What the world needs now is another animal to die in the name of racing.
The Kentucky Derby is huge and millions of people have been exposed to this tragedy including children. If there ever was a curtain of innocence in horse racing, yesterday’s horrors have now been forever etched in…
[more...]We wonder in the last 15 years of greyhound racing, how many greyhounds have died? We can probably find out how many were reported but that is nowhere near the real number of greyhounds that die all in the name of sport and greed.
We also…
[more...]January 1, 2008
Geoffrey Gonsher
Director, Arizona Department of Racing
1110 W. Washington – Suite 260
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Dear Director Gonsher:
The AZ Department of Racing seems to care about its financial side and rightly so. Then it seems to care about whether or…
[more...]Good news: Today (December 31, 2007) is the last time greyhounds will have to run for their lives around the dog track in Corpus Christi. Hopefully, that saves the lives of a few thousand greyhounds who won’t be overbred just to make a buck.
According to the…
[more...]We ran across this article that appeared in the AZ Daily Star in June 2007.
The article says that since the horse and greyhound racing get such heavy tax breaks, the Department of AZ Racing is not funded enough to do their job and protect the…
[more...]The article has generated some really interesting comments. Please continue to read the article and never forgive or forget about the hell hole known as the Tucson Greyhound Park.
Take action - Please write letters to the Governor Janet Napolitano and the other politicans. Writing to…
[more...]December 31 will be the last day to make a bet at the Corpus Christi greyhound race track.
Once it closes, the owners of this track are going to spend $1 million lobbying legislature to reopen the track and put slot machines in it.
We…
[more...]Cockfighting, dog fighting, and greyhound racing are blood sports propagated to fulfill people’s sick sense of entertainment. All involve animals without rights that are used as money makers and when they are no longer profitable, gamecocks are tortured or put to death by inhumane methods.
Cockfighting is…
[more...]Show me the money! Arizona has a huge budget deficit. Maybe because we’re a border state but maybe because the AZ greyhound racing industry and horse racing industry has not paid state pari-mutuel taxes since 1995. Damn! We are tax payers, why not these businesses? Greyhound racing…
[more...]We were considering posting this in the “good news” category but while it’s promising, we need immediate gratification.
It is heartening to hear that Florida, a state with too many greyhound race tracks, thinks that the greyhound race track in Bonita Springs is waning in…
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