West Virginia–On Jan. 4, 2008, a 1-year-old brindle greyhound named Moving Marla was euthanized after she fell during a race and was then run over by other dogs, breaking her legs in several places.
Is this a sport?
I call it animal cruelty for profit.
More than 3,200 greyhounds have been injured at the Tri-State Racetrack in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. During that time, repeated requests for injury reports have been denied until now. According to newly-obtained state records, at least 3,208 greyhound injuries have been reported at this one track since 2005, and nearly 200 dogs have died. Also, it’s likely that the actual number of injuries is even higher, as the state still refuses to produce several months of records.
Read the article which appeared on the front page of today’s Charleston Daily Mail.
Get educated about greyhound racing in West Virginia or the six other remaining states where the dying “sport” of dog racing still exists.
To the racing industry Moving Marla was just a money making pawn. To me, she missed out on being a beloved pet with a soft bed and one-to-one loving kindness. She didn’t deserve the unfathomable cruelty as to how grizzly her life ended.
You can read more about Marla here and here. Such detailed records provided by the racing industry yet one damn dog track in West Virginia cannot find all its injury records.
How convenient is that?
How telling is that?
P.S. Arizona Department of Racing and Tucson Greyhound Park have passed the buck and ignored repeated requests for 2010 injury reports.