Two racing greyhounds injured in Tucson – March 2008
Two years ago today March 6, 2008, two dogs were injured at Tucson Greyhound Park according to the Arizona Department of Racing injury report. (Adobe Acrobat required)
KK’s Morgan dropped muscle in the right rear. What kind of treatment did KK have? Who knows? It wasn’t provided on the injury report. Does that mean NO treatment was provided or treatment was provided but wasn’t listed? This was a career ending injury. KK ran 166 races. Fortunately, for him he ended up with Arizona Greyhound Rescue.
On the same day My Royal Athena fractured a right hock which was treated with a splint. The recovery time was not listed so we don’t know if Athena had time to recover or not. Athena ran 115 races, came in first place 21 times. If you look at the data they ran her every 3 to 5 days. How very sad. Somebody got rich off this hound. This looks like it was a career ending injury because there were no other dates listed. I hope Athena wasn’t euthanized like Missy was for a fractured hock in 2007.
If you know the whereabouts of My Royal Athena, please write to savetucsongreyhounds@gmail.com
More dogs have recently broken their hocks at Tucson Greyhound Park. Please consider donating to Greyhounds2Go who take in these dogs and rehabilitate them and pay for their medical expenses.
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