An appropriate headline ran this week on the Herald-Tribune website – “Death at the dog track.” The editorial indicates a greyhound died from electrocution in February at the Sarasota Kennel Club in Florida and another dog died the month prior – possibly due to the same cause. The deaths come from contact with mechanical lures [...]
We all know what happens to too many racing greyhounds at the end of the racing days. We’ve read past news stories of dogs being shot or others being found with missing ears or missing heads. So when I read an article about a greyhound puppy auction – yes a puppy auction – in Australia, [...]
An article popped up this morning on the Pack News Wire concerning greyhound racing in Ireland. The problems start in the headline, which suggests a dog’s injury on the track could be a “blessing in disguise.” Knowing that dogs regularly face injury and death in this industry, that is a disgusting statement. The next glaring [...]
Carl is one of our rescued greyhounds – rescued from the horrors of greyhound racing. He has some emotional problems most likely brought on by his experiences within the racing industry. To some degree, he has what we call “space issues,” as he gets a bit agitated when he is resting and some of our [...]
Every time I read a news story reporting on greyhound racing or dog sled racing in a positive light, in what is typically a legitimate news outlet, it screams of poor journalism. And for sports news outlets to report dog race results – the way the national media reports on the IdiocyRod, for example – [...]
It’s never a good day for dogs suffering in greyhound racing and sled dog racing. But at least the public and the media are now focusing on their struggles. The story of a dog that died in the 2013 IdiocyRod Sled Dog Race (Iditarod) is extremely troubling. Dorado was killed after being buried in drifting [...]
As she always does, Karyn Zoldan has provided some great information on the animal-welfare front – this time in reporting about the Iditarod Dog Sled Race – or as I’ve renamed it – “The IdiocyRod.” And she rightfully notes where sled dog racing is exactly like greyhound racing. One of the many links she provided [...]
North Carolina resident Bud Wright’s editorial about dog fighting, published March 1 on the Daily Advance website, is a good one. His thoughts were prompted by a recent dog-fighting ring bust in the northeast corner of the state. He put the topic in the right context with this statement, near the end of the piece: [...]
I found a particularly disgusting editorial about dog racing on the Pack News Wire – under the headline, Queensland Greyhound Racing – It Needs to Change.” When I saw the headline, on the Australian Racing Greyhound website, my first thought was that the writer wanted some positive changes, maybe to protect the dogs. I was [...]
Logic is great. It works. It’s reasonable. And in this case, anyone with the smallest ounce of logical thought patterns will understand that no state should force casinos to hold greyhound races and no state should subsidize the racing industry. And most importantly, no funding handouts should ever go to the promotion of animal cruelty. [...]
