A Call To Arms: Stop The Greyhound Slaughter In Peterborough

I am horrified and sickened by the email I have just received and I'm sure you will be too. I would much rather post cute pictures of greyhounds than the information I received but unfortunately sick individuals keep me busy instead. We have to stop the greyhound slaughter now and lend our voice to those fighting hard to stop such greyhound cruelty being carried out.

Below is the exact information I was sent through via email. I have not reworded it for effect but nor am I pulling any punches. Again, this is yet another reson why we have to stop the greyhound slaughter now!

GREYHOUNDS KILLED AT PETERBOROUGH STADIUM

One dog put to death for playing. Another breaks his neck in race. Volunteers needed for campaign against track

Greyhound Action has received inside information about two recent appalling incidents involving the deaths of greyhounds at Peterborough Stadium.

On Thursday, July 3rd, during a trial race, a young greyhound, called Milo Blackbird, tried to play with the other dogs instead of chasing after the mechanical hare. The greyhound's owner/trainer, John Reid, took him straight to the track vet and had him "put down".

On Saturday, July 12th, in the second race of the evening, a 4½ year old greyhound, called He's A Cheetah, hit the rails on the first bend and broke his neck. He was carried lifeless from the track with blood pouring from his mouth.

After confiming that the information received was true, we issued a press release to the local media, which was taken up by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and featured in their early morning news programme last Friday (July 18th).

During the programme, one of the news reporters interviewed a man who said he had witnessed the horrific death of He's A Cheetah. The gentleman in question said he had been a fairly regular visitor to dog tracks, but had begun to have serious misgivings, after becoming aware of the large number of greyhounds that get put to death, and had now come to the conclusion that the dog racing industry should be done away with. One greyhound trainer he had spoken to described the Peterborough
track as a "death trap".

Demonstrations outside Peterborough Stadium are currently taking place every few weeks (Especially in view of these latest incidents, we would like to
increase the frequency of the demos, but need more local volunteers in order to do so. So, if you live anywhere near Peterborough and would be interested in taking part in protests/leafletting against dog racing there, please contact Greyhound Action at info@greyhoundaction.org.uk or on 01562 700 043.

The Tuscon Greyhound Racing Industry

Since starting this blog, I have made a number of great friends that share a love for the greyhound. I absolutely love hearing from them and learning from them because, in my opinion, if we are to help the breed then we need to learn as much as we possibly can about the greyhound racing industry to help these beloved dogs. I enjoy looking at the efforts of other people as well, even when the information on their pages is heartbreaking, because it reaffirms my faith in human nature a little bit.

There are some great sites out there that highlight the plight of the greyhound all over the world and one that is extremely well researched and written is End Tuscon Greyhound Racing. Karyn's site certainly provides an awful lot of food for thought!

Karyn points out that Arizona law provides that "Every effort shall be made to adopt greyhounds not used for racing or breeding" but that is not always what happens.
of course, there is more! Karyn has done a wonderful job of bringing this to people's attention so go and take a look at the site. It may be upsetting but it is definitely worth a read!

If anyone has a similar site or a blog that you would like featured here then please let me know and I'll give it a mention!

For The Love Of The Greyhound!

It was a little over 18 months ago when I first laid eyes on Molly.

She was a gorgeous black and white, if a little nervous, greyhound. My husband and I had gone to pick her up from her trainer because she had recently retired. Her trainer, a lovely woman called Mary, never allowed one of her greyhounds to be put to sleep on retirement and always found them good homes to go to. We were to provide Molly's good home and boy am I glad we did!

Molly is the best dog a girl could ever have. She's loyal, loving, sweet and no trouble at all... as long as she gets her 20 hours of sleep a day, as per greyhound rules! She does have a penchant for bolting through an open front door if she has the chance though!

I have to say that Molly has opened my eyes in more ways than one. Before we had her I had no idea just what happened to greyhounds after they retire from the track. However, over the past year or so I have cried over articles more than once. More specifically, those that detail the mass greyhound slaughter that goes on around the world. I am determind to help these beautiful creatures in some way... and this is step three.

More on steps one and two later but thank you for reading. Stick with me on this one because there is much more to come!!!