ALABAMA: ALERT UPDATE 6/6/11- VICTORYLAND GREYHOUND PARK CLOSING JUNE 1, 2011- ADOPTERS PLEASE STEP

 


 







 Undocumented message; see 6/6/11 Update - all pets have been moved out.
Can anyone provide proof of this? ("Victoryland") in Shorter, Alabama, announced it will suspend live greyhound racing.

Greyhound Pets of America Emerald CoastJust an update...The only dogs let at Victoryland are the dogs competing in the Furturity. All pets have been moved out.
This was on GPA Emerald Coast's Facebook. All pets moved.

http://www.facebook.com/gpaec

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We are looking at a new crisis - there are currently 589 greyhounds at Victoryland.  Most of the active racers will move to other tracks, displacing more than 400 dogs. This will instantly put greyhounds at the receiving  tracks in need of moving to adoption.  Receiving tracks at Birmingham, Ebro, Pensacola, and Tallahassee are already overloaded with pets which were displaced by racers from the Sarasota seasonal closing on May 6.  


The critical period starts immediately at Victoryland. There are currently 150 inactive greyhounds that need placement.   The crisis escalates with the fact that we are faced with seasonal fall closings at the three Florida Panhandle tracks starting in September; last year more than 1,000 dogs moved to adoption from those tracks alone. 


The usual "trickle down" effect caused by seasonal closings has become a "flood" with the Victoryland closing: approximately 700 to 1,000 dogs will need a safety net over the next 7 months.


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During the last year the Greyhound Alliance has been active in a wide variety of greyhound rescue and adoption activities.


Special Needs Greyhounds: The Alliance sponsored and paid more than $6,000 to aid greyhounds with special needs and provide medical care and rehabilitation services for injured greyhounds.


Transport: Dairyland Greyhound Park closed in December, 2009, and 252 of its racers moved to tracks in Florida, Alabama, and Arizona.  Since then, The Greyhound Alliance has sponsored and paid for transport for more than100 of those former Dairyland racers to return "home" from those tracks to adoption groups in the Midwest. The Alliance also sponsored and paid transport for additional dogs on a total of 12 hauls from Alabama and Florida tracks to adoption in groups in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. in addition, Alliance volunteers provided transport for greyhounds from local adoption organizations, moving dogs to/from veterinary appointments, kennels, and adoption events.


Volunteers:  The Alliance holds several monthly Meet'n'Greet events to introduce greyhounds and educate the public about the breed.


Education:The Greyhound Alliance sponsored and organized a public seminar by Guillermo Couto, DVM, dipl. ACVIM,, Greyhound Health and Wellness Program, The Ohio State University, with all proceeds donated to Dr. Couto's Program


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