The Stop The Greyhound Slaughter cause on Facebook seems to be extremely popular at the moment, which is a fantastic achievement for greyhounds everywhere. As one of the little known forms of animal abuse, which it is because it largely ignored when you compare it to dog fighting and the fur industry for example, it does not really enter the conscious of the majority of society. The plight of other animals that endure cruelty is no less important, but the abuses of greyhound racing largely go unheeded because of the money that it can make owners and its popularity as a "sport" amongst other reasons of course.
There was a comment in response to one of my posts on there recently and I felt the need to publish it on here. Heather's comment highlights just how loving and gentle a greyhound can be as a pet and why we all need to take action.
Here's Heather's comment in full, completely unedited:
"My sister recently just adopted a Greyhound. Shes the most delicate, gorgeous greyhound ever and i did i mention the biggest couch potato ever!!
Her raciing name was 'Ratface' my sister renames her Bindi. Took Bindi a few weeks to remember her new name. She fits in very well with my sisters young family. My sister has 2 small children of the age 4 and 5.
When ever i look into Bindi's eyes i can only just begin to imagine what it was like for her, all the training she enjured for her first 4 years of her life and now she is retired at the small age of 4. It just rediculous that people are using these animals in sport and when they are considered "no good or too old" there discarded of like a peice of rubbish someone throws out there window when there driving.
It makes me really angry."
Thanks Heather! If you have any causes, auctions, fundraisers, websites, comments, content or anything else that you want to share then please email me at savegreyhounds at googlemail.com. This is the place to be to help save the greyhound!
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