2008 was a tumultuous year for greyhound racing. It had a few set backs:

–On December 31, 2007 (close enough) the Corpus Christi, Texas racetrack closed due to financial woes like $3.5 million per year.

–Some time in 2008, the Woodlands dog track closed in Kansas. That ended live greyhound racing in Kansas.

–The last live greyhound racing venue in Colorado, Mile High Greyhound Park, closed its doors early for the season. Mile High decided live races would end in June after track officials and kennel owners couldn’t come to a financial agreement to keep running races until September. The track ran a full season in 2007 and lost money after being profitable in 2006. The track is scheduled to reopen April 2009. (We hope that’s a crock of #$&*.)

–Walthamstow Stadium in London closed in 2008. That was a biggie! I think after that guy in England shot 10,000 greyhounds – people in England woke up and were hip to the cruelties of greyhound racing…all except that overrated David Beckham who was sad to see it close.

–One of the best things to happen in 2008 was that the voters of Massachusetts banned greyhound racing by 2010. HOOOOOOOOOOORRRAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY. Here’s hoping it will close sooner vs. later.

–The voters in South Tucson approved proposition 401 to improve the conditions at Tucson Greyhound Park.

–Guam Greyhound Track closed.

–Hinsdale Greyhound Track in New Hampshire closed because it went bankrupt.

–Tampa Greyhound Track is losing money. Hot dog! Read the comments. It seems that every greyhound track that is losing money wants to add video poker, slop machines, or poker or some other gambling additive. Nobody wants to see dogs race to their death anymore. No more gambling bailouts for the greyhound racing industry.

Greyhound racing is a dying industry. The people who go to the tracks are all old geezers who drag their oxygen around with them.  Intelligent people (as shown by the voters in Mass.) are hip to the cruelty, death, suffering, and mounting injuries of race dogs. A whole generation of people have been raised on Animal Planet and they don’t like what they learned.

Dogs must never die in the name of sport; not dog fighting and not greyhound racing.

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Guam Greyhound Park has committed to matching donations up to $50 per dog. There are 104 dogs remaining at the track.  GAIN – the local humane society, also has greyhounds at their shelter.  Around 80 to 100 greyhounds were dispersed  before a responsible program was instituted. Hopefully, at least some of those dogs will be reeled in.

Please send donations to:

The Greyhound Project
Greyhounds of Guam Fund
PO Box 5239
Framingham, MA 01701

Thank you

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This is music to my ears: Hinsdale greyhound race track in New Hampshire closed!

According to the article, the track went bankrupt.

“It’s a sad day for racing in New Hampshire,” said 40-year state Racing and Charitable Gaming Commission Chairman Timothy J. “Ted” Connors. “That’s why we need video slot machines to keep these tracks going.”

No way! If you cannot attract the crowds for greyhound racing, you don’t need no stinkin’ video slot machines. People go to poker rooms to play poker not to watch the dogs race to their death.

One less track means less greyhounds are overbred.

One less track means that there are less injured greyhounds and less euthanized greyhounds.

Greyhound racing is a dying industry. There are 100 dogs that now need to be adopted. Hopefully, these dogs are the lucky ones.

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Worst case scenario: Track closes and dogs are given away like free kittens on a street corner. There is no spay and neuter, no accountability, no responsibility, no nothing.

Dogs are already dying

The U.S. greyhound advocacy groups (PDF) are coming together to help circumvent this Guam greyhound racing holocaust.

Guam animal rescue is trying but needs more assistance.

The greyhound racing associations like Global Greyhounds and American Greyhound Council and National Greyhound Association have to join forces.  Otherwise they turn a blind eye to this Guam greyhound racing holocaust.

Earlier in the year there was some stirring that Jamaica wanted to have greyhound races to help the economy. The article said they wanted 20 races a day. DOG FORBID!

Jamaica would be Guam times five.

The racing associations have to step up to the plate and put restrictions and what ifs on these half-baked scenarios.

They have to put their money where their winnings are and in this time of need they have to work side by side with the greyhound advocacy groups to help Guam greyhounds. 

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