Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead

Take action! Tucson Greyhound Racing has a highly paid lobbyist in Phoenix. If you want to end Tucson Greyhound Racing, you’re going to have to speak out to your friends and family, to people you meet at work and organizations, to your elected officials, to the government, the newspapers and other media. When someone pets your hound, tell them what wonderful pets they make and how cruel Tucson greyhound racing is.

Whenever bad things happen to greyhounds at the Tucson dog track (and they always do) there is a flurry of media attention and people write letters to the editor and governor and that’s it. Out of sight; out of mind. What we need is an army of people to stay on it. Life goes on and so does the Tucson greyhound abuse and greyhound murder. 

Contacts:            (more contacts)

Geoffrey Gonsher – Director – Arizona Department of Racing
Hon. Janet Napolitano – Governor 
Terry Goddard – aginfo@azag.gov - Attorney General
District 29 – AZ House of Representatives  (South Tucson)
  Linda Lopez - llopez@azleg.gov
  Tom Prezelski - tprezelski@azleg.gov
District 29 -  AZ Senate (South Tucson)
   Victor Soltero - vsoltero@azleg.gov

Pima County Supervisor - District 2 - Hon. Ramon O. Valadez

Greyhound racing is illegal in 36 states. Isn’t it time for Arizona to join those ranks?

Politicians and Government: Please send thoughtful, fact-filled letters and emails. Do not forward emails that someone asked you to write a letter. The sentiment has to be yours. Sign your name, address, and phone number and let them know that you’re a voter and if you voted or campaigned for them in the last election (if you did or did not).

Media: Comment online to an article in the newspaper. Or better yet, use the online feature to send a letter to the editor. People get discouraged when their letter is not printed. The most important thing is – it gets read by the staff and is considered public opinion. Always thank the reporter (you can usually email them) for writing the article; they will want to write more articles on the subject because no one usually thanks reporters for anything.

Keep it going. Follow up. Sometimes politicians will send a form response to say they are looking into it or worse, it’s not their concern. Hound them to find out whom to contact. Your taxes pay their salary. They are public servants. Follow up! If 50 people wrote letters and followed up, the impact would be great; if 150 people wrote letters and followed up; it would be stupendous. Just see how it could snowball.

While an email is adequate; a hard copy is like 10 emails. However, we’ll let you make that decision. A phone call is good followed by an email or hard copy. Here are some hard copy contacts and addresses.