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Greyhound fans and those interested in racing
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A new movie has been made about racing greyhounds.
Trailer here.
Warning...there are two graphic falls that will take your breath away. The dogs seem to be OK, but of course we all know that not all of them are after falls like these. I fostered Dutch Autumn last year, who had been paralyzed by a fall like the second one in this video. Why they didn't euthanize her on the track, I'll never know. But she'll be impaired for the rest of her life, bless her heart.
Anyway...it's interesting to see it all very up close. I can't say I feel bad for the woman who's b!tching about greyhound racing being a dying industry.
Re: Greyhound fans and those interested in racing
The link says the video has been removed.
I tried to google it to find another video, but that didn't work either.
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<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DVery interesting! It'll be nice to have both sides presented together.
Question for you (and others): the trailer said most injuries occur as a result of poor track conditions. If the tracks and dog handling were improved, would you support racing as a sport? Say it was treated like agility, for example. I only ask because I look at Kali and that girl LOVES to run and I think of how if there were sport racing, she'd be all over it. But I could never, ever condone the way the dogs are bred, raised, and handled.
Lots of grey owners do lure coursing, which is sort of the greyhound version of agility. My guy has no interest in running any farther than the length of our 30 foot backyard though.
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<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DThe HSUS is anti-greyhound racing, mainly because of the surplus of dogs bred each year. From birth, a greyhound's life depends on its ability to be profitable to its owner. Pups born with deformities (including blindness) are culled. Pups who don't run fast enough at the farm are culled. The pups aren't registered with the NGA (National Greyhound Association, the governing body of greyhound racing) until they are arond 3 months old. Because they are never registered, it is unknown how many pups are born and culled, but in 2000, it was estimated at 7600. In that same year, over 11,000 greys ran for their lives, retired, and were euthanized, sold into research, or otherwise discarded without being adopted.
Even if track conditions were perfect, it is not a natural thing for these dogs to be doing. It's natural in that they are sighthounds who like to chase, but unnatural in that the sharp bends in the tracks are the source of many injuries, the proximity of the dogs makes collisions a daily fact of life, and the injuries sustained are absolutely devastating. Imagine falling headlong out of a car at 45 mph.
If you can stomach it, watch Autumn's last race. Link here. She was getting up to speed when she fell. She's the #1 dog (in red). That had nothing to do with track conditions and everything to do with abuse.
I think the rule of thumb that I stick by is that these things just do not happen to pets. Think of all the dogs you know. Do you know any who fell and were paralyzed? Who have broken bones? Who ran so hard that they had heart attacks, collapsed, and died? Who were electrocuted after bumping into the electrified rail on the track? Who fell, were dazed, got up, and started running the wrong way around the track, were hit by the lure and killed?
These things happen to greyhounds all. the. time. Tracks in most states are required to maintain injury reports, and they are absolutely disgusting. Check out this link to see a summary of Wheeling's injuries for 2008 - 2009. My Nite came from Wheeling; he retired after straining his left hock in September, 2009.
Anyway...all this is to say that there are no two ways about it. Greyhound racing is cruel and exploitative and despicable and should be illegal.
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I agree with this 100%. I didn't realize lure coursing existed, but I'm more asking what your opinion is on something like that. Where dogs aren't bred for an industry, but raised as pets and compete in a sport where they can run in a safe manner.
Lure coursing is totally different. It's like flyball or agility...dogs get injured from time to time, but it's a recreational thing that people do with their pets, rather than a sport that the animals' lives depend on.
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I finally got the trailer to load and am now all teary at my desk.
If I win the lottery tomorrow I am adopting a enormous herd or greyhounds. Peloton can be their king.
Just watched it. So sad. I don't know how people can defend this "sport" and honestly see nothing wrong with it.
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