This is Winnie, on the track known as Bendy Heaven. Ten days ago she had a training accident and suffered major cuts, bruises and today I found out she has a small fracture in the knee joint. Prognosis? She'll live. Will she race again? Problematic.
So with Vet bills rapidly approaching a thousand bucks according to you crusading nut jobs I should have either:
cut her ears off and dumped her;
left her at the pound;
shot her;
or sent her to Asia for food.
Wrong on all counts.
This little girl will stay with us regardless of whether she races again. Why? Because we love her and she will always have a home here. Winnie isn't a commodity; she's a beautiful greyhound who loved the chase. We might get her racing again, we might not. It doesn't matter. As long as she recovers.
So you see you anti zealots, we are not all money hungry bastards exploiting our animals until they drop. We are probably more like you than you realise. We love our animals. We give them the best. We care for them as much as pets as chasers.
End of vent.