Greyhound Racing

No more chances

Greyhound racing is where there are a number of dogs and those dogs race around a track, people usually bet on who the winning dog will be, that dogs ‘owner’ will make a lot of money. It is heavily subsidised by taxpayers.

There has been a lot of cruelty in the industry over the years.  The dogs spend most of their time confined in a small cage or kennel. Of the 20,000 greyhound pups that are bred by the industry, Animals Australia estimates that 18,000 healthy dogs are killed in the greyhound industry each year. 8,000 puppy’s killed before ever racing, and 10,000 dogs killed because they aren’t fast enough to win a race. The dogs are often underfed and their confinement, training, racing existence causes health problems with around 5 dogs killed in official races each week. The dogs natural life expectancy is about 14 years, but few in the industry make it past 6 years, even those retired into breeding programs.

Live baiting is a practice that I remember being disgusted in when I was very young, while all trainers may not have used live baiting; it has been routine practice in the industry for many years. Live baiting is illegal and live animals should not have been used in training greyhounds. Live baiting involves kittens, piglets, possums, and rabbits. The Four Corners story is available online, but viewer discretion is advised. The 7:30 program has also exposed doping within the industry.

I think the Greyhound racing industry has had its chance; it’s had many an opportunity to clean up its practices, and has failed. It is time the industry was outlawed. It is time to end this barbaric practice as we have shown we cannot keep it going without resorting to the vilest of cruelty. No amount of reform will ever be enough to wipe the slate clean.

What can you do to help?

• Don’t go to greyhound races, and don’t bet on greyhound races.

• Stay informed, visit these organisations; Animals Australia, Greyhound Cruelty, RSPCA, PETA,

• Share the above sites on social media.

• Donate to any of the above organisations if you can afford it.

• Watch the programs on Four corners and 7:30.

• Sign the petitions here and take action here.

• Adopt a greyhound. 

 

Barnaby Joyce war on terriors and decency

Who let the dogs in?

Johnny Depp is currently in Australia filming the latest Pirates of the Caribbean move. It was discovered that he had brought his two little Yorkshire terriers, Pistol and Boo, in on his private plane, without proper authorisation. 

Barnaby Joyce National party minister, agriculture minister and popularly referred to as an all round asshat, commented to Australia’s media that;

“It’s time that Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States,”

and

“Now Mr Depp has to either take his dogs back to California or we’re going to have to euthanise them. He’s got about 50 hours left to remove the dogs.”

You might remember Barnaby Joyce from his bizarre behavior when PETA exposed cruelty in the Australian wool industry. 

He also attended another gay hate rally where he said he was opposed to marriage equality because;

“We know that the best protection for those girls (his daughters) is that they get themselves into a secure relationship with a loving husband and I want that to happen for them."

and 

"I don’t want any legislator to take that right away from me.”

No one is sure how giving equal rights to Australians would possibly prevent his daughters from marrying men. Ignoring the apparent misogyny of his comment, my best guess is that he has such a low opinion of women that he believes the majority of men will "jump ship" and stop pretending to be straight as soon as equality comes to Australia, leaving his daughters with few men to marry.  
If you have a better explanation please comment below.

 Barnaby Joyce outrageious attack on Australia tourism and its film industry has met with eye rolling and disgust within the sensible Australian community. People understand that Australia needs to keep animal diseases out, but we even today, expect our ministers to measure their words and not threaten to kill peoples pets. A few friends have suggested that Mr Joyce may be jealous of Johnny  Depp's looks as Barnaby oddly mentioned how attractive Depp was in his statement. 
Its strange behavior and bizarre behavior seems to be way to common with out politicians at the moment.

Clive Palmer billionaire and politician said;


"His actions could potentially put the movie project in jeopardy and damage our relationship with the US, costing thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in exports." 

 kyle Sandilands an Australian radio and TV personality said to Barnaby in an interview; 

 "You sound like an absolute clown telling the guy to bugger off to Hollywood or we'll kill his dogs," 

 and

 "You're a government minister, not some idiot off the street mouthing off to a news camera. Have some decency."

  

and    

“You’re an absolute joke, Barnaby ... I'm going off because you sound like an insensitive wanker. That's what you sound like, Barnaby. You're a joke, you're a disgrace and you should retract your statement and reword it properly,"

 I could not find a comment on Barnaby Joyce's continued inappropriate behavior by our Prime Minister and possible Reptilian Tony Abbot. 

While incredibly Barnaby Joyce still holds his position as agriculture minister, the story does have a happy ending as the two little dogs managed to flee his clutches and are safe from his nefarious attentions.