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Greyhound Racing – Who is the real winner?
2007-10-18 18:16:00 For the greyhounds at least, it isn´t as simple as “first past the post”. No matter how hard they try, how fast they run, ultimately they will be the losers.So who are the winners in this sport?The Winner s!• the greyhound industry as a whole, which generates enormous annual profits.• The owners of the best registered dogs, who profit from prizes• The registered dog owners who can sell the best dogs on to the independent sector, once they have no further use for them.The Losers!• the puppies killed because they won´t make the grade as a racer.• The thousands and thousands of greyhounds racing in the independent sector whose welfare is not regulated.• The dogs kept in appalling, dirty, cramped conditions.• The injured greyhounds, many of whom go untreated.• The dogs abandoned or killed when they can´t run fast enough to win a race.How can you make a difference to the dogs, and help the greyhounds become the winners?Sign our petition on ht... More About: Racing , Real , Hound
First past the post, or past it?
2007-10-18 18:15:00 Have you ever “bet on the dogs” or gone to a race track for an evening´s entertainment with your friends? If you have, I´m sure that you enjoyed a civilised and pleasant evening. But look carefully behind the “fun” image of this sport, and you´ll begin to uncover a sub-culture of abuse, cruelty and slaughter.There are over 30 race courses registered with the National Greyhound Racing (NGRC) in the UK, and the NGRC co-ordinates the registration of dogs, and acts as the judiciary and disciplinary body. Any dog racing on these registered tracks must be identifiable by a totoo, and kept with a registered trainer/ owner/ manager.However, there are currently also over 50 independent tracks, and dogs racing on these tracks have no protection, meaning that a huge slice of the lucrative racing sector is completely unregulated. Tha fastest dogs race on the regulated tracks, therefore when the fateful day comes and the dog is no longer “ first past the post”, it is either destr... More About: Post , Past |
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