Posted on 07/16/2006 4:42:30 AM PDT by beyond the sea
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 David Smith, 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 Smith. “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 Smith has killed at least 10,000 dogs.
The scandal, described as the “canine killing fields” by one campaigner, has shocked the government and greyhound industry, which attracts bets of £2.5 billion a year.
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Uhuh. (sarcasm off)
Hmm, really? And of cattle? How about gangsta boyz' four-legged switchblades?
To try to force equivalency between man and beast is pathetic. The responses to killing men and beasts is disproportionate. Tagline...
They need out-law dog racing. Then they need to hunt down the breeders who are just as ruthless.
I love my dog, Spot. He is a member of my family.
These animals were bred for specific purposes, and were spent. I am sorry you were unable to adopt them all.
We plow filds under, when they don't grow well.
Shameful. I know a few people who have adopted greyhounds. They are fairly large, but have sweet dispositions (unless you are a rabbit) and are suprizingly lazy.
Don't you just love the bigwigs"?
How many dogs do you kill per day?
I wouldn't blame the executioner, he is just a tool. I would blame the "shocked" industry and its patrons.
Why didn't he sell the meat?
Real stupid of you. I am not trying to "force equivalency between man and beast". Not at all.
All many reasonable people want for these relatively young and quite gentle animals is a chance to live their life after their "work".
Your post, if I understand it, as you arrogantly proclaim, is "pathetic".
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Totally agree.
So good old Alistar thinks it's disgraceful. Oh yeah, he's really shocked I'll bet, never had an inkling.
First of all, have you ever seen a greyhound? There isn't much meat there! Second of all, what the hell is a "bolt gun"???
There are more pressing concerns... like, what am I going to have for breakfast?
Yeah what is it?
" I love my dog, Spot. He is a member of my family." --- Congratulations.
"These animals were bred for specific purposes, and were spent." --- "spent"? Wrong.
"I am sorry you were unable to adopt them all." --- Stupid sarcasm.
"We plow filds under, when they don't grow well." --- Another odious and meaningless analogy.
Don't bother replying.
As long as Kennedy has a dog named splash I really don't wanna hear anything the lib's have to say.
That and the fact PETA destroys at least 80% of the animals they take possession of. Then there is the Humane Society who kills animals at a rate which makes this guy look like an amateur.
Yes, and thank you for your comment. We have programs here in Pennsylvania to place these wonderful dogs after they are done racing. They do indeed have very pleasant temperaments.
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