National Greyhound Adoption Program Responds to American Greyhound Council’s Release

The American Greyhound Council apparently doesn’t know what an advocate is. A greyhound advocate is a person or group that not only adopts greyhounds; it also speaks out forcefully about many abuses that go on in greyhound racing. What better a perfect time to speak out than the 2005 World Greyhound Racing Federation Conference in Miami. Here is a gathering of track owners from across the world and the likes of Rory Goree of GPA, Cynthia Branigan and Dr. Linda Blythe. They were speakers at this conference. I assume they neglected to talk about
• The abuse in racing and the tens of thousands that die each year across the globe
• The 70 dogs that just died in a kennel fire in West Virginia after the same kennel has 53 die of heat stroke earlier
• The greyhound who’s tail was ripped off when tied to a starting gate at a track in Bridgeport, Connecticut last week
• The hundreds of greyhounds euthanized each year by Dr. Hillman in Pensicola, Florida
• The greyhounds killed every Monday at Grand Bay Animal Hospital just outside of Mobile, Alabama, called Kill-Day
• The 11,000 Irish dogs sold at weekly auction and transported for days in cages too small to turn around in and the balance of 12,000 are just euthanized
• The greyhounds that died in route to Juarez, Mexico
• The greyhounds that died enduring the Florida sun after racing each year
• The 95% of greyhounds euthanized in Australia
• All the countries that have no adoption or caring at all
• The list that goes on and on and on and on….
Those 3 greys in attendance at our demonstration represented the tens of thousands that will die each year because of the hypocrisy of people like Rory Goree, Cynthia Branigan and Dr. Linda Blythe. An advocate does what that small group of people and dogs did in Miami. Rory, Cynthia, and Dr. Blythe have priorities that are turned upside down. They are the people that help keep racing’s truths in the shadows. We will let others judge our actions.