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The AGC responds to a July 20 letter crammed with animal rights misinformation. The letter appeared in the Panama City (FL) News Herald. DEAR EDITOR: Dennis Dyke’s letter of July 20 presented animal rights misinformation as fact. Your readers deserve to know the truth about greyhound racing. More than 90 percent of all registered greyhounds […]
Pro-racing forces have filed an election fraud complaint against the Committee to Protect the Dogs, the Massachusetts front group for Grey2K that led the campaign to ban greyhound racing in Massachusetts, according to July 2 online editions of the Raynham Call and Metrowest Daily News. The group POWAAH, Protection of Working Animals And Handlers, alleges […]
Even though all three New Hampshire greyhound tracks have now discontinued live racing, track and adoption officials expect to place all the affected greyhounds in good adoptive homes, thanks to close cooperation between the tracks and local adoption groups. On June 28, the New Hampshire legislature passed a bill permitting simulcasting without live racing, and […]
Officials of the American Greyhound Council (AGC) today accused Grey2K USA of "intolerable inhumanity" for opposing a delay in implementation of the live racing ban passed by Massachusetts voters in 2008. According to the Brockton (MA) Enterprise News, the Grey2K statement read, "There is no compelling argument for reversing or delaying Question 3." AGC Communications […]
The Massachusetts State Senate voted today against two budget amendments that would have delayed until 2012 implementation of the state’s scheduled ban on live greyhound racing, but observers say there’s still hope for passage. An article by Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger reporter Nancy Reardon in today’s on-line edition explained that some legislators voted against the amendments […]
Race track workers, greyhound owners and supporters rallied in front of the Massachusetts State House today to present a poll showing that 61 percent of voters now favor delaying a ban on dog racing to save track workers" jobs and the revenue the tracks bring in to state coffers. The poll was done in […]
Devoted owners of retired racing greyhounds can now pay tribute to their beloved pets in two areas set aside for that purpose at the Greyhound Hall of Fame in Abilene, KS. Bill Lee, Hall of Fame Chairman, said an interactive kiosk in the museum’s lobby and an outdoor park on the facility’s grounds will provide […]
A leading veterinary expert on greyhound health says that racing greyhounds experience accidental injuries at about the same rate as other working dogs and active family pets, and dismissed contradictory claims by the animal rights group Grey2K USA as “shameless hype.” Dr. Brad Fenwick, Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Tennessee—Knoxville and an […]
The AGC has taken on Grey2K USA in a letter to the editor of the Naples (FL) News. The letter, written by AGC Communications Coordinator Gary Guccione, was submitted in response to an April 4 article about a protest at the Naples-Fort Myers track. Here is the complete text: Dear Editor: The April 4 story […]
The National Greyhound Association (NGA) has offered assistance to Logan County, OH officials investigating the deaths of 14 dogs, including some that may be greyhounds, found skinned and mutilated near a creek in Rush Lake Township. NGA Executive Director Gary Guccione said he advised the county’s humane agent, Joni Dailey, that his organization may be […]