USA - "Greyhound Organization Alarmed at Number of Injuries"

See:-
http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=94763
http://www.grey2kusa.org/eNEWS/G2K-020211Email.html

For more info on the campaign to protect greyhounds in the USA, see http://www.grey2kusa.org

Greyhound death-toll down again

Latest research by investigative group Greyhound Watch (GW) indicates that almost 10,500 greyhounds are now being put to death annually, because of the existence of the British dog racing industry.

Tables produced by GW (based on information provided by the British and Irish greyhound racing and breeding industries) can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/GreyhoundsKilled2010


The estimated figure of 10,442 deaths annually, is, of course, horrific, but the good news for greyhounds is that it is almost 1,800 fewer than the previous year (see http://tinyurl.com/GreyhoundsKilled2009).

The reason for this encouraging fall in the greyhound death-toll is because fewer of these dogs are now being bred to be used as commodities by the racing industry. This decline in breeding is due to a fall in demand, brought about by the closure of tracks and a reduction in the number of greyhound races taking place (down by over 2,000 from 2009).

Demos at Coventry Stadium helped force the track there to close

Yet more evidence that our public education campaign, aimed at persuading people not to attend or bet on dog racing, is saving greyhounds from death and suffering.

Greyhound racing also causes the deaths of many thousands of other dogs apart from greyhounds, as places in homes and rescue kennels, which could go to other stray and "unwanted" dogs, are taken up by greyhounds got rid of by the racing industry, meaning that those other dogs are "put down" because there is nowhere for them to go.

Therefore, the latest figures are also good news for non-greyhound dogs, as the fewer greyhounds that are "disposed of", the more chance there is of "unwanted" other dogs being able to find homes.

See http://greyhound-watch.blogspot.com/2011/02/track-closures-benefit-greyhounds.html for an excellent Greyhound Watch article on how track closures benefit greyhounds.

Peterborough Stadium demo - Sat March 5th

There will be a demo outside Peterborough Stadium on Saturday, March 5th, 6pm - 7.30pm, to coincide with a greyhound race meeting taking place there.

A previous demo at Peterborough Stadium

Please try to attend, especially if you live in or near the Cambridgeshire area.

Address of the stadium is First Drove, Fengate, Peterborough, PE1 5BJ.

Directions: A1M (Jct 17) and A47, turn off the ring road (A1139) at exit 5 (brown information signposts to Greyhound Stadium from thereon). Rail: Peterborough Station, 2 miles from the track.

Maps showing the location can be found at http://tinyurl.com/4rcsb and http://tinyurl.com/36gr5e

Contact Rose on 07884 163205, if you need more information.

See http://tinyurl.com/PeterboroughLeaflet for info about serious injury and slaughter of dogs racing at Peterborough. Sadly, many more fatal injuries have occurred there since the leaflet was produced.

In addition to the appalling injuries to racing dogs that occur all too frequently at stadiums like Peterborough, it must also be remembered that these tracks are each responsible, on average, for the deaths of over 400 greyhounds per year, because of the demand they create for these dogs to be bred and subsequently disposed of.

Great news for greyhounds as racing fund is slashed

The Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB), which administers, funds and promotes British greyhound racing, has been forced to slash its budget by a further 23%.

This has been caused because even fewer people are betting on dog racing, which has led to yet another reduction in the British Greyhound Racing Fund, which is made up of a percentage of the money wagered on greyhound races.

Although the GBGB budget cut means there will be less money going into welfare, the overall news for greyhounds is excellent, because it includes a 9% cut in prize-money support, a huge reduction in the capital spending budget for tracks, from £430,000 to zero, and a £400,000 cut in national marketing.

These reductions will no doubt push even more tracks toward closure and hasten the ultimate demise of the dog racing industry, which is, of course, the best news the greyhounds could ever be given.

For more info, see the article at http://tinyurl.com/GBGBcuts2011

Help stop proposed Towcester greyhound track!

Towcester horse racing course is drawing up plans to build a greyhound track.
(See http://www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/sport/dog_track_plan_at_towcester_racecourse_1_2336428 for more information).

Please help our efforts to put a stop to this by e-mailing/writing to all the members of South Northants Council, politely informing them of the suffering and slaughter of greyhounds caused by the dog racing industry and asking them to do whatever they can to prevent the construction of this
track.

Details of councillors can be found at http://www.southnorthants.gov.uk/Servicepage358-1.htm and we would advise our supporters to e-mail them individually, rather than in a block, as although this is more time consuming, it is likely to be more effective in terms of getting a response.

Please also contact Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire.
Details at http://www.andrealeadsom.com/contacts/contact-us