New Hampshire Ends Live Greyhound Racing; Will Florida Follow Suit?

• Stuck at home sick as anything. Reading your blogs keeping me sane.

• I guess the numbers of "killed or injured" don't take into account the euthanizations? Why is that?

• Michael Mooney must really go back and take an extremely close look into these "dog factories". A Government supporting violence merely breeds more violence and all brutal people start somewhere. The Greyhound Racing Tracks are no different. Senate President , EARL RAY TOMBLIN, WEST VIRGINIA and his Mother (TOMBLIN KENNELS), are cruel, blatant abusers of not only Greyhound life, but lives of our Ecosystem. They , quite bluntly, torture,( and with glee,) animal life, be it wild, in training for the racetracks or in babyhood. ( "slow" puppies) They do it all for their love of money and have no apologies. In fact, it is as if they are "entitled" to environmental destruction. And who is connected to this? MIKE GREEN , WEST VIRGINIA, for one, also a Greyhound Breeder who pretends to just "handle dogs" and made his finances off these shackled hounds. Another is DEAN MINER whose god is not the Bible but cold cash, and anyone in West Virginia associated to them which probably means everyone in that "government". COALITION FOR CLEAN ELECTIONS demands change! Dear God in Heaven: Work your miraculous ways.

• "...before they let this group manipulate facts." Dale Childs, we'd like to ask you about your "group". Just relating to this article alone, I can think of three nasties. In no particular order because they are not at all interesting just somehow, too powerful for the little education, simple genes, and "farm-life" they took advantage of, and probably all in the name of "God". Martin Roper has already proven himself a "clown". Ken Strawbridge was completely oblivious to Greyhounds waiting for years in Fort Lauderdale kennels for homes yet he is breeding more, for his whim and entertainment, along with Michael Green, Politician, of West Virginia, who, amazingly enough, calls himself, a "dog handler". Is he embarassed to tell people what he really does to pork up the Greyhound Racetracks? He is directly associated with gambling. He should say so. Just like you should say you are not a veterinarian and not pretend to be as you have no idea of the physical and emotional pain of dogs in the Greyhound Racing "Industry".

• "Manipulate"....ah, interesting word....This is THE Dale Childs..."supervisor "of Greyhound Racing? I hate to "call you" on this but when you are talking "injuries", are you a certified veterinarian? Is it ok for dogs to bleed, have dislocated toes, and oh golly, let's not even talk of anything "broken"! (how many "OOP" did you ring up? Just wondering.) I heard , via the grapevine, it was not Grey2k at all, who "manipulated"(your word) reports? Nuts. Now who is "wrong" and who got slapped due to that? I really wish you "people" wouldn't be so dead-tone with "injuries" and "killed" Greyhounds, period. It makes you sound pretty "cut and dry" if not down right, cold and merciless. Just a "heads - up" for all the slow learners out there . We are glued to Ironicus Maximus. And as we all know, he has absolutely , nothing to gain when he writes. Do you?

• Grey2K would like people to believe that 1,200 greyhounds have been killed or injured since 2005, but their figures are inflated to say the least. In reality the injury rate is below 1% depending on the tracks. Greyhound racing has gone from New Hampshire because it is more profitable for the tracks to operate without live racing, not because of dog condition. Grey2K is really forcused on stopping gambling, not just racing. People should look long & hard before they let this group manipulate facts to try to achieve their goals.

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