ANIMAL WELFARE

Every year, millions of dogs, cats, rabbits, budgerigars 'ornamental' fish, snakes and other animals are bred or captured to supply the pet trade.
Animals bought on a whim are often quickly neglected or dumped. The lucky ones make it to rescue centers, but these are full to bursting, which means healthy animals are put to sleep simply because no rescue space can be found. People breeding their own pets, whether to try to make money, or by accident, just adds to the problem. While healthy animals are being killed in rescue nobody should even think of adding to the population. Spaying and neutering is the responsible thing to do.
Many pedigree animals are now suffering from serious health problems due to selective breeding, that is done to create certain characteristics, such as the squashed faces of breeds such as pug dogs or persian cats.
Many wild animals are also captured for the pet trade, such as birds and reptiles. It is very hard to replicate the natural environment of animals such as reptiles in captivity, so these animals really are best left living as nature intended. Birds have wings for a reason, please leave them to fly free in their natural habitat. Capturing these animals causes them great distress, and many die during transportation.
If you love animals never buy them from pet shops or breeders. These animals are often kept in terrible conditions, and only seen as profit. Once an animals becomes unsaleable it is got rid of, sometimes in the most awful ways. Animals such as hamsters are gassed, or put in plastic bags and slammed against walls or desks.

The cruel pet trade - a peta report

If you think you can give a home to a companion animal PLEASE visit a rescue center.

Itchy and Scratchy are two beautiful staffy/mastiff cross pups, two from a litter or nine, that were sold for £150 from an advert in a paper. The new owners were told that the pups had fleas, and just needed to be sprayed. The pups have in fact got demodect, which can take months to treat, and can be very costly. Not to mention the pain and discomfort the pups are in, until they receive treatment.

 

Here is Spike, Brother of Itchy and Scratchy. Found some weeks after them, at around 16 weeks old, and still having not received any treatment for his painful skin condition. The poor boy was also very underweight.

 

This is Rainbow, 4 months , she was given up by the puppy farmer as she is totally blind. She knows no love and has not been handled, she lived in an empty world with nothing but a meal to look forward to.

 

Agather is 6 years old blind and came into the rescue completely matted around her back side so unable to go to the toilet. She has lived as a breeding machine , no love just a meal. 6 years of that!!!!

 

This poor Staffy was set alight and thrown down a rubbish shoot.

 

Miya was found alone and close to death on a doorstep.

 

Meg has caustic burns.

 

Jack has suffered serious neglect, he is a very sick and weak dog.

 

This poor rabbit's eyes are infected and scarred shut, and her ears have been chewed off. You can also see that her coat is in very poor condition.

 

This poor rabbit came into rescue weighing half his normal body weight and caked in poo. Unable to eat or groom himself.

 

Alice was brought into rescue in a very poor condition, her face covered in tumours.

 

This poor cat had been shot once in the eye, and twice in the stomach with an air rifle.

 

For every one of these poor animals above, there are thousands more. All suffering needlessly, and through no fault of their own. This HAS to stop. And there are many things we can all do, not only in groups but as individuals to help stop this terrible and pointless suffering.

If anyone you know is about to get any pet for the first time, make sure they know what will be involved in caring for the animal, and that they are 100% commited to caring for this animal for its entire life. Encourage them to get their new pet from a rescue centre, and never from a puppy farm, back yard breeder etc. Even though you may feel like rescuing these animals from their suffering, you are infact just giving many more the same awful fate. If we dont buy from these awful places they will have to stop breeding, and making money out of these poor animals.

Rescue centres rely on donations to survive, if you can spare the money, no matter how big or small the donation, it will be gratefully received and make a big difference. You could also donate food, toys, beds, blankets etc. Why not have a collection day at your work or school, and make up a hamper with all the donated items you collect, and take it along to a rescue centre near you.

If you have no spare money, do you have some free time? There are so many jobs you could offer to do at animal rescue centres to help out. Why not offer to be a dog walker a couple of hours a week? That way you help out and get fit. You could also consider fostering animals, rather than an animal having to stay in kennels etc till it finds its forever home, you could give it a short term home, and by doing so you are freeing up space at the rescue centres for other animals. This really can help save lives, as many healthy animals have to be put to sleep just because no space is available in rescues. Some animals just cant cope with staying in rescue till they find their forever home, so by fostering you can save them so much stress and unhappiness.

Whatever you can do to help, even the smallest things really do make such a big difference.

DON'T BUY FROM PUPPY FARMS

The only way to stop this is to stop giving your money to these places. FOR DOGS SAKE, PLEASE ADOPT DON'T BUY!

 

A happy ending...

Just to show that people really can help. Look at some more pics of Spike, one of the dogs featured above. With the time, love and money of people who work in rescues, and people like YOU who donate their time or money to help dogs like Spike. These animals CAN have a second chance, to recover from their ordeals, and live a long, happy, safe and healthy life.

Everyone that works with and for animals in need, really are angels on earth. Just to say thankyou to them never seems enough. But remember, everyone can help in some way, IF they really want to. Do you want to help another animal like Spike?

 

Heres Spike when he first arrived at the rescue...

 

 

In desperate need of medical attention...

 

 

Underweight and in awful pain and discomfort from an untreated skin condition...

 

 

After some treatment, and lots of TLC, his skin started to improve, looking pink and healthy again...

Heres Spike looking very smart, and hopefully feeling a bit less chilly, in a coat i sent to him.

 

Eventually all the care and love this boy received, started to pay off. And he is now well on the way to recovery, and ready to look for a fab forever home <3

 

 

The modern factory farm is a "hell on Earth" for tens of millions of individual cows, pigs, chickens and other animals who are killed for their flesh or forced to produce abnormally huge quantities of milk or eggs every year in the UK. The average British meat-eater is responsible for the death of approximately 11,000 animals in his or her lifetime, yet most people have little to no idea of the pain, suffering and abuse that goes into every piece of meat, every carton of eggs and every bottle of milk. Denied everything that is natural and important to them – fresh air, freedom to roam outside and the ability to develop friendships and complex social bonds – animals on factory farms are treated as if they were food-producing machines, and they're often confined to filthy sheds for their entire lives. Some only get to feel the wind in the face or the sun on their back during the journey to the abattoir. Cows, pigs, chickens, ducks and other animals are genetically modified through selective breeding, fed diets that are abnormally high in protein and sometimes pumped full of antibiotics in order to make them grow faster and generate unnatural amounts of milk and eggs. Cows' udders swell so large that the animals can barely support their weight, often causing lameness. A week before they give birth, pigs are confined to tiny farrowing crates where they remain imprisoned until their piglets are three to four weeks old. They are constantly forced to give birth to huge litters of piglets until they become exhausted and their bodies finally give out. Some egg-laying hens spend their entire lives in battery cages that are as small as an A4 sheet of paper – not even enough room to spread their wings – and are forced to lay egg after egg until they're no longer commercially viable, at which point they are mercilessly sent to slaughter. Their emaciated carcasses are often sold as cheap meat or made into cat and dog food. These animals feel pain and despair just as we do, yet they are treated without an ounce of compassion. . The factory-farming and retail industries have long resisted even minor changes to reduce cruelty to the animals they exploit.
Please read the following to get a clear picture of what happens to get the meat you eat....

PIGS
Pigs are one of the most intelligent animals, more so than dogs, they can even play simple computer games. Yet if we treated dogs half as badly as pigs in this country, there would be public uproar.

Almost all pork, bacon, ham, pepperoni and pork sausage sold in the UK come from factory farm pigs. This is the modern way of farming animals, to get as many animals into the smallest space possible, to reduce costs. A large pig is officially entitled to less than 1 square metre. These pig untis are filthy, barren concrete cells. Bedding is a rarity so many pigs are forced to sleep on dirty wet concrete floors.

Breeding sows are put in metal barred farrowing crates so small that they cannot walk or even turn round. A sow cannot mother her young properly, she is merely a milk machine. Her imprisonment in this cell lasts for one month out of every five, each time she gives birth. And ends when her piglets are taken away and forcibly weaned. She will then be made pregnant again within days. This cycle will continue for atleast four years, until she is exhausted and slaughtered for low grade meat foods.

Piglets should remain with their mother for months, but are removed in under four weeks. Because their digestive systems are immature they develop diarrohea, and so begins a lifetime of them being force fed powerful drugs, some to cure disease, some to prevent it and some to make them grow faster. Painful mutilations are carried out without anaesthetics or painkillers. Tails are amputated and teeth snapped off.

CHICKENS
Broiler chickens are crammed into windowless sheds 30 thousand at a time. They live here for six weeks, the soggy litter underfoot never being cleaned up. Through genetic selection, constant light and an unnatural diet they grow to full size in this short length of time, which is completely unnatural. Bones break under their ballooning weight and diseased hearts struggle to cope under the pressure. Death rates are very high.

Turkeys and other poultry are kept in much the same conditions. Ducks, aquatic birds, never see water to swim, feed, preen or play.

Seventy percent of the UKs eggs come from battery farms. Five birds crammed into a cage no bigger than a microwave oven. They can live for up to two years in this tiny prison, Not even being able to stretch their wings even once. They stand on wire mesh, row upon row, stacked tier upon tier. They peck at eachother due to acute stress and frustration. To limit the damage they often have the end of their beaks sliced off with a red hot blade. The pain this causes can last their whole lives. Disease is rife, particularly brittle bones. Their bones can snap like dried twigs, which they will live with until killed for low grade meat.

Dont be fooled by terms such as 'farm fresh', 'country fresh' and 'fresh from the barn'. These are terms conjured up to disguise the cruelty involved ion egg production. The reality is millions of hens are imprisoned for life in filthy, cramped conditions. Never seeing daylight, breath fresh air or exercise their natural instincts. 'Free range' conjures up images of happy hens free to roam in the open air, the reality is very different. Thousands of hens are still packed into sheds with limited access to the outdoors. Some hens never make it to the outside due to the severe overcrowding they don't find it possible to fight their way through to the exits and open air.

Each year in the UK approximately 30 million day old male chicks are gassed or tossed alive into giant industrial shredders, disposed of because they are unable to lay eggs and are considered too scrawny a type of chicken for meat production.

FISH
Billions of fish are dragged from the sea, suffocating, and often gutted and filleted while still alive. Both fish farm and wild caught fish are polluted with toxins, this can pose a serious threat to human health. Fish is not a healthy alternative to eating other meat. As the worlds oceans are exploited this has a knock on effect to the other sea animals that need fish to survive. Trawling also destroys sea beds.

COWS
Do not be fooled by the idyllic sight of grazing cows in the open countryside. Over 80% of cattle killed for meat are calves of dairy cows taken from their mothers at a day or two old, causing huge grief and stress to both mother and baby. Some are killed immediatley for veal. Others live for a year in a shed, standing in their own excrement. They never get to graze. Beef cattle face brutal mutilation, castration and dehorning, often without anaesthetic and usually without painkillers. All face the terror of barbaric slaughter. First they are stunned by having a steel bolt fired into their forehead, this doesnt always work, causing excrutiating pain. Death comes from having their throats slit.

SHEEP
The most free range farmed animal but one of the most unnaturally controlled. To get 'spring' lambs to market as early as possible, females are manipulated into bearing too many lambs too early in the year. Often three instead of one. The death toll from cold, hunger and disease is enormous with over four million lambs dying every year, thats 20% of the total. Females are artificially inseminated by having the semen injected directly into their womb.

 

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Here are some quotes from slaughterhouse workers by: Gail Eisnitz of the Humane farming Association...

"These hogs get up to the scalding tank, hit the water, and just start screaming and kicking. I'm not sure whether the hogs burn to death before drowning. The water is 140 degrees, not that hot. I don't believe the hogs go into shock, beca...use it takes them a couple of minutes to stop thrashing. I think they die slowly from drowning."

"On the farm where I work," said a worker, "they drag live pigs who can't stand up any more out of the crate. They put a metal snare around her ear or front foot and they drag her the full length of the building. And these animals are just screaming in pain. They're dragging them across the concrete. It's ripping their skin. These metal snares are tearing up their ears...."

"When sows can't stand up anymore and we have to kill 'em to perform C-sections, we wait until within a week of farrowing and we kill her and cut her open, then we drag her outside to the Dumpster. We use a stun gun or we get a hammer and start beating the head. Until they die."

"After a while you become desensitized. And as far as animals go, they're a lower life-form. They're maybe one step above a maggot. When you got a live, conscious hog, you not only kill it, you want to make it hurt. You go in hard, blow the windpipe, make it drown in its own blood. Take out an eyeball, split its nose. A live hog would be running around the pit with me. It would be looking up at me and I would just take my knife and--eerk--take its eye out while it was just sitting there. And this hog would just scream.

"One time, I took my knife--it's sharp enough--and I sliced off the end of a hog's nose, just like a piece of lunch meat. The hog went crazy for a few seconds. Then it just sat there looking kind of stupid. So I took a handful of salt brine and ground it into his nose. Now that hog really went nuts, pushing its nose all over the place. I still had a bunch of salt left on my hand and I stuck the salt right up the hog's ass. The poor hog didn't know whether to shit or go blind.

"Another time, there was a live hog in the pit. It hadn't done anything wrong, wasn't even running around. It was just alive. I took a three foot chunk of pipe and I literally beat that hog to death. I'll bet there couldn't have been a two inch diameter piece of solid bone in his head. Basically, if you want to put it in laymen's terms, I crushed his skull."

"Sometimes a steer would get its head stuck in the restrainer [the conveyance that cattle ride up to the stun operator in]. You couldn't stun it at that point, so you'd end up cutting its head off while the steer was still alive. Or, there've been a lot of cases where the beef almost falls through the restrainer, and it struggles and twists so bad that the restrainer wouldn't move. A lot of times what happens is we just chop the leg off. We do it with a saw."

'The majority of the cows they hang up, the majority of them are still alive. They open them up. Skin them. They're still alive. They're skinned out. Their feet are cut off. They have their eyes wide open and they're crying. They're yelling, and you can see their eyes popping out."

"A steer was running up the alley way and got his leg between the boards and he couldn't get it out. They didn't want to lose any time killing cattle and he was blocking their path, so they just used a blow torch to burn his leg off while he was alive."

 

 

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If you love whales and dolphins please do not go see them in captivity. By paying to go see these animals perform you are contributing to the slaughter of many other animals.
In Taiji Japan alone they slaughter over 20,000 dolphins every year. They herd the dolphins into a cove and trap them there with nets. The 'nicest looking' dolphins are sold to marine parks, the rest are slaughtered, their deaths are neither quick or painless. If you go see these beautiful creatures in captivity, you are paying towards these slaughters.
The ones that survive death and end up in captivity don't really fair much better. They are forced to live in an unnatural environment, made to do tricks for food, kept in cramped conditions, they live alone without stimulation or company. Most of the dolphins become so stressed in this environment that they have stomach ulcers. They are used to make money and nothing more.
We should be working hard to protect these creatures in their natural habitat, not making them our slaves. If you REALLY love these animals help set them free!

If you want to find out more about the capture and slaughter of these creatures, watch The Cove. There is a link on my videos page.

HELP STOP WHALING!

Whaling is cruel, unnecessary and doesn't make sense economically. Whale watching generates more than $15 million a year for coastal communities in Iceland - a humane, sustainable and profitable alternative to whaling.

 

DON'T VISIT ZOOS AND CIRCUSES WHERE ANIMALS PERFORM

Far too many animals are kept in captivity to satisfy human curiosity and entertain the public. Not to mention to make companies vast amounts of money!
In zoos they are often kept in bare and cramped enclosures where they suffer from boredom and confinement.
In circuses they are often subjected to physical and mental cruelty, while being forced to learn tricks.
Zoos are no place for wild animals, instead of keeping them captive to make money from them, we should be working to protect them in their natural environment, and helping to keep their habitat safe.
Circuses are no better, animals should not be made to perform stupid tricks and wear garish costumes, just to entertain the public. The training methods used often come in the form of beatings and being deprived of food. When they are not performing they are usually kept in tiny cages and enclosures. Life in the circus is no life for an animal.

 

HORSE RACING

Horse racing is responsible for the death of thousands of horses every year. Over 400 horses die on british race tracks each year alone. Then there are the horses that are destroyed when they become injured or too old to race, or they just stop making their owners money. Horse racing is about making money, the horses welfare is secondary to that, and there is often no thought for the horses welfare at all.

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The following horses were all raced to death at UK meetings in 2010.... Toomuchinformation 2010-12-21 Kempton AW Broke Down - Destroyed Twist Magic (FR) 2010-12-15 Newbury NH Fell - Fractured Fetlock Destroyed Gilsland (IRE) 2010-12-15 Bangor-On-Dee Collapsed and Died After Race Robo (FR) 2010-12-11 Cheltenham Finished Race Injured - Destroyed Helm (IRE) 2010-12-05 Exeter Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Gala Evening 2010-11-26 Newbury NH Slipped Up - Injured Destroyed Tell Massini (IRE) 2010-11-25 Newbury NH Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Calfraz 2010-11-24 Wetherby Pulled Up Injured - Destroyed Oddshoes (IRE) 2010-11-22 Kempton Park NH Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Private Be 2010-11-21 Aintree Collapsed and Died After Race Mrs Trellis 2010-11-21 Kelso Broke Hind Leg - Destroyed Beefeater (IRE) 2010-11-19 Ascot NH Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Shakespeares Son 2010-11-19 Wolverhampton Broke Leg - Destroyed Spirit Of The Mist (IRE) 2010-11-19 Musselburgh NH Broke Leg - Destroyed Peter Grimes (IRE) 2010-11-18 Market Rasen Broke Hind Leg - Destroyed Newbay Bob 2010-11-18 Wincanton Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Prioryjo 2010-11-12 Newcastle NH Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Ben Chorley 2010-11-11 Taunton Pulled Up Injured - Destroyed Wenger (FR) 2010-11-07 Market Rasen Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Diaco (IRE) 2010-11-07 Market Rasen Broke Leg - Destroyed Ballistic (USA) 2010-10-31 Lingfield AW Broke Down - Destroyed Admiral Rodney 2010-10-29 Wolverhampton Broke Foreleg - Destroyed Shadow Wood (IRE) 2010-10-20 Worcester Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Milldown Magic 2010-10-18 Windsor Broke Fetlock - Destroyed Bowermaster (USA) 2010-10-18 Pontefract Pulled Up Injured - Destroyed Acey (IRE) 2010-10-16 Cheltenham Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Yellow Flag 2010-10-16 Cheltenham Fell - Dead Mad Jack Duncan (IRE) 2010-10-15 Cheltenham Pulled Up Injured - Destroyed Lying Eyes 2010-10-12 Huntingdon Broke Down - Destroyed Pinerock (IRE) 2010-10-12 Huntingdon Broke Down - Destroyed Rois Last Runner 2010-10-08 Carlisle NH Fell on run-in - Injured Destroyed Coolnaharan (IRE) 2010-10-03 Kelso Fell - Broke Hock Destroyed Take The Profit 2010-09-26 Market Rasen Suffered Fatal Injury Anhar (USA) 2010-09-26 Ascot Flat Broke Leg - Destroyed Suruor (IRE) 2010-09-25 Ascot Flat Fractured Leg - Destroyed Whatdoyoucallit (IRE) 2010-09-19 Plumpton Fatal Fall Nowzdetime (IRE) 2010-09-19 Uttoxeter Pulled Up Injured - Destroyed Finoon (IRE) 2010-09-18 Ayr Flat Fatal Injury - Destroyed Zarilan (IRE) 2010-09-16 Pontefract Fatal Injury - Destroyed Glen Shiel (USA) 2010-09-03 Kempton AW Pulled Up Injured - Destroyed High Stand Lad 2010-08-28 Cartmel Pulled Up Injured - Destroyed Mythical Prince 2010-08-27 Ffos Las Finished Race Injured - Destroyed Annibale Caro 2010-08-21 Perth Pelvic Injury - Destroyed Smoothly Does It 2010-08-18 Hereford Fatal Injury - Destroyed Interdiamonds 2010-08-18 Carlisle Flat Broke Hind Leg - Destroyed Thenameescapesme 2010-08-17 Worcester Fell - Broke His Back - Destroyed Racingisdreaming (USA) 2010-08-10 Newton Abbot Fell - Destroyed Beautiful One 2010-08-08 Windsor Broke Hind Leg - Destroyed Bold Exit (IRE) 2010-08-06 Worcester Suffered Heart Attack During Race Reel Missile 2010-08-01 Market Rasen Finished Race Injured - Destroyed Film Score (USA) 2010-07-27 Goodwood Broke Hind Leg - Destroyed Off Gallivanting 2010-07-21 Worcester Pulled Up Injured - Destroyed Mutual Respect (IRE) 2010-07-17 Market Rasen Finished Race Injured - Destroyed Special Envoy (FR) 2010-07-17 Market Rasen Fatal Injury - Destroyed Mr Chamonick (IRE) 2010-07-11 Perth Pulled Up Injured - Destroyed Lighting Larry (IRE) 2010-06-30 Worcester Broke Off Hind Leg - Destroyed Treaty Flyer (IRE) 2010-06-30 Perth Fell - Broke Neck Miserere (IRE) 2010-06-30 Catterick Flat Broke Leg - Destroyed Kashmina 2010-06-29 Stratford Pulled Up Lame - Destroyed Kashubian Quest 2010-06-25 Market Rasen Broke Down - Destroyed Huguenot (IRE) 2010-06-23 Worcester Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed The Real Deal (IRE) 2010-06-23 Worcester Broke Down - Destroyed Volatilis (IRE) 2010-06-22 Newbury Broke Down - Destroyed Final Ovation (IRE) 2010-06-18 Redcar Stalls Incident Broke Leg - Destroyed Kyle (IRE) 2010-06-06 Southwell AW Struck Into Fractured Leg - Destroyed Sullivans Cascade (IRE) 2010-06-03 Newton Abbot Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Sydney Sling (IRE) 2010-06-01 Ffos Las Fatal Injury - Destroyed Boyoboy (IRE) 2010-05-31 Cartmel Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed See Elsie Play 2010-05-31 Goodwood Broke Down - Dead Old Noddy (IRE) 2010-05-25 Hexham Collapsed and Died during race Princess Emma 2010-05-24 Carlisle Flat Broke Down - Destroyed Addock And Egg 2010-05-22 Chester Ran Loose - Suffered Brain Haemorrhage - Destroyed Still At Lunch (IRE) 2010-05-19 Sedgefield Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Gleann An Sagart 2010-05-17 Newton Abbot Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Royal Arms 2010-05-09 Uttoxeter Fatal Injury - Destroyed Captain James Cook 2010-05-08 Lingfield Flat Fatal Injury - Destroyed Trafalgar Man (IRE) 2010-05-06 Wetherby Fatal Injury - Destroyed Lotta Presents (IRE) 2010-05-05 Cheltenham Fell - Injured Destroyed One Cool Knight (IRE) 2010-05-05 Cheltenham Collapsed and Died After Race Mistress To No One 2010-05-05 Huntingdon Fell - Injured Destroyed Turnworth (IRE) 2010-05-04 Exeter Fatal Injury - Destroyed Centigrade (IRE) 2010-05-03 Windsor Collapsed and Died After Race Magistrate (IRE) 2010-04-27 Wincanton Fatal Injury -Destroyed Mid Valley 2010-04-26 Towcester Fell - Fatally Injured Destroyed Future Vision 2010-04-23 Newton Abbot Pulled Up Injured - Destroyed Ballaline (IRE) 2010-04-21 Southwell NH Fatal Injury - Destroyed Dr Hart (IRE) 2010-04-13 Exeter Fatal Fall Karashar (IRE) 2010-04-12 Sedgefield Collapsed and Died After Race Foxy Gale (IRE) 2010-04-11 Market Rasen Broke Leg - Destroyed Across The Sands 2010-04-10 Wolverhampton Collapsed and Died After Race Prudent Honour (IRE) 2010-04-09 Aintree Fell - Broke Neck Plaisir D Estruval (FR) 2010-04-09 Aintree Fell - Broke Neck Schindlers Hunt (IRE) 2010-04-09 Aintree Broke Foreleg - Destroyed Baba O Curragh (FR) 2010-04-09 Aintree Knee Injury - Destroyed Pagan Starprincess 2010-04-08 Aintree Head Injury Keepholdin (IRE) 2010-04-05 Plumpton Fell - Broke Leg Destroyed Will Be Done (IRE) 2010-04-03 Haydock NH Broke Leg - Destroyed Classic Dream (GER) 2010-03-31 Hereford Severed Tendon - Destroyed Law And Order 2010-03-22 Plumpton Broke Fetlock - Destroyed Fairyland (GER) 2010-03-19 Cheltenham Fatal Fall Izita Star 2010-03-19 Cheltenham Spinal Injuries - Destroyed Citizen Vic (IRE) 2010-03-17 Cheltenham Fatal Fall Casey Jones (IRE) 2010-03-16 Cheltenham Brought Down - Destroyed Proud Presence (IRE) 2010-03-15 Plumpton Fell - Broke Leg Destroyed Alam (USA) 2010-03-15 Taunton Collapsed and Died After Race Hope Road 2010-03-12 Sandown NH Fell - Destroyed Coe (IRE) 2010-03-06 Doncaster NH Collapsed and Died After Race Flemmingsbond (IRE) 2010-03-05 Doncaster NH Broke Leg - Destroyed Garryvoe (IRE) 2010-02-28 Fontwell Broke Hind Leg - Destroyed My Turn Now (IRE) 2010-02-28 Fontwell Collapsed and Died After Race Orana Conti (FR) 2010-02-27 Chepstow NH Fell - Injured Destroyed Alright Now M Lad (IRE) 2010-02-20 Haydock NH Collapsed and Died during race Fantasy Ride 2010-02-19 Lingfield AW Broke Leg - Destroyed Witherspoon (IRE) 2010-02-13 Ayr NH Fell - Dead Earlsfield Raider 2010-02-08 Southwell NH Fell - Dead Good Parade (IRE) 2010-02-08 Southwell NH Broke Leg - Destroyed Red Moloney (USA) 2010-02-07 Musselburgh NH Fell - Dead Cardinal Spirit 2010-02-06 Doncaster NH Broke Leg - Destroyed Treasulier (IRE) 2010-02-04 Wincanton Fell - Dead Indy Driver 2010-02-03 Lingfield AW Broke Foreleg - Destroyed Foresight 2010-01-30 Uttoxeter Broke Leg - Destroyed Beatemall 2010-01-27 Musselburgh NH Broke Leg after finish line - Destroyed Cherish Witches 2010-01-26 Sedgefield Pulled Up - Dead Its All About You (IRE) 2010-01-26 Leicester NH Finished Race Injured - Destroyed Too Forward (IRE) 2010-01-23 Wincanton Won Race then Collapsed and Died Shamari (FR) 2010-01-16 Kempton Park NH Collapsed and Died After Race King Rufo (IRE) 2010-01-13 Southwell AW Fell whilst running - dead Moonshine Creek 2010-01-05 Southwell AW Broke Down - Destroyed Hold Em (IRE) 2010-01-01 Cheltenham Brought Down - Broke Knee Destroyed

 

GREYHOUND RACING

Greyhound racing, just like horse racing is about making money. These poor dogs can be quite literally raced to death. At the end of their career the lucky ones end up in rescue, the others are killed or dumped, often with their ears cut off to remove identity tattoos. A night at the dogs is far from a harmless pastime!

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Fionn, a beautiful Greyhound, whos ears were cut off. ( This is an all too common sight, when Greyhounds reach the end of their racing career, it is one way uncaring owners use to get rid of identity tattoos before they dump the animal ) REMEMBER THESE PICTURES NEXT TIME YOU THINK OF SPENDING A NIGHT AT THE DOGS....