Price Of A Dog Spay Or Neuter

Cats might be just as expensive as their canine counterparts. Homeowners can expect to shell out between $500 and $1,000 a year, with larger prices for therapy of illness or harm or in the event you're a frequent traveler.

Dog is man's best friend. Greyhound is just about the most gentle of dogs. I just cannot fathom how any 'man' thinks it's ok to exploit these gentle, kind dogs in such an inhumane way. It's an appalling industry and should be shut down now. This industry needs to have a huge media blitz on it pet adoption seattle to let all the people know what kind of killing machine they have created by supporting this industry with betting. Greyhounds are beautiful gentle souls and should be treated as such. I know because I have 3 rescue greyhounds. We as a country need to get together to shut this industry down.

yes... and the current Queensland state government discarded legislation the previous state government was going to bring in to have better controls on the dog breeding industry in Queensland. Thank you ABC - please keep up these great media stories presenting the ugly truth behind greyhound racing. Any sport with such a sickening record of animal cruelty for gambling and entertainment has no place in an ethical and civilised society. Just another expoitation that Greyhounds endure as should they fail these subjective 'tests' they are frequently euthanised.

So you rescue greyhounds yet apparently actively advocate against adopting one from the industry funded programs (GAP)? Are they somehow less deserving of adoption? And here is me thinking this was about the dogs: All of the dogs. The program is monitored by the Department of Local Government in NSW. independent welfare audits are conducted by the RSPCA. Members of greyhound racing must send certification to Greyhound Racing if they have euthanised or re-homed their racers so that every dog is accounted for.

Other greys adopted through independent rescues and adoption groups, are permitted to undertake the green collar assessment, but this assessment is funded/supported whatever way you want to look at it, by GRNSW, and the fees charged (and they can be huge) help support greyhound racing. The person who posted this accidentally put my name in the author line. it's pretty clear from the context anyway, but just in case there's any uncertainty, I didn't write this post. I'm also a fortunate owner of a Greyhound, adopted 3 years ago. It's really sad what these dogs have to endure and what the racing industry does to them.

This was prepared very quickly before Melbourne Cup day, but as a University tutor in subjects involving Animal Welfare/Management?Handling, I tried to check the sources as best as possible. In 2008 & 2009, studies reported that at a rate of 2.00 fatalities per 1,000 starts, two Thoroughbred racehorses die (on average) every day in North America. That incidence rate is also higher than it was when a previous study was conducted in 1992, when it was 1.60 fatalities per 1,000 starts. Neither of those rates include training fatalities either. In states that track training fatalities, training accounts for nearly a third of the total fatalities.

No wonder the gambling industry is doing so well when enthusiasts are so bad at maths. Something should be done about your schools. How can industry breeding statistics possibly show how many greyhounds are pts each year. Breeding is the birth of dogs. There are x million babies born each year, I guess you must therefore think that many are pts as well? As you can see, the two figures are unrelated. That said, everyone should adopt a greyhound, and for every 10 adopted, hopefully 1 activist emerges to stamp out this disease for moral and humane reasons.

I just watched a cutdown version of this on ABC Lateline, and was truly shocked and saddened. I think there was a lost opportunity to make a stronger point about the various organisations that facilitate greyhound rescue and adoption. You can tell from this message board that it's an issue that people are very passionate about (50+ responses for a story that doesn't even go to air until tomorrow!). But I'm sure you appreciate that as journalists we have to maintain a certain amount of detachment here. Our job is simply to get the information out there. It's for others to express views about it.