It is argued that the closure of the track will put more people out of work in a bleak economy and people should override animals. If the campaign was unfounded then fair enough. This would stand as an argument if the dogs were treated humanely. However, George Carney has failed to even mention the greyhounds in relation to the petition. Instead, he chose to respond with a tirade that ended with: "You don't want people to lose their jobs in an already terrible economy, do you? Do you want to be responsible for that?"
Shifting the blame onto those wanting a more humane system is thoroughly beyond reproach. As a response, I received an email with this:
What I would want to ask each voter in Massachusetts is: Would you want your dog to be kenneled, lying on shredded newspaper, and muzzled for some or all of 22 hours a day, possibly drugged, forced to run when someone else wants her to run, denied veterinary treatment as it's cost-prohibitive, and then "discarded" when she wasn't fast enough? Forget about the broken bones, cardiac arrest and paralysis. Forget the killing of thousands of dogs who were never fast enough to make it to the track. Forget the mass graves full of dogs and the dogs found, injured or dead, with their ears cut off (that's where their tattoos are). Do you think it is right to force your dog to race because you want her to race? Because you might profit?
It is a difficult situation, but the inhumane treatment of greyhounds cannot continue. A line has to be drawn somewhere.
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