By Carla Neubert Benoist
I made a remark on something Grey2K USA was posting the other day and got a really nasty response from a woman who was a follower. Then she sent a big apology because she checked my profile and finding me not to be one of those rich, corporate dog people making wealth off the backs of the poor greyhounds (eye roll) left her confused.
So, since she was confused, I figured she might actually read something so I wrote back (hoping she just Might actually check Rachel's information site out):
Kennel Fire @ |
People I consider friends include that wonderful young man who went into his kennel at
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On the other hand... the unregulated bush racing that goes in all over the midwest and the southwest is where you get conditions like those that created the FWACC 28 (Ft Worth Animal Control, 28 greyhounds).... and several seizures since then. TRUE hell on earth for dogs -- but no one investigates or fights for them because it does not give enough publicity or bring in enough donations.
And I'd like to jail some of the owners I have adopted the 'bounce backs' from -- dogs who have been kept in crates in dark basements for up to 4 years, only taken outside once a day..... these "adopters" and the bush racers and the dog fighters... these people I'd like to string up and let die slowly. Not the racing greyhound owners who care well and lovingly for their dogs and whose dogs have better lives than most pets and are then cared for until suitable homes are found.
I don't care about me being offended... I care about the unfairness of your believing the lies and propaganda that Grey2K puts out and helps them destroy the lives of so many decent working families who LOVE their Greyhounds and do right by them.
Of course there's bad and good anywhere -- but as they say about the persecution of Pit Bulls-- judge the deed not the breed. Judge the cruelty wherever it happens, the irresponsibility where it happens... stop with the broad brush, which is far from accurate. Racers do no languish in small crates for most of the day.
Life at a Greyhound Track - Behind the Scenes - a set on Flickr
Carla,
ReplyDeleteThank you for saying all of this! It is my view too and I hate Grey2K for what they do!
Claudia Courtney
The photos you have posted are from
ReplyDeleteA kennel fire at Derby Lane not Ebro.
Please accept my apology for the mistake.
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