentle breeds out there. To use their talent for speed as a way to make money and to 'throw them away' when they lose their money making abilities is inhumane and void of compassion and mercy. When we humans lose are ability to show mercy; we lose what it means to truly be human.
# 2,660:
10:46 pm PDT, Sep 26, Michael Viktora, Illinois
# 2,659:
2:18 pm PDT, Sep 26, Sanja Davidovic, Serbia And Montenegro
# 2,658:
12:50 pm PDT, Sep 25, Diana Jones, Missouri
# 2,657:
11:07 am PDT, Sep 23, PETER MOECK, Germany
# 2,656:
11:52 pm PDT, Sep 21, Garrett Johnson, Micronesia, Federated States Of
# 2,655:
10:04 pm PDT, Sep 21, Teresa Filepin, Micronesia, Federated States Of
# 2,654:
6:12 pm PDT, Sep 21, Stephanie Potter, Tennessee
Save these precious pooches!
# 2,653:
9:53 am PDT, Sep 21, Rebecca Uurtamo, Arizona
# 2,652:
6:54 am PDT, Sep 21, Cynthia Vasilakos, New Jersey
Brutality has no place in America -- please save these beautiful, loving creatures by regulating greyhound racing and preventing their brutal slaughter...
# 2,651:
12:06 pm PDT, Sep 20, Susanne Thibaut, Micronesia, Federated States Of
How can somebody feel good whatching a race?
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