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Animals News tagged with racing

One Step Closer to Ending Greyhound Racing in Rhode Island
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, racing, Rhode Island, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, suffering, environment, protection )

Cher
- 34 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
A financially troubled slot parlor seeking bankruptcy protection will pay $5 million as it attempts to end the last greyhound races in Rhode Island because the sport is costing the track money, attorneys said Friday.
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Running for Their Lives:End Greyhound Racing in Florida
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, greyhounds, racing, Florida, environment, AnimalCruelty, pets, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 46 days ago - all-creatures.org
Renowned for their speed and sleek looks, greyhounds have fallen prey to the widely unregulated racing industry. Fortunately, it appears to be a dying business thanks to increased public awareness about the inherent cruelty of the sport.
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Greyhound Racing Updates: Massachusetts, Iowa, and Beyond
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, greyhounds, racing, environment, protection, pets, dogs, suffering )

Cher
- 63 days ago - animalrights.change.org
In the last week or so, greyhounds were raced for what should be the last time in Massachusetts. As you may recall, voters in that state supported an end to dog racing last November, and animal advocates -- Grey2K in particular -- had been awaiting the
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Last Day of Racing at Wonderland ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, greyhounds, racing, environment, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 68 days ago - all-creatures.org
This is the moment we have all been waiting and working for: the last day of dog racing at Wonderland Greyhound Park is today!
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Fighting for Irish Greyhounds - Could It Help the Fight for the Galgos? TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, greyhounds, racing, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 73 days ago - galgonews.com
Good news has been coming out of the UK and Ireland recently with regard to efforts to abolish greyhound racing. I am watching with interest because I pray that one day their efforts will overflow to help everyone fighting for a Spanish law to protect
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Horse Racing - If It Ain't Fixable . . .
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, horses, environment, racing, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 74 days ago - animalrights.about.com
An article from the San Diego News Network highlights some of the ways in which horses suffer in horse racing. Risky medications, irresponsible breeding, questionable training methods, euthanasia, injuries and horse slaughter are all discussed, and it's
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Save Dogs From Miserable Lives and Deaths in the Philippines ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, greyhounds, racing, Phillipines, environment, AnimalCruelty, suffering, protection, pets, dogs )

Cher
- 77 days ago - secure.peta.org
The Philippine Senate is considering a bill that would bring greyhound racing to the country. If approved, this bill will doom thousands of greyhounds to miserable lives and deaths! The greyhound racing track is said to aim to attract Chinese and
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Breaking News From the Philippines - GREYT for Greyhounds & Galgos!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, racing, dogs, greyhounds, galgos, protection, suffering, pets )

Cher
- 80 days ago - galgonews.com
The House of Representatives has agreed to hold in abeyance its approval of a second franchise for greyhound dog racing after animal protection groups prevailed upon the Senate to defer action on the first franchise.
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Stop Greyhound Racing in the Philippines, South Africa & St Kitts ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, greyhounds, racing, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets, suffering )

Cher
- 80 days ago - galgonews.com
We have just learned that efforts to open dog tracks in the South Pacific and in the Caribbean are underway.
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More Than 1,200 Horses Killed at Racetracks in 2008
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, horses, racing, killed, environment, habitat, suffering, death )

Cher
- 81 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
The rush to improve safety since Eight Belles was euthanized at last year's Kentucky Derby did little to curb the number of horses dying at American racetracks in 2008, The Associated Press found in a national count.
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Secure Greyhound Welfare ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, greyhounds, racing, AnimalWelfare, environment, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 86 days ago - e-activist.com
Similar to horse racing, greyhounds are raced around a track to determine the fastest dog. In an ideal world, nothing would be wrong with greyhound racing, but behind the scenes in this billion-pound industry, it is far from ideal.
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"Unruly, Rogue" Horses and Whips at the Racetrack
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, horses, racing, whips, environment, protection )

Cher
- 100 days ago - animalrights.change.org
There's much talk of when and why which whips are "better." But of course, no one ever stops to point out that, hey, maybe if we have to force and even hit the horses at all, we're doing something to them we shouldn't be doing in the first place.
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Greyhound Racing in the Philippines - Join the Debate
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, greyhounds, racing, Philippines, environment, habitat, protection, pets )

Cher
- 100 days ago - galgonews.com
With reference to my call for everyone to protest about proposed greyhound racing in the Philippines, I have today received a curt message from Professor Elizabeth Synam.
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ACTION ALERT: STOP GREYHOUND RACING IN THE PHILLIPINES NOW!
Animals  (tags: greyhounds, tortured, abused, experiments, racing, phillipines, authorities, animal welfare )

Simone
- 101 days ago - galgonews.com
STOP greyhound racing in the Phillipines NOW!!- please take action today- the greyhounds desperately need YOUR voice!!! Greyhound Crusaders/SWAP team UK are EXTREMELY concerned about the Phillipines introducing greyhound racing to their country. We
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STOP GREYHOUND RACING IN PHILLIPINES ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, greyhounds, Philippines, AnimalWelfare, racing, AnimalCruelty, environment, suffering )

Cher
- 104 days ago - helpinganimalsworldwide.blogspot.com
STOP greyhound racing in the Phillipines NOW!!- please take action today- the greyhounds desperately need YOUR voice!!! Greyhound Crusaders/SWAP team UK are EXTREMELY concerned about the Phillipines introducing greyhound racing to their country.
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