Interesting.....


10. Dog racing is boring and a waste of money. How exciting it is to watch a bunch of emaciated dogs running in circles, chasing a piece of metal. It takes a pretty ignorant person to find this entertaining, and if you think you're going to get rich betting on dog races, think again. Thankfully, judging from the decline in track revenue, people are getting smarter every day.



9. The regular clientele at dog tracks are people who can hardly afford to spend their social security and pension checks betting on something as depressing and useless as dog racing. Shame on the dog tracks for taking money from these people to try and save their dying business.



8. Tax dollars from private citizens that would be better spent fighting crime or used to otherwise benefit the tax payers are used to pay for police officers to patrol the dog tracks - to 'keep crime out'.



7. Dog tracks employ many high school and college age kids who while working at the track are subjected to institutionalized, state sanctioned animal abuse. What a horrible message we are sending to the youth of America.

First hand accounts from young track workers: click here to read testimony



6. The presence of a dog track in any town or city brings down the value of all the surrounding property. Who would want to live near these controversial eyesores - definitely not the high rent district.



5. All the dead dog bodies, which are a necessary by-product of the dog racing industry, can pose a health risk to humans.

Read about the E.coli outbreak in New Hampshire



4. Dog track owners often LIE about important information, such as how many people actually work at the track. If they aren't telling the truth about something as obvious as this, I wonder what else they are hiding.

Wall Street Journal Story



3. Greyhounds are sweet, loving creatures just like the dogs many of us have for pets. They deserve to spend long healthy lives bringing happiness to owners who appreciate and care about them, not in the clutches of individuals who only want to profit from and then dispose of them. The fact that people breed and then mercilessly kill thousands of perfectly good dogs every year in the name of entertainment is inexcusable.



2. The greyhounds that are 'good enough' to race are forced to spend their unnaturally short lives in what is the equivalent of a concentration camp for dogs. Kept in small cages for an average of 20 hours a day, most of these dogs are visibly on the verge of starving to death. Once their malnourished bodies can no longer win races and make money for their owners, they are simply killed to make way for more young dogs to follow in their footsteps. check out where they live



1. In order for the dog racing industry to exist, TENS of THOUSANDS of healthy young greyhounds must be KILLED every year for no reason!

oh man, i'm so not touching this one

And I can give a whole lot more reasons why greyhound racing should continue.

The main reason is if they stop racing, then anybody can breed these dogs, making it to easy to get them. Then the idiot people who won't or can't take care of them will take them to the pound (the lucky ones), where they will be put to sleep anyway. Greyhounds will be running loose everywhere, because people won't take the time to really learn about them or understand them. Go to your neighborhood pound and look around.

If greyhound racing stopped tomorrow, are the anti-racers going to take care of all these dogs? No they won't.

Don't even go there with me.

Good Grief.

Greydaddy, I agree with you 100%.

TROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obviously, someone who hasn't a clue and someone who has never done any homework of their own. Obviously, someone who believes in all propaganda.