This is cool.
You can go to Doug Petch’s site and just leave a comment on this post, and he will donate 50 cents to a randomly chosen greyhound rescue group. All it takes is one comment and you can help beautiful, loving dogs escape the life of pure hell and misery to which they are accustomed on the track.
Greyhounds love to run, but if they don’t win, they get killed. Often brutally. They aren’t considered dogs in some states so they can be treated as disposable livestock. It’s a disgusting business and no one who has ever spent time around a friendly, gentle, affectionate grey (as they all are) will ever understand how people can mistreat them, but they do.
It is true that greyhounds are literally running for their lives. Considering that she lost her first two races, it is very surprising that our dog Phoebe wasn’t killed.
So go on. Leave a comment on Doug’s blog. Some greyhound out there losing his last race will thank you for it.
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James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
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