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11-05-2008, 09:34 PM
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Not my friends sir, this is the clientele at Suffolk Downs on a typical Friday night. 
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11-05-2008, 10:00 PM
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>> Sorry but there is no way I can believe that dogs that race are as healthy as dogs that don't race.
They are generally healthier, as is any athlete versus a non-athlete. Poorly kept, poorly fed, unhealthy dogs (or horses) don't win races. If you want, I can get you in at a greyhound track near you and you can see for yourself. E-mail me privately if you'd like to do that. >> What happens to these dogs after they stop racing? The valuable best dogs go back to the farm for stud and brood bitch careers, and the vast majority are adopted out to pet homes via the many, many and varied greyhound adoption organizations. Many greyhound tracks have adoption centers at the track if you are interested in a retiring dog. Retired greys make terrific pets for many people. Go to the National Greyhound Association webpage for further info (I think www.ngagreyhounds.com or org). They are in Abilene, Kansas, and have a great museum there, just like the TB Hall of Fame. What has changed in greyhound racing over the past 20 years is that the majority of the very poor tracks with low purses have been put out of business. A very good thing. A trainer with no money doesn't take good care of the dogs (can't afford to), that is true. But nearly all of those tracks are gone now, they couldn't afford to stay in business - and any track racing A or B dogs, well, those dogs are worth alot of money (thousands), the trainers have the money to take care of them, and they do take excellent care of them, indeed. And they love them, and care for them, and they care what happens to the dogs throughout their lives. Except, like all businesses, these people need to make money to keep doing that, and that money comes from purses. In West Virginia, slots saved the greyhound track in Wheeling, and the purses increased, and it went from one of the worse dumps in the country to one of the best tracks, with the highest class dogs and trainers. Purses saved the track, saved the dogs, made life better for the dogs. BTW, the dogs love running. Like horses, they are bred for it. Most people in vanishing sports - horse racing, dog racing - are in it nowadays as they love it, and love the animals, and love the lifestyle. It's not an easy life 365 a year, certainly not easy money. And now, in this minimally agricultural society, with only bare remnants of people left in agricultural professions like horse and dog racing, we have people who don't have a clue, who have only seen dogs and horses in picture books or on TV telling these people how to live their lives and how to care for their animals. Or deciding they are not allowed to have animals to race any more at all.
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11-06-2008, 06:19 PM
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Welcome to the "wonderful" state of Mass.!  Protect the poor doggies but not the kids.
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11-06-2008, 06:31 PM
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Makes me want to smoke a joint, adopt a greyhound, and slap my kids around.
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11-06-2008, 06:47 PM
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11-06-2008, 06:48 PM
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Or a Barney Frank.
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11-06-2008, 06:52 PM
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There is zero chance there could be a national ban on racing but in a few states you could have some concern, Mass does not generate all that much tax so the state might give in, but in places like Cal and NY its a big time tax revenue for the state, states dont give up taxes.
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