Lou's Gorgeous Greyhounds

Another week goes by and another horrific story of Greyhound abuse and cruelty is presented to the world. This one is especially disgusting. Although every incidence of cruelty, of beatings, of needless destruction and of physical harm gets to me, this particular story really hit a nerve.

On Valentine's Day (Feb 14th) a PREGNANT Greyhound was found on wasteland in Iron Acton, Bristol (just 30 miles away from Swindon's licensed racing stadium). Not only had the poor girl been abandoned whilst heavily pregnant but she had also been MUTILATED. She had no ears because they had been cut off so she could not be identified.

Imagine being pregnant and then enduring the most horrific torture. This beautiful dog had no idea what was going on and why she must suffer such pain. She could have died, her pups along with her, but luckily she was rescued in time. Furthermore, she deliver 6 beautiful Greyhound pups just a few days later. Mum and pups are doing fine.

There are few owners and trainers in that area so this Greyhound had to belong to someone and the RSPCA are looking to track them down. She is quite distinctive in terms of her looks - black with white markings under her chin and a white blaze between her forelegs, as well as two white spots on her throat.

John Atkinson, an RSPCA inspector said:

This is a very distressing incident for all involved and we are investigating every possible avenue. If any member of the public saw people dumping the dog, or knows of a dog answering this description, I would urge them to contact the RSPCA at once.

For more information and the full story, please head to This Is Bristol.

If a "human being" can commit this cruelty on a heavily pregnant and trusting Greyhound, just imagine what he or she could do to other animals. if you know anything, please please please get in touch with the RSPCA.

I've read numerous articles concerning the reatment of greyhounds in recent weeks that have alarmed me, more than ever before in fact. Whilst that may sound like a bad thing it is actually quite the opposite. More is being written about greyhound slaughter, meaning that more people will actually read about it and feel compelled to help fight against it. Take the Stop Greyhound Slaughter cause for example. There are now nearly 8000 members, over 3000 of which have joined since December 2008. Bearing in mind the cause has been active since the end of 2007, this is absolutely fantastic so the more awareness the better!

I actually just wanted to post a leaflet I received a link to about greyhound slaughter in Peterborough. The information given in this leaflet is proven fact. There is no debating its fudamental truth. As such, please spread it far and wide:





If you want to post this to your blog or website, the links to do so can be found here.

I am horrified and sickened by the email I have just received and I'm sure you will be too. I would much rather post cute pictures of greyhounds than the information I received but unfortunately sick individuals keep me busy instead. We have to stop the greyhound slaughter now and lend our voice to those fighting hard to stop such greyhound cruelty being carried out.

Below is the exact information I was sent through via email. I have not reworded it for effect but nor am I pulling any punches. Again, this is yet another reson why we have to stop the greyhound slaughter now!

GREYHOUNDS KILLED AT PETERBOROUGH STADIUM

One dog put to death for playing. Another breaks his neck in race. Volunteers needed for campaign against track

Greyhound Action has received inside information about two recent appalling incidents involving the deaths of greyhounds at Peterborough Stadium.

On Thursday, July 3rd, during a trial race, a young greyhound, called Milo Blackbird, tried to play with the other dogs instead of chasing after the mechanical hare. The greyhound's owner/trainer, John Reid, took him straight to the track vet and had him "put down".

On Saturday, July 12th, in the second race of the evening, a 4½ year old greyhound, called He's A Cheetah, hit the rails on the first bend and broke his neck. He was carried lifeless from the track with blood pouring from his mouth.

After confiming that the information received was true, we issued a press release to the local media, which was taken up by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and featured in their early morning news programme last Friday (July 18th).

During the programme, one of the news reporters interviewed a man who said he had witnessed the horrific death of He's A Cheetah. The gentleman in question said he had been a fairly regular visitor to dog tracks, but had begun to have serious misgivings, after becoming aware of the large number of greyhounds that get put to death, and had now come to the conclusion that the dog racing industry should be done away with. One greyhound trainer he had spoken to described the Peterborough
track as a "death trap".

Demonstrations outside Peterborough Stadium are currently taking place every few weeks (Especially in view of these latest incidents, we would like to
increase the frequency of the demos, but need more local volunteers in order to do so. So, if you live anywhere near Peterborough and would be interested in taking part in protests/leafletting against dog racing there, please contact Greyhound Action at info@greyhoundaction.org.uk or on 01562 700 043.