si all of you are happy kittens are being torn ti pieces si greedy men can make money

[wilk1149]

Four corners uncovered live baiting of greyhounds and no one here gives a **bleep**

[2106greencat]

As to the OP - not sure why you decided nobody here cared, but I do understand your use of the word kitten.

A baby rabbit is called a kitten, and most likely more often used than a full grown rabbit.

I shuddered just typng that !

[wilk1149]

Well my first thread went completely unnoticed and the all I could see was more whinging about Labor this LNP that and as this animal cruelty made me extremely angry

[wilk1149]

I noticed the wife of the Victorian guy at Tooradin was very vocal with the ABC reporter. Maybe I'm sexist but I am far more sickened by a woman involved with cruelty. I'm just guessing that she is a mother. All these men will be purported to be family men. If any if my family were doing this I'd soon be in jail for murder.

[***super_nova***]

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@wilk1149 wrote:
I'm just guessing that she is a mother. All these men will be purported to be family men.

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Yes, i one the shots there was a man with about 10years old child watching the rabbit being torn to shreds.

[***super_nova***]

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@2106greencat wrote:

I also feel for the dog's, they will no longer be able to retire as a pet, blooding can and does make a dog vicious, even when usually mild tempered.

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No it does NOT make the dog vicious; most are blooded.  Sadly that is the often repeated fallacy, which stops many people from adopting a greyhound. Yet these dogs are brought from the racing kennels to domestic situation and are usually clean without ever being in house before, and have no aggression.   I know couple of people who foster greyhounds for GAP.  These dogs seem to have enough intelligence to understand what is required of them and are so keen to please.  The one thing that greyhound is very unlikely to be is a good watch dog. 

[***super_nova***]

Last night 7.30 report.  The greyhound segment starts about 9 minutes from the start.

http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/7-30/NC1505H013S00

I do not hold much hope for "cleaning" up the industry, or for the future whistle blowers, and not just in this issue.

[wilk1149]

In 1992 I blew the whistle on what was going on at my workplace and less than a year later they sacked me. Would do it again. These guys are lucky I didn't work for them, no way would I do what they were doing just because it's my job.

[the_great_she_elephant]

Does your son race his greyhounds, Tazz, or are they just family pets? (Not insinuating anything, just curious)

[bright.ton42]

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@2106greencat wrote:

I also feel for the dog's, they will no longer be able to retire as a pet, blooding can and does make a dog vicious, even when usually mild tempered.

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No it does NOT make the dog vicious; most are blooded.  Sadly that is the often repeated fallacy, which stops many people from adopting a greyhound. Yet these dogs are brought from the racing kennels to domestic situation and are usually clean without ever being in house before, and have no aggression.   I know couple of people who foster greyhounds for GAP.  These dogs seem to have enough intelligence to understand what is required of them and are so keen to please.  The one thing that greyhound is very unlikely to be is a good watch dog. 

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Good to hear that as  I'd hate for GAP to be penalised for this, they have a hard enough time as it is getting ppl to unerstand the gentle nature of the dogs they have.       They make a wonderful pet as contrary to opinion don't need much exercise, probably had enough when they were working.  In Victoria at least they are no longer required to be muzzled btw.

[go-tazz]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Does your son race his greyhounds, Tazz, or are they just family pets? (Not insinuating anything, just curious)

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He has one that races at present and it's litter mate hasn't raced yet,(it had water diabetes and he's nursed it

through it but doesn't know whether it will ever race).

He's had five as that's what the council said he could have,(they then did a backflip because of the lying

neighbour and had to reduce it to these two).

I'm a part owner of those two dogs and know how he treats them,(he's argued with the GRV as he's forced to

have the two racing ones in cages but the retired one "lives" with them).

He has made those "cages" very comfortable and they do get treats,(I tend to let him keep a percentage for

those treats as well),

IMO he's the type of owner/trainer the industry needs,(he get's quite a few "kudos" for how he goes about

his racing and is always there to help others),