Thousands of greyhounds discarded every year. Where do they end up? Many end up being bled out in a vet clinics, particularly emergency vet clinics before being killed. They use this blood for dogs that need blood transfusions and they can make considerable money out of the re-sale of this blood. Some vet clinics keep taking the blood until the die, that is they are never given the green dream. Another dirty secret of the racing industry. The other aspect of this is compassionate vet staff can be victims as well. Imagine becoming a a vet nurse because you love animals and you find yourself working at a vet clinic that does this? You are told to do it or you loose your job. You try and help greyhounds when you can, but you cant help all of them. Many vet nurses are powerless and often they can only do so much.That is the reality for many people and it can cause great emotional stress while in that position. This is our philosophy; - Dont take the blood of any animal unless you plan to re-home it/ If you dont have enough blood then set up a donor program. Dont become reliant on an industry that kills and exploits animals. - The vet industry need to speak out on behalf of their employees as they are being made to keep secret this disgusting, unethical activity. If they really care fo rthe well being of their staff and care for animals - dont do it! - The should speak out against a dog killing industry as well. - Ask your vet clinic and your emergency vet clinic where they source their blood. - Most greyhounds are universal blood donors and if you have a young greyhound who is not freaked out by vet clinics, you may wish to offer your dogs blood. They may offer to donate the money they get from this to a greyhound adoption group. Vet Dr Ray Baxter ( Big Brother fame) has offered to do this. supervets.au/about-us/ Dont forget you can lodge a submission to the inquiry into greyhound racing until midnight daylight, eastern standard time tonight. parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/submissions.nsf/Submission?OpenForm&ParentUNID=1BE2DC503F69B773CA257BD400253C77&House=LC (We just found out they didnt put the story about blooding greyhounds on the 7.30 Report. So annoying, bumped it without telling us! Hopefully tomorrow - well let you know!)
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 12:08:10 +0000
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