NSW Bans Greyhound Racing
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<p>I'll put a plug in for the Greyhounds as pets group in NZ: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://greyhoundsaspets.org.nz/'>http://greyhoundsaspets.org.nz/</a></p>
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<p>A great way of avoiding the dogs potentially being put to sleep after they've been retired from their racing careers (or are unsuited for racing for whatever reason). </p>
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<p>I do like that initiative but it takes a while to retrain. I can't see it being a solution for NSW and ACT.</p> -
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<p>Generally they make hopeless pets as they are train to chase and kill pretty much. Our Neighbour had one and it had to be put down eventually. Cleaned up all the Rabbits on the farm but.... and all the domestic cats in the district..... :)</p>
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<p>Interesting - my brother and family have had the opposite experience. I suppose there's a bit of work done in selecting the most suitable for rehoming... in this case the cats remained the boss of the house! :)</p> -
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Greyhounds are meant to be great pets. Obviously, lots of them can't live with cats but if you keep them under control and don't own a cat then there shouldn't be a problem.</p></blockquote>
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They've had decades to clean up their act and as an industry they've colluded, obfuscated and turned a blind eye to issues they've known about for decades. Their hubris is demonstrated perfectly by the interview I was listening to on 666 ABC this morning with the CEO of Richmond Race Club who honestly thought they'd just get rapped over the knuckles in the report. Fuck 'em.<br><br><img src="http://i.imgur.com/KoZB5Rb.png" alt="KoZB5Rb.png"></p></blockquote>
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Any industry will engage in some dodgy shit if it can get away with it. Perhaps the NSW govt should have gone in harder with root and branch reform rather than a blanket ban. I know nothing about greyhound racing, but does the sport itself fit the definition of animal cruelty. -
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<p>Any industry will engage in some dodgy shit if it can get away with it. Perhaps the NSW govt should have gone in harder with root and branch reform rather than a blanket ban. I know nothing about greyhound racing, but does the sport itself fit the definition of animal cruelty.</p>
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<p>The sport itself? Certainly not. Greyhounds were bred to chase small things and run fast. Saying greyhound racing is cruel would be like saying it's cruel to make a border collie herd sheep.</p>
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<p>It was more the way the greyhounds were kept at the track, the fatality numbers and the prevalence of live baiting. <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.greyhoundracinginquiry.justice.nsw.gov.au/'>This is a link to the report.</a></p> -
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.greyhoundracinginquiry.justice.nsw.gov.au/'>http://www.greyhoundracinginquiry.justice.nsw.gov.au/</a></p>
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<p>is the actual report publicly available?</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.greyhoundracinginquiry.justice.nsw.gov.au/Â '>http://www.greyhoundracinginquiry.justice.nsw.gov.au/Â </a></p>
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<p>Greyhounds are meant to be great pets. Obviously, lots of them can't live with cats but if you keep them under control and don't own a cat then there shouldn't be a problem.</p>
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<p>Yes Animal shelters looking for homes for Dogs always seem to have a few , </p>
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<p>I know a girl who does voluntary dog walking at one, she said they are the most level headed calm sensible dogs when around humans , make great pets </p> -
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The sport itself? Certainly not. Greyhounds were bred to chase small things and run fast. Saying greyhound racing is cruel would be like saying it's cruel to make a border collie herd sheep.<br><br>
It was more the way the greyhounds were kept at the track, the fatality numbers and the prevalence of live baiting. <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.greyhoundracinginquiry.justice.nsw.gov.au/">This is a link to the report.</a></p></blockquote>
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I realise that and obviously that has to be fixed. But if the sport itself is sound they why ban it? It's not like it's cockfighting or dog fighting. <br><br>
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<p>Fuck cats.</p>
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<p>Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.</p>
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<p>A dog has no dignity, a cat is a noble creature. Don't denigrate the superior animal just because you want a slave.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Tim" data-cid="595189" data-time="1467974731"><p>Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.<br><br>
A dog has no dignity, a cat is a noble creature. Don't denigrate the superior animal just because you want a slave.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Yep, if you get a good pet dog AND they clean up some cats, win-win.</p>
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<p>My favourite cat used to beat up dogs. Helped that he was the size of one.</p> -
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<p>Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.</p>
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<p>A dog has no dignity, a cat is a noble creature. Don't denigrate the superior animal just because you want a slave.</p>
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<p>cats are as dumb as fuck. that's why they can't be taught to do fuck all - but they are also lazy and weak-willed, which is why they can be domesticated so easily.</p>
<p>how people can try to claim their inability to learn is some sort of 'i'll do what i like' superiority or positive character trait is beyond me - imagine if you adopted that logic with a child.</p> -
<a class="bbc_url" href="https://vimeo.com/173890969">https://vimeo.com/173890969</a><br><br>
This is Lexi our youngest Golden Retreiver being smoked by our cat, Possum. <br><br>
Roles now reversed. Lex now smokes possum..... Then possum licks Lexi's head
