[chuckbeans]

Did you hear that they're trying to open a greyhound racing track in the Philippines? Do you know that thousands of dogs suffer and die because of greyhound racing? Please help stop this misery from happening by visiting the following website to send a letter in protest:
Help Save Thousands of Dogs From Miserable Lives and Deaths in the Philippines | PETA Asia-Pacific

[MrAndrew]

They do far worse things than race dogs over in the Philippines.

[DoggieVogue]

Greyhound racing should be banned everywhere, forever!

[Lara's mom]

Is it popular in the States? I'm sure we don't have it in Canada.

[Lunareclipse]

I don't disagree with greyhound racing. I do, however, disagree with how the owners treat their dogs. There are some excellent greyhound owners that race their greyhounds. The owner and the dogs go out and have a good time doing it. The good owners are not in it for profit. And there are some pretty crappy owners that is only in it for the money. Those are the ones that need to be addressed. I don't think lure coursing should be frowned upon because of crappy owners. It is a dog sport, like pulling, carting, agility, rally, ect. Now if we could crack down on betting on greyhound races and awarding any prizes other than ribbons like the other dog sports, I bet that a lot of people would get out of the sport. Horse owners don't treat their race horses as awful as some people treat their racing greyhounds after they have outlived their usefulness.

[Lara's mom]

Actually, I have a friend who trains race horses. They are treated like solid gold!!! Once they are no longer able to race, they retire to make babies. His wife often complains that those horses are treated better than she is and have a much better retirement plan!

As for greyhounds, there is an organization in Canada that takes retired racing dogs from your country and adopts them out to families here.

[animalfarm]

wow I was not aware how much of a problem with greyhound dogs! i am going to look more into this matter and see what other kind of information i can find.