Greyhound Racing

melvynyeo · 11th June 2005

Not sure if this is the right place to post this...

Taken at Ireland when I was posted there to work. Hope you like it...

melvynyeo · 11th June 2005

yanyewkay · 14th June 2005

nice coverage.. but I'm quite against grey hound racing. They are skinny by nature and run fast. But in order for the dogs to run faster, some owners believe in having lighter dogs.

They literally starve the poor dogs to get skinner and feed only with high energy foods and force them to run a lot.

When the dogs dun perform..they are made to play the piano. The truth is.. it's not elegant. They hang the dogs with a noose and the feets barely touch the ground. To stay alive the dog actually tip toes and looks like it's playing the piano with it's feet. It dies a slow death.. sad and cruel world of gambling..

melvynyeo · 14th June 2005

Hmm... I didn't know that

... I thought they were pampered and well taken care of.

Thanks for the infor.

obviousdude · 16th June 2005

Originally Posted by yanyewkay

nice coverage.. but I'm quite against grey hound racing. They are skinny by nature and run fast. But in order for the dogs to run faster, some owners believe in having lighter dogs.

They literally starve the poor dogs to get skinner and feed only with high energy foods and force them to run a lot.

When the dogs dun perform..they are made to play the piano. The truth is.. it's not elegant. They hang the dogs with a noose and the feets barely touch the ground. To stay alive the dog actually tip toes and looks like it's playing the piano with it's feet. It dies a slow death.. sad and cruel world of gambling..

that's really cruel... are they really treated that badly?

greyhounds are such elegant, delicate and beautiful dogs.

Feinwerkbau · 17th June 2005

This is highly disturbing!

As a dog lover, could I ask, where did you get the evidence of this happening?

Please PM me if you feel uncomfortable mentioning it in the open thread.

I assume you have evidence...

Originally Posted by yanyewkay

nice coverage.. but I'm quite against grey hound racing. They are skinny by nature and run fast. But in order for the dogs to run faster, some owners believe in having lighter dogs.

They literally starve the poor dogs to get skinner and feed only with high energy foods and force them to run a lot.

When the dogs dun perform..they are made to play the piano. The truth is.. it's not elegant. They hang the dogs with a noose and the feets barely touch the ground. To stay alive the dog actually tip toes and looks like it's playing the piano with it's feet. It dies a slow death.. sad and cruel world of gambling..

afbug · 17th June 2005

Well i watch quite a few documentaries on Discovery and Animal Planet on Grey Hound abuse before.

After retiring, they're housed in small cages (bad living conditions), often without food so that they will die faster to reduce the cost of maintaining them.

This was snapped in Ireland? Maybe they have sufficent laws to protect them.

11th June 2005	#1
melvynyeo Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,896	Greyhound Racing Not sure if this is the right place to post this... Taken at Ireland when I was posted there to work. Hope you like it... Last edited by melvynyeo; 12th June 2005 at 12:03 AM.

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yanyewkay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cons digger. Posts: 4,046	nice coverage.. but I'm quite against grey hound racing. They are skinny by nature and run fast. But in order for the dogs to run faster, some owners believe in having lighter dogs. They literally starve the poor dogs to get skinner and feed only with high energy foods and force them to run a lot. When the dogs dun perform..they are made to play the piano. The truth is.. it's not elegant. They hang the dogs with a noose and the feets barely touch the ground. To stay alive the dog actually tip toes and looks like it's playing the piano with it's feet. It dies a slow death.. sad and cruel world of gambling.. __________________ “How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.” - Adolf Hitler

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afbug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Planet SG™ Posts: 487	Well i watch quite a few documentaries on Discovery and Animal Planet on Grey Hound abuse before. After retiring, they're housed in small cages (bad living conditions), often without food so that they will die faster to reduce the cost of maintaining them. This was snapped in Ireland? Maybe they have sufficent laws to protect them. __________________ Manchester United = :devil:

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melvynyeo Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,896	Hmm... I didn't know that ... I thought they were pampered and well taken care of. Thanks for the infor.