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What are some pros of dog racing?

I am doing my senior project over dog racing and so far I have found many things for a convincing argument over why not to race dogs. What are good reasons to race dogs? If you could help me out.... Thanks

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1. This is the HORSE racing section, but, seeing as you asked, in my opinion, there are no, not a single one, redeeming aspects of dog racing. The dogs are not treated well, at all, and I fail to see the allure in watching starving dogs chase a mechanical rabbit around a track. Sorry I couldn't be of any help.
2. The only reason I can think of is that they are, like horses, pack animals and love to race, the thought of catching the prey being their main aim. The only beneficiary,of course is the bookmaker, as it's extremely hard to win at the dogs, too many races and not enough information, give me horse racing any day. Greyhound Welfare has never been better so I suppose another good reason is that they are better looked after and protected than before with the Retired Greyhound Trust being well supported, also the attendance of vets at trial and race meetings and almost half a million pounds recently put into track and safety improvement. Grants are also given to trainers to improve their kennel and transport facilities and money is available for welfare research. We have a retired greyhound rehoming charity very close by and the number of people adopting a greyhound as a pet is becoming more and more popular. They require amazingly little exercise and make great companions.
3. WEINERDOGS! WEINERDOGS! WEINERDOGS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpF2tZsj6lM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxrUn7GhiwU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBnXBpcgyEM# They make me smile.
4. A greyhound, on instinct, wants to run and hunt. By racing them, they are allowed to do this. I'm not sure if your familiar, but the greyhounds chase a fake (what the dog believes to be real, rabbit). These dogs do this by nature. Greyhounds by nature are not meant to sit in a humans living room and eat their table scraps. It's akin to a Tiger in a zoo, you take away all of the animals natural instincts. Dog racing keeps those animals in touch with their primal instincts.
5. I have owned and flapped many greyhounds in the past and would take task with those unfeeling people who claim they are not well treated! Like all dogs of whatever breed they evolved from wolves and this particular strain evolved to hunt by sight , chasing and catching small prey - rabbits, hares etc. As long as there is greyhound racing, the breed will thrive and so must be good for the dogs to actually have a good meaningful life and rarely if ever "starving". Equate it to the world today - if we were all vegetarians can you believe that we would still be raising cattle? Greyhounds can be kind and loving animals,but are still animals of instinct. I recall one of my dogs, called "Minty". When finished racing was a family pet. At night he would cuddle up with the cat in front of the fire to go to sleep for the night. One day, out in the garden the cat made a quick move and Minty did the instinctive thing. Upsetting as it was, I couldn't really chastise him for it. Long Live Greyhound Racing !!
6. sure, in the old days, these dogs were treated terribly,, now with so much public awareness these dogs are treated like gold, and when they retire they are placed in an adoption program..
7. There are no good reasons to race dogs- and the way dogs get treated at most tracks is unbelieveably INHUMANE. The dogs are fed a near starvation diet, and they are forced to chase a mechanical rabbit around the track, which incidentally is too long for most of them. Dogs often get injured during races- and the vet care they receive is minimal at best. Also, the great majority of dogs which race generally are put down or wind up in shelters when they can no longer run any more, and are only rarely, if ever adopted into good homes. It's not a pretty picture- and this is one form of "entertainment" which I'd LOVE to see BANNED permanently because it's so CRUEL to the animals involved. There are only a few states that I know of that even have dog tracks any more- New Hampshire is one of these, and I think that Pennsylvania might be as well. Many other states have actually passed laws which ban the practice, and the former tracks in them have closed down. That's a good thing, if you ask me.