Tucson Greyhound Racing-Run Dogs Run – part 2
See part 1 for information about the injury list. Some dogs that were injured at PHOENIX GREYHOUND PARK are now racing at TUCSON GREYHOUND PARK.
Why do dogs have to continue running into the ground for a buck or point or payout?
Here are dogs that were injured in PHOENIX GREYHOUND PARK in 2008 (from the 2008 Arizona Injury List-http://www.grey2kusa.org/pdf/G2K-2008AZInjuryTable.pdf) that are now racing at TUCSON GREYHOUND PARK:
(The recent racing date/s is/are in parenthesis.)
BC She’s A Jewel (12/26/09) 2/14/08 fractured tail
7/24/08 fracture, right ankle (listed as fracture, don’t know if it was a fracture) (Recovery Time on Injury List: “2 months if at all”
Notes on injury list: ”I lost count of how many dogs I’ve crippled in the last 2 weeks.” )
8/01/08 lame - What happened to recovery time “2 months if at all”?
Power Ta Power (12/29/09) 4/20/08 pulled muscle, right leg
DB Anotherchance (12/26/09) 5/01/08 sick information “not provided”
7/11/08 fracture, left toe
RPM Spark offire (12/24/09) (on schedule for 12/31/09) 5/23/08 information “not provided”
Savvy Single (12/24/09) (on schedule for 12/30/09) 6/01/08 lame information “not provided”
Clever Psycho (on schedule for 12/31/09) 8/01/08 lame information “not provided”
Spencer Bell (12/23/09) (on schedule for 12/30/09) 8/15/08 break, left toenail
Figs Leila (12/24/09) (on schedule for 12/31/09) 8/26/08 sick information “not provided”
Costar Dodgem (12/22/09) (on schedule for 12/30/09) 9/20/08 sick information “not provided”
Concho Tyra (12/26/09) (on schedule again for 12/31/09) 11/05/08 injury information “not provided” (notes on injury list: “Poor effort – no overt evidence of illness on physical exam. Trainer reports dog appeared (sic) depressed earlier in day.”)
Mississippi Mule (12/26/09) (on schedule again for 1/01/10) 11/25/08 dislocation, right toe
Bella Kettle (on schedule for 12/30/09) 12/18/08 sick, information “not provided”
Greyt Thunder (on schedule for 12/30/09) 12/22/08 fracture, right hock
RLM’s Divert (on schedule for 1/01/10) 11/19/08 sick information “not provided”
Back to the injury list-http://www.grey2kusa.org/pdf/G2K-2008AZInjuryTable.pdf
why is there next to no information provided? You can see this for yourself. Where’s the accountability?
PHOENIX GREYHOUND PARK percentage of entries with treatment rendered to dog “not provided” = 88.5%
TUCSON GREYHOUND PARK percentage of entries with treatment rendered to dog “not provided” = 55%
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PHOENIX GREYHOUND PARK - 28 entries with date and dog’s name only; 1 entry with date only, not even dog’s name
TUCSON GREYHOUND PARK - 1 entry with date only, not even dog’s name
Let’s do the math:
469 dogs total
- 15 entries with incomplete dog’s name or no name (unknown greyhounds!)
454 dogs identified
- 28 euthanized at track
426 dogs identified alive after race
Approximately 200 dogs sustained career-ending injuries on the dates shown on the injury report, which includes the dogs that were put to death (euthanasia).
Questions to ponder:
–Is there any veterinarian oversight on dogs being injured and then put back into action on the track?
–If so, what? If not, why not?
–Are records kept? Where’s the regulation?
–How many times can a greyhound be injured before he or she is retired or euthanized?
–What criteria? If so, who monitors the criteria?
–Is anybody paying attention to what happens to these dogs?
Wait a minute. There’s no record of where the other dogs on that injury report are now? No accountability means no record of where any Arizona dogs wind up?
What about all the other greyhounds that were at Phoenix now that the track there is closed? There’s been newspaper articles about the tracks closing in Wisconsin and Mass that say how many greyhounds are now available and that every greyhound will be accounted for.
Come to think of it, I haven’t seen anything about how many greyhounds moved out of Phoenix.
Keep up the good work Blogger. It sounds like the Arizona dogs need help from more people like you.