Comments on: Is it Time for a Complete Ban on Greyhound Racing?

By: marta ainley

marta ainley — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:08:37 +0000

It is absolutely TIME TO STOP GREYHOUND RACING INDUSTRY. Thousands of greyhound pups are killed before the age of 2-3 months. if considered not good enough. Trials injure thousands every year and these greys either seek rescue orgs or are more likely ‘got rid of’. Approx 4-5000 are registered to race in england and then there’s another approx 4-5000 not registered who race on independent tracks and they are also frequently injured during races. every year the rescue orgs rescue approx 4500 greyhounds but it is not known what happens to the rest.

The government makes approx £78000 per a. from gambling. William Hill owns 3 stadiums in the UK.

It is just a horrible, cruel practice (not sport) and it required appros 3000 dogs per week to perform for the streamlining of private races directly to betting shops and online site. These dogs have a low price tag and therefore afford very little welfare.
They are just there to make money for BAGS( Bookmakers Afternoon Betting Service. How many are injured and die in these races we cannot tell. Look on U Tube and you can look into what happens in thousands of greyhound races all the time. Due to the long straights the dogs build up high speeds but then they have very sharp bends and thee are often crashes, pile ups and dogs get seriously injured the whole time. Once injured they aren’t of any use to their owners/trainers.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:29:13 +0000

In reality is this more cruel than show exhibitors breeding dogs to alter conformation causing severe disability, causing loss of functionality, causing dogs to die prematurely, causing dogs to whelp unnaturally and in some cases culling unhealthy pups ?

Is it ethical to horse race, snail race, breed rabbits for fur, fam Salmon etc the list is endless.

We cannot ban everything but what we can do is EDUCATE , offer support, rescue, and put a stop to the handbag brigade of celebs who buy pups and never hope to offer a suitable homelife to the animals in their care…..
EDUCATION is the key to all animal welfare problems World-Wide

By: Trudy Baker

Trudy Baker — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:59:08 +0000

Ant Elliot

Your comment epitomises the attitude that seeps throughout the whole racing industry. An attitude that can be seen in the abysmal levels of funding from the gambling industry, an attitude further promoted by the governing GBGB in their Rules of Racing and then adopted by breeders, owners and trainers.

The greyhound racing industry does not and never will take responsibility for ALL of the dogs bred to supply a gambling medium. The racing industry will always assume greyhounds – surplus to requirements – are the responsibility of everyone else but themselves.

Greyhounds continue to be culled as puppies, destroyed when uneconomical to race – either injured or too slow – and disposed of as cheaply as possible when they become a financial liability.

Your emotional blackmailing claiming a ‘mass genocide’ if greyhound racing was abolished – serves only to highlight how you wish to see the perpetuation of thousands of dogs and puppies ‘put on the knacker heap’ – annually – simply to keep this vile ‘sport’ alive.

The responsibility for greyhounds bred for this ‘sport’ lay firmly with the bookmakers, breeders, owners and trainers – the very people who earned millions and thousands of pounds on the back of them.

For the record, the bookmakers levy is paid 12 months in arrears – therefore, if it was banned tomorrow, the WHOLE levy of approximately £11 million could and should go to ensuring the welfare of redundant dogs, instead of the thousands spent on tarting up stadium restaurants and paying for research and dissection of these innocent creatures.

By: Lisbeth Mønsted Larsen

Lisbeth Mønsted Larsen — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:57:20 +0000

I am sitting in my livingroom looking at the decorated christmas trees. Yes plural I love christmas trees and decorating them is wonderful. Better yet as I look at the sofas soft bedsstrewn around the room I see three content snoozing ex-racing greyhounds and one whippet. They are safe and deeply loved family members. Their lives have not always been that way. Connor was found starving to death in Madrid Spain.He was raced at the mobile tracks and likely stolen by gypsies. I was the fortunate person who was allowed to adopt him. Then there is Tristan my hands on rescue from last year he was sadly neglected and too thin when I picked him up. I am owner nr 9. Tristan diden´t deserve to live in squalor and then to be forgotten for loyal winnings. I am fortunate to have him. He has been through a transformation and is now a happy and content familymember. Mike my whippet and Darcy my third greyhound were both surplus to requirements. They were both well treated and loved before I got them they are as loved as the other two. So if anyone has an empty spot on their sofa. Why not consider a greyhound. They are wonderful to be with and regal in every way. I and my four sighthounds wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Most sincerly Lisbeth Mønsted Larsen Greyhound Action Denmark.

By: ant elliott

ant elliott — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:31:10 +0000

the greyhound industry could not suffer the loss of funding gained from levys on the bookmakers of the uk.thus the welfare of the greyhounds themselves would suffer beyond anydoubt.If you yhink banning the sport for the want of a better term would achieve anything without putting 30000 racing dogs on the knackers heap not to mention the 15000 puppys bread in that year.Orwould funding be forthcoming from the gouvernment to allay this mass genocide of one of the first recognised breed of dogs .please dont forget that the greyhound has been developed to run fast for reasons

By: Trudy Baker

Trudy Baker — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:01:07 +0000

Please link to the article which details why the proposed regulations are being opposed
http://www.greytexploitations.com/resources-and-reports/proposed-welfare-regulations-unenforceable-and-worthless

Please also click here to read Defra’s response to LACORS’ Press Release
http://www.greytexploitations.com/images/downloads/defra_response_to_LACORS.pdf

Confused?

Now please watch this video, which highlights precisely the dangers of existing and new animal welfare legislation
http://www.youtube.com/user/Greytexploitations#p/a/f/0/K9eBvkc3-cY

Trudy Baker
coordinator
http://www.greytexploitations.com

As always – many thanks for your support, care and compassion for the greyhounds

By: John Robinson

John Robinson — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:34:14 +0000

The abolition of gambling on greyhound racing would lead to a mass exodus of those whose interests are primarily profit-driven and thus lead to an increase in welfare standards.

We don’t see thousands of ex-flyball dogs being killed or dumped into rescue but we surely would if William Hill et al got involved.

By: AP

AP — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:25:16 +0000

http://www.giveanimalsavoice.org.uk/greyhounds/

By: Maria Daines

Maria Daines — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:38:09 +0000

Group mentality is a good thing if the group is campaigning to end the suffering of animals that seem to be propelled out of the Animal Welfare Act or at least somewhat excluded from it, i.e. greyhounds. There is hope that more people are becoming aware and concerned regarding the fate of greyhounds who are injured and who often die for the purpose of winning money. I have the greatest respect for many individuals and groups who campaign tirelessly for greyhounds, not least Greytexploitations who do their very best to raise the profile of this much maligned breed of dog and speak up for their need for protection whenever possible.

By: Jenny Dooley

Jenny Dooley — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:13:57 +0000

Many thanks to Lisbeth Mønsted Larsen (Greyhound Action Denmark) for being a champion to the greyhound.