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GREYHOUND RACING DYING TO WIN
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APPROXIMATELY 20,000 GREYHOUNDS BRED FOR DOG
RACING WILL DIE THIS YEAR.
Some will be humanely euthanized by
veterinarians or animal shelters others will be
sold for medical experimentation and others will
simply disappear from record. Source Greyhound
Protection League Research Files (updated May
2002) based upon industry reported figures
published in the Greyhound Review.
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The Cruelty of Dog Racing

• During each stage of their lives, the survival of
  racing greyhounds depends on their ability to
  generate money. Injured or ailing dogs are
  disposed of, or neglected all together. It's
  cheaper to bring in new stock. Dog racing is a
  business.
• Racing greyhounds are warehoused in cages for up
  to 22 hours each day.
• Some are kept muzzled constantly.
• Greyhounds are often transported in a dangerous
  and negligent manner, and sometimes die en route
  due to overcrowded, unsafe, or poorly ventilated
  conditions.
• Dogs live in overcrowded, stressful conditions
  which sometimes cause these typically gentle dogs
  to fight, often leading to terrible wounds and
  death. Kennel owners often choose to leave wounds
  untreated to save costs, leading to the large and
  numerous scars seen on many adopted greyhounds.

Denny, rescued from a Massachusetts track after
wounds left untreated became Gangrenous. Denny
died a short time after his rescue. Daytona
Beach News Journal, February 8, 1996
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The Difference Between Greyhound Racing's
Propaganda and Reality is like NIGHT AND DAY
Reality
Industry Promotional Claims
Greyhound racing is responsible for the death of
an estimated 20,000-25,000 greyhounds each year.
Greyhound racing is a fun, harmless sport.
Greyhound racers are prized athletes and receive
the best of care.
Greyhound placement groups nationwide routinely
receive racing dogs riddled with both external
internal parasites. open weeping sores, and
broken bones. These "athletes" are fed cheap,
raw, "4D" meat from diseased livestock. The dogs
are caged approx. 18-20 hours a day.
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Industry Promotional Claims
Reality
From 1990 through 1998, there have been many
media- documented cases of cruel treatment of
ex-racing dogs including greyhounds shot to
death, left to starve, electrocuted, and sold for
medical experimentation. Industry insiders report
that documented cases represent the tip of the
iceberg.
Abuses of racing greyhounds are isolated and
rare.
Documented "disposal" methods have historically
included -Euthanasia-Sale/donation to medical
research-Mass euthanasia -Abandonment (often
muzzled)-Gunshot -Sale to racing interests in
Third World countries-Starvation
-Electrocution-Bludgeoning
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Industry Promotional Claims
Reality
The killing of unwanted greyhounds can be ended
by placing them all into homes as pets.
Greyhounds make wonderful pets, but adoption can
neither eliminate the killing nor the suffering
inflicted on these animals under the racing
system. There are just too many dogs created by
the industry to adopt them all.
Logic dictates that racing greyhounds must be
well treated, or they would not win races.
Greyhound adoption groups continually receive
dogs in poor condition- clear evidence that with
so many dogs being bred and waiting in the wings,
it is simply cheaper to bring in fresh dogs or
neglect existing dogs than it is to care for them
properly.
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Industry Promotional Claims
Reality
The number of greyhounds bred has dropped since
1990, primarily as a result of economic hardships
impacting breeders as public interest in dog
racing has steadily declined. However, despite a
drop in breeding and the closure of 14 tracks
since 1990, a glut of excess greyhounds remain,
as thousands of these dogs must continue to be
bred each year in order for large scale dog
racing to exist.
The National Greyhound Association (NGA), the
governing and registration body for greyhound
racing in this country has taken credit for the
reduction in the number of dogs bred each year.
Greyhound racing is a regulated "sport."
Greyhound racing is primarily a self-regulated
"sport." State oversight is essentially concerned
with gambling issues, not animal welfare.
Thanks to the Greyhound Protection League
These claims are industry representations made
by individual track advertisements, articles in
the Greyhound Review. the National Greyhound
Association (NGA) monthly publication, and
comments by NGA directors made in various
published articles and letters to the editor
supporting the industry's practices (on file).
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What Does the Racing Industry Have to Say About
Rescue Organizations?
Most greyhounds are turned over to independent
adoption groups by their owners or trainers for
placement and for the average prospective owner
this is probably the best option. These groups
are located all over the country so you don't
have to live anywhere near a track or farm to be
able to get a dog. Unfortunately, the politics of
these groups is also all over the map. A few are
openly pro-racing and have good connections
within the racing community, working hand-in-hand
with owners, trainers and farms to find homes for
their dogs. They don't try to convince anyone
that racing is evil or that the dogs are
ill-treated during their careers. Many other
groups are what could be called neutral their
policy is to not have a policy regarding racing.
While they may have individual volunteers with
strong opinions, as an entity they also don't
push any anti-racing propaganda. Then we find
the openly anti-racing groups. They usually use
the pity angle to find homes for the dogs (and
donations) and some of them may refuse to place a
dog with anyone who doesn't buy into their
beliefs.  They have no volunteers with differing
opinions. (Many of the neutral groups are
off-shoots of these, the new groups started by
volunteers who no longer believe the propaganda.)
These anti-racing groups should be avoided if a
person wants to simply have and enjoy a wonderful
pet without being bombarded by myths and
misinformation. Greyhound Racing Association of
America
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The Statistics
1989-2000 Greyhounds Bred by the
Industry Number of Litters Born (NGA)
77,852 Estimated Number Dogs Born 507,596 Dogs
Individually Registered to Race (NGA)
395,545 Farm Puppies Culled Before Racing
112,051
1989-2000 Greyhounds Killed by the
Industry Individually Registered
395,545 Estimated Greyhounds Adopted
113,000 Estimated Dogs Retained For Breeding
26,500 Racing Dogs Killed 256,045 Youngsters
Culled (from above) 112,051 Total Killed 368,096

• As reported by the National Greyhound Association
• Total Born Derived by multiplying the total
  number of litters by an average of 6.52 pups per
  litter
• A liberal estimate of figures from those in
  the adoption community.

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The Economics of Dog Racing

• According to figures published in International
  Gaming and Wagering Business (IGWB), the total
  amount of money wagered at dog tracks nationwide
  fell by 31.9 from 1993 to 1998. The amount of
  money bet on live racing dropped 56.9 in the
  same time period.
• The total amount wagered on dog racing in 1998
  was 2.2 billion -- down from 3.4 billion in
  1991. (Approximately 80 of this money is
  returned to the betting public through winning
  tickets.)
• After paying out winning tickets, the dog racing
  industry had revenues (actual consumer spending)
  of 493.7 million in 1998.
• The U.S. dog racing industry now holds less than
  a 1 share of the 54.3 billion U.S. gambling
  market, according to figures in IGWB.
• The U.S. dog racing industry has not reported its
  national attendance figures in several years.
• Source Greyhound Network News  August issues,
  1994-1999 Includes on-track, inter-track, and
  off-track wagering.The Greyhound Review,
  August 1992
• Florida legislature is now trying to put slot
  machines at the tracks,to increase the gambling
  revenue and save this cruel sport.

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News Articles - Neglect, Tragedy, and Bodies
GREYHOUND DUMP SITE DISCOVERED USA Today, May 5,
1998 DISMAL END FOR RACE DOGS , ALABAMA
AUTHORITIES SAY The New York Times - Thursday ,
May 23, 2002 LOCAL FOX REPORTER BREAKS STORY
ABOUT GREYHOUND KILLING AT NEW HAMPSHIRE TRACK
Fox News 38, New Hampshire February 8, 2003 200
ABANDONED GREYHOUNDS WERE RESCUED FROM GREENE
TRACKE, ALABAMA Indianapolis Star December 12,
1998 MASSACHUSETTS GREYHOUND OWNER CHARGED WITH
SIX COUNTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY The Boston Globe
(2/9/00) 37 GREYHOUNDS WERE DISCOVERED DEAD AND
ANOTHER 141 STARVING St. Petersburg Times, July
17, 1993
GREYHOUND CRUSHED TO DEATH DURING A RACE AT
RAYNHAM-TAUNTON GREYHOUND PARK The Brockton
Enterprise - July 2, 2000 GREYHOUND
ELECTROCUTED ON TRACK RAIL IN ALABAMA Birmingham
News, June 29, 2000 EIGHT GREYHOUNDS DIED IN
THE FOURTH FIRE IN 13 YEARS AT WONDERLAND'S
KENNEL COMPOUND Boston Herald, June 20, 1999
GREYHOUNDS FOUND BURIED ON TRACK PROPERTY AT
PALM BEACH KENNEL CLUB Palm Beach Post, September
8, 2000 APPROXIMATELY 600-800 GREYHOUNDS FROM
THE PENSACOLA FLORIDA TRACK ARE DISPOSED OF EACH
YEAR BY A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER Pensacola News
Journal/ Troy Moon, November 24, 1996
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How Many Tracks are Left?
"Greyhound racing depends upon selecting a few
highly competitive dogs out of a large group. It
hardly seems worth it to me to go through that
process of breeding and killing the ones that
can't compete, just to have the sport." -Idaho
Governor Phil Batt. Idaho Spokesman-Review, March
19, 1996
Alabama3 tracks    Arkansas1 track   
Arizona3 tracks  Colorado3 tracks   
Connecticut2 tracks Florida16 tracks   
Iowa2 tracks    Kansas2 tracks 
Massachusetts2 tracksNew Hampshire3
tracks Oregon1 trackRhode Island1
track Texas3 tracks West Virginia2
tracks Wisconsin2 tracks
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RESCUEDSafe at Last But Scarred for Life.
Adoption has been an option for nearly twenty
years and increases as people learn more about
the dogs and the industry.

• It is commonplace for greyhounds to arrive at
  rescue facilities covered with fleas and ticks,
  and riddled with internal parasites such as hook
  worm and whipworm.
• Frequently there are injuries and illness that
  have been left untreated, causing the animal to
  be crippled by old fractures wounds, and tumorous
  growths.
• Since greyhounds are so valuable, the breeders
  give tremendous care to their breeding females.
  Greyhound Racing Association of America
• (Note tumors on Laura, a rescued breeding
  female.)
• Many greyhounds have been found to carry three
  potentially serious, but easily treatable,
  tick-borne diseases (Canine Ehrlichiosis, Canine
  Babesiosis, and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever).
• Many dogs from the racing industry show evidence
  of poor nutrition, from mild to extreme
  starvation.

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WHAT CAN YOU DO?
WHAT CAN YOU DO?

• Don't participate in the cruelty of greyhound
  racing in any country by attending or
• betting on dog races.- Tell your friends,
  family, and coworkers about the tragedy of
  greyhound racing.- Distribute copies of this
  information, and sign a petition TODAY!
• - If your state or neighboring state has a
  greyhound track, write to state officials to
• express your opposition to greyhound racing.
  Tell them that greyhounds belong in
• loving homes, not on race tracks.
• Contact The Humane Society for model legislation
  to ban greyhound racing.
• - Write Letters to the Editor to let the public
  know what you have learned.
• Adopt a retired racer, if you are able to
  provide a loving and secure home for a fast
• friend.

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WHY ADOPT A RETIRED RACING GREYHOUND?
Retired Racers Make Fast Friends (but they take
their retirement VERY SERIOUSLY!!)
Top Ten Reasons to Own a Greyhound   10. They
truly know the meaning of retirement.  9. People
will stare at your dog instead of at you.  8.
They can curl up to the size of a ball if they
need to.  7. They can expand to the size of the
whole bed if they want to.  6. They don't bark,
keeping your neighborhood safe for burglars.  5.
You can play their ribs like an air guitar.  4.
They are the only dogs that know how to really
smile.  3. You can dress them up as a reindeer
for Christmas.  2. They are never confused with
poodles. 1. A Greyhound in flight is the most
amazing sight you'll ever hope to see in your
own back yard.
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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress
can be judged by the way its animals are
treated." Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Statesman and
Philosopher
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Pictures Courtesy of
The Greyhound Protection League Greyhound
Racing and Adoptions of Tampa Bay
G.R.E.A.T. Care of the Racing Greyhound by
Cynthia Brannigan Greyhound Racing Association
of America GreyhoundRacingSucks.com Mikey,
Sheila and Rose Schwarz Vince, Jessica, Anchor
and Betsy
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