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Greyhounds are the most loving, affectionate of dogs. They are are very long, established, noble breed, originating in Egypt over 4000 years ago. But what happens to those who do not make the grade, suffer healable injuries or retire from racing? Many are placed in rehoming centres, but many, many more disappear without a trace - put to death by unscupulous owners and trainers who cannot be bothered to give them to a rehoming centre or rehome them themselves. Incidently, two of our Greyhounds, we got direct from the racing kennels - one was retired and the other didn't make the grade. The following story and thumbnail pictures at end of this post say it all:
Revealed: the man who killed 10,000 dogs
Daniel Foggo Sunday Times July 16th 2006
THE secret slaughter of at least 10,000 racing greyhounds by one man has been exposed by an undercover investigation. For the past 15 years XXX, a builders’ merchant, has been killing healthy greyhounds no longer considered by their trainers to be fast enough to race. He buries them in a one-acre plot at the back of his home in Seaham, Co Durham. Last week The Sunday Times covertly filmed Smith on two consecutive days receiving greyhounds from trainers before killing them with a bolt gun, dumping them in the plot and covering over the “graves” using a mechanical digger.
He told an undercover reporter it took him three years to fill the field, at which point he simply started all over again. “Within a year the bodies have gone,” said XXX. “It takes me about three years to get across there and by the time I get there I can start back here again and there are only a few bones left.” According to Sunday Times calculations and testimony of two racing insiders, it is conservatively estimated XXX has killed at least 10,000 dogs
So please, please, if you are considering getting a dog please decide on a Greyhound. They will love you forever!
Revealed: the man who killed 10,000 dogs
Daniel Foggo Sunday Times July 16th 2006
THE secret slaughter of at least 10,000 racing greyhounds by one man has been exposed by an undercover investigation. For the past 15 years XXX, a builders’ merchant, has been killing healthy greyhounds no longer considered by their trainers to be fast enough to race. He buries them in a one-acre plot at the back of his home in Seaham, Co Durham. Last week The Sunday Times covertly filmed Smith on two consecutive days receiving greyhounds from trainers before killing them with a bolt gun, dumping them in the plot and covering over the “graves” using a mechanical digger.
He told an undercover reporter it took him three years to fill the field, at which point he simply started all over again. “Within a year the bodies have gone,” said XXX. “It takes me about three years to get across there and by the time I get there I can start back here again and there are only a few bones left.” According to Sunday Times calculations and testimony of two racing insiders, it is conservatively estimated XXX has killed at least 10,000 dogs
So please, please, if you are considering getting a dog please decide on a Greyhound. They will love you forever!
We've had some at the shelter I work at. 
