This may come as a surprise but companion animals do not suffer 'Racing Injuries'.

An ethical vet will use complimentary therapy wherever possible and will only destroy a healthy animal as a last resort, when all other options - such as re-homing - have been exhausted.

I agree with your post.

21,339, but of course that isn't killing them in their thousands is it.

I don't know how you can find that more acceptable, than healthy grey's being pts, on the soul basis, that PETA doesn't breed. Thats a poor excuse of an argument imo.

Whilst maybe not entirely relevant to the thread title, it is however, relevant when we all read how strongly you apose the killing of healthy grey's, but yet, seem to have less of a problem with this. Which is still the destruction of healthy inocent dogs and other animals, and when you compair it to the figures from the local to PETA at least, humane society, who in 1 year only pts arround 34%, unlike peta's 97%, (same year), it becomes even more indefensable.

As I say - take it up with PETA. Destruction of dogs by other organisations do not justify the 1000's destroyed by the industry.

Sorr small black cat just wandered over keyboard and shut everything down - dont ya just love em


Nope I think its what you want you will not take the industry to task over overbreeding, you think cruelty is not the main thing, you are full prepared to work for this industry.

Its not about me not wanting to hear it, honestly, its that the one does not justify the other! I do not see why one group of people doing it justifies another group doing it – I have asked nicely what your point is on this – why bring it up, they are IMO both wrong! I already campaign against puppy farming etc as well.

To be honest I would want people to judge me if I associated with people who perpetrate cruelty and I would want them to judge me badly, but that’s just me. I could not associate with people who are cruel.

But yep I do agree there are things that some people wouldn’t agree with – me and Taz going around tree hugging when we’re high and drunk for one! Your welcome to join us if you fancy it though!



See I thought when you said not as many other dogs in rescue you were saying that there was somewhere with less 'other' dogs needing home the greys should get home. What I was trying to say is that every rescue right now is full to the brim with dogs regardless of breed and that the industry, because of over breeding is adding to that problem not helping it. Of course those greys in rescue need homes but so does every other dog in there! Again the over breeding is adding to the rescue problem wholesale!.



I maybe up myself in your opinion but I have had so many greyhounds seen so much that maybe its not so much up myself as very cynical of an industry that fights any welfare change possible.

IMO it was you who was bringing up things out of context such as byb’s, puppy farms etc and it seemed to me that you were bringing these up as an excuse for the industry. It was out of context in that this thread is about commercial greyhound racing.

I don’t recall calling you cruel once let alone many times I said we may differ on what we think is cruel.

I don’t actually consider it personal – not in a negative sense anyway – you have the right to ignore me and if you wish to that’s fine. Would love to know when and why I went on there in the first place though. I wont put you on ignore I have found our discourse interesting and will continue to watch your posts with interest and respond to them regardless.

They only ever gave one grant. Unfortuately for some reason they seem to prefer puppy farmers to people who race greyhounds.

You're totally missing the point.

What has the above got to do with you making the accusation that I gain financially from running my dogs? The prize money is £20 for a win for a grader, I spend £25 on fuel to get to the track without entries e.t.c. You do the maths.

Yet again, you miss the point.

12000 people may have asked for independent regulation, which you, yourself has said was ignored. Yet you are confident it will be abolished. By a government that you have said ignored you? That my dear is the joke.

Where are these 12000 people anyway?

Even if it was only one, and Im not sure about that, its still one too many. But they still fail to regulate puppy farms even though they are supposed to inspect them regularly etc etc so I really dont hold out much hope for it to be regulated properly TBH. How many puppy farms are there in Wales now that there is nothing done about? Maybe Many Tears know better than the assembly do? (still breaks my heart walking away from a whippy x that was there was delivery duvets etc btw)