Greyhounds’ fate
' Sir,—Recently I went to the greyhound races at Queen Elizabeth II Park. It was my first experience of greyhound racing, and I was amazed by the enormous speed at which these graceful animals chased the lure. But I wonder how many readers realise what happens to the dogs when they reach the end of their racing career. I was horrified to learn that breeders reactivate the dogs’ instinct to seize and kill on the run to make them eager to catch the lure. In other words, some people breed bloodthirsty and dangerous dogs solely for their own purposes, and then callously do away with them once they have served that purpose. Why is it that humans, who claim to be the most perfect beings on Earth, are shameless enough to raise a breed of animals which exists only for man’s entertainment? I begin to doubt if we really have broken away from barbarism. — Yours, etc.,
EIKE December 1, 1985.
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