Two years ago today, this is the 3rd night in a row that Tucson racing dogs fractured or bruised their toes. What is the problem?

Phoenix Gunsmoke broke a left toenail. Treatment was not provided; either not provided or not listed. Recovery time was recommended for 3 weeks. Phoenix Gunsmoke also suffered a toe related injured on June 13, 2008. He continued to race 150 times. This handsome boy is looking for a home now.

Same night, same track, different dog –Phoenix Swink fractured left toes; treatment not provided or not listed. Recovery time was 6 weeks. This dog continued to race for 83 times and ended his racing career in August 2009. Fortunately, he was adopted through Racing Home Greyhounds.

Yet another dog, RLM’s Evonne bruised her right toes. Treatment & recovery time not provided. She continues to race more in 2008. On the injury report…

Finally, someone speaks out:  “Bruised toes due to too many rocks on the track”

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Here’s an article about cutting horse racing in Kingman, Ariz.

Thank Dog some of AZ politicos have some sense to not keep on financing horse racing at the fairgrounds. Now if they just had more sense, they wouldn’t keep on financing greyhound racing either.

According to the Arizona audit of the Department of Racing, greyhound racing is 85 percent financed by the General Fund. With all the cuts and reductions for families and children, you would think that maybe if the AZ Dept of Racing cannot fund itself, then what’s the point? Where’s the good business model?

It’s not like dog racing isn’t making any money. It is.

In 2009, Tucson Greyhound Park made $9+ million from simulcast activity and $4+ million from live racing at the track. The state of Arizona makes no money off  this pari-mutuel income which is why the Ariz. Department of Racing is primarily financed by other state agencies.

It doesn’t seem like the horse racing people like the dog racing people much. Who can blame them? Maybe it’s because the horse racing people don’t like the fact that the dog racing people receive hardship tax credits. Can’t fault the horse racing people for that?

Here’s another factoid which can be found in the ADOR audit report. In 2009, 6 percent of the dog breeders were awarded $223,112 for 612 winning greyhounds.I hope those hounds were treated like kings and queens but I doubt it

Now with only one live dog race track in Tucson, let’s hope the AZ Dept of Racing doesn’t keep encouraging and rewarding the breeding of greyhounds like in the past but you never know because old ideas are hard to break. Makes no sense, no common sense in a bankrupt state.

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Two years ago today — Feb. 20, 2008 – three dogs were injured at Tucson Greyhound Park. Two fractured their toes the previous night. That’s four dogs in two days with fractured toes. What’s the problem?

Checkin U Out fractured a right toe. Treatment is listed as not provided. We don’t know if treatment was or was not provided. The recovery time listed as 8 weeks. Comments: “3 in 2 nights??!!” Even the kennel operators are perplexed by the toe fractures.

For Checkin U Out, this was a career ending injury after 34 races.   What happened to this racing greyhound?

Also on the same night, Cody fractured a right toe. The toe was wrapped but the recovery time was not provided.

Yet another injury on the same night, RD’s Beemer dropped muscle “right rear”, treatment  not provided. According to the report this was “career ending” and “1st schooling race.”  Hopefully, Beemer lucked out and found a forever home but we have no way of knowing.

View the AZ greyhound racing injuries. (Adobe Acrobat required.)

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Two years ago today – Feb. 19, 2008 – two racing greyhounds were injured at Tucson Greyhound Park. Both dogs fractured their toes.

But Of Course fractured a right toe – treatment and recovery time not provided. Because no information is listed on the report, we don’t know if treatment or recovery was or was not provided.  According to this website, this was But of Course’s last race after running 63 races. What happened to this greyhound?

On the very same night of Feb. 19, 2008, another racing greyhound RLM’s Sundowner fractured a left toe. The treatment is listed as “not provided”. Again we don’t know if treatment was or was not provided. The recovery time listed is 6 weeks. The comment listed is “”Broke off entire nail, ripping off half the quick.”

This dog continued to race until August 2008 when he was adopted.

View the AZ greyhound racing injury reports here. (Adobe Acrobat required.)

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02/17/08 Becoming Betty -sick – (in what way sick/not provided) (what treatment was given/not provided) (what was the recovery time/not provided) (From Suspension List)

02/17/08 Concho Tootsie – sick (in what way sick/not provided) (what treatment was given/not provided) (what was the recovery period/not provided) (From Suspension List)

02/17/08 KMA Barbaroo – (what happened/not provided) something happened to Barbaroo’s tail (what treatment was given/not provided) (what was the recovery period/not provided) (From Suspension List) Comments:“rear tip bleeding”
02/17/08 Leopold Stotch (what happened/not provided) but something did happen to the right shoulder (what treatment was provided/not provided) (what was the recovery/not provided) (From Suspension List)

Does “not provided” mean that no treatment was provided?

What happened to these four racing dogs?

Why were four dogs injured in one night on Feb. 17, 2008 — two years ago today?

Thank DOG Phoenix Greyhound Park is closed and will remain closed. One less dog track in Arizona means less injured dogs, less race dogs euthanized, less breeding unless Ariz. Department of Racing continues to stupidly encourage the breeding of greyhounds and then give the breeders generous breeding awards for unwanted greyhounds.

Your tax dollars at work.

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Protesting at Mardi Gras Casino in Florida

Go Florida Go!

End dog racing in Florida now!

Put those KILL trucks out of business.

Get ready for more anti greyhound racing protests in Florida and beyond.

End dog racing in Florida now!

Read the Broward Palm Beach blog about tragedies at Mardi Gras dog track.

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Happy Valentine’s Day but not for these Arizona racing greyhounds.

Two years ago today – 2/14/08 – Anton Ego was injured at Phoenix Greyhound Park. This was the first of three racing injuries in 2008 for Anton Ego. During his racing career he ran 19 races, winning 4. He won his last race on Jan. 26, 2008, but continued to race and become further injured.

On Valentine’s Day 2008, his

• injury type – lame
• injury location – not provided
• treatment – not provided (does this mean treatment was not provided?)
• recovery time – not provided (was no recovery time provided?)

What happened to Anton Ego? Did he get adopted? Did he get euthanized?

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Also on Valentine’s Day 2008 at Phoenix Greyhound Park, BC She’s a Jewel suffered:

• injury type – fracture
• injury location – tail (ouch!)
• treatment – not provided (does this mean treatment was not provided?)
• recovery time – not provided (was no recovery time provided?)

From the Suspension List – what does that mean? Please email savetucsongreyhounds@gmail.com to explain that term confidentially.

BC She’s a Jewel is still racing, as a matter of fact raced last night at Tucson Greyhound Park in the 17th race.

As of this website, BC She’s a Jewel has raced 116 times but this website ends December 2009. The dog is still racing.

We have to wonder how many times she has been injected with anabolic steroids to suppress estrus/heat. Human athletes take steroids to become more powerful and build more muscle.

According to the National Institutes of Health:

PubMed

U.S. National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health

Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

J Vet Pharmacol Ther. 2000 Jun;23(3):121-9.
Characterization of urinary metabolites of testosterone, methyltestosterone, mibolerone and boldebone in greyhound dogs.

Williams TM, Kind AJ, Hyde WG, Hill DW.

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA.

Androgenic steroids are used in female greyhound dogs to prevent the onset of estrus; moreover, these steroids also have potent anabolic activity. As anabolic steroids increase muscle mass and aggression in animals, the excessive use of these agents in racing greyhounds gives an UNFAIR PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE TO TREATED DOGS.

The use of repeated anabolic steroids dosing to Arizona racing greyhounds should be banned because it harms the dogs with long-term dosing and compromises the integrity of greyhound racing wagering.

Please contact your legislators and urge them to vote YES for  AZ HB 2637.

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Feb. 10, 2010–Two years ago today, three racing greyhounds were injured at Phoenix Greyhound Park and one racing greyhound was euthanized at Tucson Greyhound Park.

TGP

Captive Canidate suffered a hock fracture and was euthanized.

Who makes the decision to euthanize? Unfortunately, a hock is a relatively common but treatable fracture so why euthanize this dog? If you know the answer please contact savetucsongreyhounds@gmail.com

This dog raced 81 times and then died. (PDF)

PGP

BC Rock On By

• injury type – tear
• injury location – right leg
• treatment – not provided
• recovery time – not provided

Bella Instep

• injury type – lame
• injury location – not provided
• treatment – not provided
• recovery time – not provided

KK’s Ruffian

• injury type – sick
• injury location – not provided
• treatment – not provided
• recovery time – not provided

What happened to these 3 injured dogs? Email: saveTucsongreyhounds@gmail.com

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On Feb. 9, 2008 – three racing greyhounds in Phoenix were injured. Thank DOG the Phoenix Greyhound Park closed!

Phoenix Firebird

• injury type – sick
• injury location – not provided
• injury treatment – not provided
• recovery time – not provided

RD’s Gwynn

• injury type – lame
• injury location – not provided
• injury treatment – not provided
• recovery time – not provided

Twilite Teasey

• injury type – paralysis
• injury location – rear foot, nerve
• injury treatment – not provided
• recovery time -not provided
• comments – “the four toes of the rear foot were knocked under. Diagnosis nerve injury or paralysis below ankle”

According to this website, this was the last race for Twilight Teasey. What happened to this female who raced 30 times in 9 months all in Phoenix?

If you know what happened to this dog, please contact savetucsongreyhounds@gmail.com

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On Feb. 7, 2008, two years ago today, racing greyhound “Gone to the Dogs” suffered a laceration of the left knee at Tucson Greyhound dog track.

It is unknown if treatment was provided because the injury report says “not provided.” Does that mean that no treatment was provided? Or does that mean treatment was provided but none is listed?

You can view the AZ injury report here. (PDF)

1 to 2 months recovery time was recommended.

According to this website, this dog hit the rail and this was the last time this dog raced. What happened to Gone to the Dogs?

Now if the National Greyhound Association had a database that actually confirmed 90 percent of their dogs do get adopted like they say,  we might know what happened to Gone to the Dogs.

Then again, what happens to the other 10 percent?

If you know what happened to Gone to the Dogs, please send an email to savetucsongreyhounds@gmail.com

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