Mike's questions are usually unreasonable and at times bordering on stupid. As i said go back and look at his previous posts , they substantiate my position on him
Greyhounds make fantastic pets, calm, laid back, affectionate, my old bloke is feeling some aches and pains now ( he's twelve ) but still does acrobatics over the furniture when I get home from work! No idea what your daughter is referring to.
Yes, some of these lovely dogs have been treated terribly, esp.by the bigger operations. My experience with some smaller ones is that some of the retired models shift from the kennels to the couch in front of the TV.
The sad thing is that there won't be enough homes for all these dogs, the hypocritical SPCA is mouthing platitudes while destroying thousands of domestic dogs every year. Rehoming, they don't do very much, that seems to be left to numerous volunteers who do their best, but again, many lovely dogs just miss out.
Councils need to be more vigilant about unlicensing breeders, cracking down on the puppy mills, etc, and try and reduce the sad outcomes.
Wow.......this has to be a concern for the horse codes😵
Now that the animal rights pricks have had a win........what's next?
Surely we will not be pushed about by the minority of people who dislike horse racing?
They are a beautiful breed, and need to run, but ultimately they've no show of rehoming the numbers suggested, it's sad but I feel many will disappear, and don't think any bill will save them, I feel its opened a major can of worms, could always drop them off to all those activists and do gooders, and let them home the dogs, but of course they wont want them, just happy to push their own barrow without looking at the bigger issue.
Silver Lining:
At least Trackside 1 Sunday Session wont be in such a hurry to cut from the finish of a gallop or harness race to get to Manukau and watch them walking to the start box.
I think yall find more so, its a popular decision on both sides of the voting curve. Generally speaking, racing, especially greyhounds isnt looked at favourably these day.
They could do that now, if betting on competing overseas FO markets is made illegal. Huge cost saving and a very successful model in some other jurisdictions. They should have stuck with that in the first place imo and adjusted take-outs to make it competitive and attractive.
yes a great afternoon harness racing exception in fall race 3 our horse Bet on Polly 2nd again, but hey a 3422 form line pays its way and a win nearby. This Club is an example how a club should operate So Charlie you stay north until there is no north and you will be most welcome in the central districts .
This bill started with the Labour Party when they were in power, so it's been kicking around for ages. Plus when virtually every party supports it (does TPM even turn up and vote on anything?), well, this is what happens. But it sure hasn't happened overnight and out of the blue.
You'll always get bad examples in nearly all cases these dogs end up in loving homes. Mayhounds do a great job in getting them conditioned to domestic life.
If this ban is for the welfare of greyhounds those same people that are so pleased it stopped won't buy another item from China because they eat about 5-10 million dogs a year.
The word hypocrite might not be in their vocabulary.
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