> From my understanding, quite a lot of dogs and horses lead quite
> unfortunate lives (if they live at all) once their sporting careers
> are over, hence the dog and horse rescue places. I personally wouldn't
> rank them at the same level either but there is at least some
> justification.
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knackered
http://tinyurl.com/b83l6
Alabama authorities obtained a search warrant and moved in yesterday.
They discovered the remains of as many as 2,000 dogs. Robert Rhodes,
who owns the property where the dead bodies were found, admitted to
the Mobile Register and to authorities that he has shot and killed
dogs brought to him by greyhound trainers from the Pensacola Greyhound
Park.
...
The greyhound industry breeds tens of thousands of dogs every year,
adding to the pet overpopulation problem merely for profit. While some
of the dogs race for several years, many more aren’t fast enough to
win. While a small percentage of greyhounds are adopted, many more are
killed, sold for research, or sent to overseas tracks where conditions
are far worse than in the United States. In 2000, an estimated 19,000
greyhounds were killed.
http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2008/05/horse-racing.html
Angered by the death of Eight Belles, New York Times columnist William
Rhoden asked, "Why do we refuse to put the brutal game of racing in
the realm of mistreatment of animals?" He asked, "At what point do we
at least raise the question about the efficacy of thousand-pound
horses racing at full throttle on spindly legs?"
...
Great lives, huh?
Faye
