By MARY MOEWE
Staff Writer
DAYTONA BEACH _ State investigators found three dead racing greyhounds while investigating cocaine positive drug tests on dogs at the Daytona Beach Kennel Club, officials said.
“It is not known at this time precisely what the dogs died from but one can be certain that it was not natural causes and that the dogs suffered a lonely, painful death,” said Greyhound Protection League President Susan Netboy.
State inspectors went to the Daytona Beach Kennel Club’s facility off of Bellevue Avenue to inform trainer Nelson Ulrich that his state license was being suspended after three dogs tested positive for trace amounts of cocaine, said Joe Friedman, a spokesman with the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering. That’s when the three dead dogs were found.
Urine is collected and tested from dogs after races, Friedman said.
The Daytona Beach Kennel Club operates the dog racing track at 2201 W. International Speedway Blvd. and the kennel on Bellevue Avenue where the dogs are housed when not racing, said Dan Francati, general manager of the pari-mutuel wagering business. Ulrich, who operates under the name Bread Winner Kennel, was one of about ten trainers that contracted with the Daytona Beach Kennel Club.
The bodies of the dead greyhounds have been transferred to the University of Florida for examination to determine the cause of death, Friedman said. The three dead dogs are not the same animals that tested positive for cocaine.
County spokesman Dave Byron said Volusia County Animal Control is investigating how the three Greyhound’s died and if the animals’ death stemmed from abuse or neglect then criminal charges are possible.
Full Version: Probe on into deaths of 3 greyhounds at dog track
Sad, but I take anything Netboys says with a grain of salt.
So did this happen again, or is this just a repackaging of the old story that happened 4-6 months ago? I think those guys have already been charged by the authorities and sanctioned by NGA - but it's been a while. Is this a new story or the old one?
I believe it's the old one.
Is Netboy a vet? Did she do a necropsy? If not, how the heck does she know how the dogs died?