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RE: Live baiting in Greyhound racing
February 20, 2015 at 3:38 am
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(February 18, 2015 at 11:32 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Purebreeding and overworking will do that to an animal. I suppose softer ground would just make the dogs slower, so they don't try something to cushion the impact? Without breeding specific species you wouldn't have gods that are fit for specific purposes, for example only purebred Labradors, Golden Retrievers and Labrador/Golden Retriever crosses are trained as Guide Dogs. Labradors are also the main breed used by police and customs for detection (sniffer dog). Without pure-breeding we simply wouldn't have dogs available for specific work jobs.
A number of sponsors, including Macro Meats Gourmet Game have pulled their sponsorship from greyhound racing. As I mentioned above, it simply is not good enough for the industry to point the finger at the perpetrators, or for that matter at regulators, it is up to them to ensure they keep their industry clean and respectable and they have spectacularly failed at doing so. They are the ones that provided an environment where abuse was possible, they have nobody else to blame. Trainers have made hundreds of thousands of dollars through the use of live baiting, and some have even made millions. They are not worried because they know the harshest possible penalties include life-bans from racing, and from the court if prosecuted a fine and up to 2 years gaol. All who get prosecuted to the full extent of the law will still have profited far more than their losses.
I sincerely hope that the entire industry is forcibly disbanded. All it promotes is the shit we don't need in our country. There are plenty of other things to gamble on without it.
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RE: Live baiting in Greyhound racing
February 20, 2015 at 5:15 am
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
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RE: Live baiting in Greyhound racing
February 20, 2015 at 5:24 am
I think it's a disgusting concept to begin with, even without live bait. The dogs are just entertainment, and once they are no longer useful they are often discarded. There are rescue centres which have to pick up the slack and try and find homes for these unwanted animals. It makes me sick.
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RE: Live baiting in Greyhound racing
February 20, 2015 at 12:31 pm
I keep hearing about medical problems with purebred dogs, because it's more or less inbreeding, and some things we like to breed into dogs are actually bad for them. Though I didn't know they only use specific dog breeds for seeing eye and sniffer dogs. I guess that's why any time they show a sniffer dog on TV, it's always the same breed.
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RE: Live baiting in Greyhound racing
February 20, 2015 at 1:31 pm
(February 20, 2015 at 12:31 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I keep hearing about medical problems with purebred dogs, because it's more or less inbreeding, and some things we like to breed into dogs are actually bad for them. Though I didn't know they only use specific dog breeds for seeing eye and sniffer dogs. I guess that's why any time they show a sniffer dog on TV, it's always the same breed.
Not really. They generally use German Shepherd Dogs for sniffer dogs, but Belgian Malinois, Labs, Pointers, Bloodhounds (Hounds in general), even Weimaraners are used for sniffer dogs. And any breed can be used for seeing eye dogs. Golden Retrievers are used a lot because of their friendly nature around people.
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RE: Live baiting in Greyhound racing
February 20, 2015 at 1:36 pm
Lab are the teddy bears of the big dogs.
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RE: Live baiting in Greyhound racing
February 20, 2015 at 6:10 pm
(February 20, 2015 at 12:31 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I keep hearing about medical problems with purebred dogs, because it's more or less inbreeding, and some things we like to breed into dogs are actually bad for them. Well that can happen of course, but when it does breeders would want to know and would usually stop breeding if their pups were showing genetic problems.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
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