Grey2K - Lies & Trolls

By Elaine Summerhill

Well, I tired of playing with the troll, Eric McDonald (http://tinyurl.com/7uxpgnd). I find him to be boorish and that is being kind. He is typical of those involved in the animal rights movement - loud, grating, strident, and uncivil. He is, as my dear departed mother would say, "crude, rude & socially unacceptable" and my mom was from the 'wrong side of the tracks'!

In response to McDonald's latest diatribe to a comment of mine...

Dated: March 15, 2012

Eric McDonald - I have no questions for you because you have no idea about that of which you speak. You are truly ignorant on the subject of greyhounds and greyhound racing. Perhaps, when you decide to grow up and be an adult, you will be worth my time and effort, but until then, you are not. You are close minded and only wish to believe rhetoric spouted by a so called "advocacy" group that does nothing for greyhounds - that provides no direct services, but yet they take a good 23% of the donations for their own salaries.

Also, Grey2K USA supports at least one board member, Karyn Zoldan, who has made racist & bigoted statements on public forums, i.e., "middle class, educated white people do not go to bet on the dogs" and "...it looks like Auschwitz" (a comparison of a greyhound kennel to the notorious Nazi death camp where millions died). While it is true that her statements were removed from the forum, upper management (Carey Theil and Christine Dorchak) at Grey2K have not stepped up to the plate to either condemn or apologize for those statements.

Regardless of one's position on racing, I strongly urge people to donate to their local greyhound adoption group or to their local humane society. To donate to groups such as HSUS, PeTA, and Grey2K is to put money in the pockets of people who do nothing for the animals. It is a well known fact that PeTA kills pets with more than a 90% euthanization rate for animals which are turned into them for rehoming. Grey2K is associated with the domestic terrorist group, ALF (Animal Liberation Front) and Ms. Dorchak was a keynote speaker at an ALF event. HSUS is a lobbying group looking to ban pet ownership, among other things.

I've been in the business (and it is a business) of finding homes for retired greyhounds since the mid-1990's (1995). In that time, I've gone from being anti-racing to being supportive of the racing people who do it right. I've learned a great deal about this breed, including that you cannot make a greyhound race. They race regardless.  it is part of their psyche... their being.  It is unfortunate, but sometimes greyhounds get hurt while racing. Even so, a statistical analysis of those injuries show an injury rate of less than 1%. The injury rate (all injuries) is 0.03%. That is an irrefutable fact or, if you prefer, an incontrovertible fact - one that cannot be disputed, cannot be argued, cannot be contested. It is a fact. No matter how much Eric McDonald screams, whines & cries... only 0.03% of dogs are injured in greyhound racing. I would venture to guess that that is a great deal less than in the general greyhound pet population, where I'm constantly seeing requests for help because a dog has been injured in some manner in the backyard or on a walk.

Do bad people exist in greyhound racing?  Of course they do. However, they exist in all walks of life: education, the workplace, and in parenting. Bad people are a fact of life. Greyhound racing needs to be commended because they have been working and are continuing to remove the bad people from the sport. Greyhound racing people are continuing to work to put every last adoptable greyhound into pet homes. Much has changed within greyhound racing and the people who are now involved consider it their duty to do the best they can - every step of the way from whelping to death. They are there for the adopters, should the adopters contact them. It is sad that many AR groups REFUSE to pass on the racing owner's contact info or to even tell the adopters that they can contact the owner. They REFUSE to tell the adopters about having their dogs pet registered with the NGA. Instead, they tell people that they "saved" the dogs, spirited them away and that if they contact the racing people, the racing people will take the dogs away.  They lie...

Please visit All About Greyhounds and/or Grey2K Lies for more info. (end reply)

I'd like to add, at this time, Mr. McDonald has received numerous offers from racing folk to visit a track, a kennel, a farm to discover greyhound racing for himself. He has not accepted any of them. If things were as bad as he believes and states, I would think he'd be quick to go so he could take photographs to promote his allegations, so he could REPORT the racing folks to the proper authorities.  Instead, he'd rather slander & libel them in public forums with no proof what-so-ever.

I ask people to please decide for yourself. If you have the opportunity, please visit a greyhound kennel and meet those deeply involved with this breed. I did and, as stated, I went from being an anti-racing supporter to being a supporter of people doing racing the right way. I am not the only, former anti-racing person out there who has changed their beliefs. There are a LOT of us and, funny thing, most of us are or have been involved deeply and for many years in greyhound adoption. Go figure... I hope some of the former "anti's" read this post and comment.

Elaine

PS - I truly believe that Eric McDonald and Eric Jackson, Grey2K Board Member, are one in the same. I suspect if you read their posts often enough, you would probably come to the same conclusion.