[color:"orange"]As long as there are still places and people who think torturing animals is acceptable, this kind of abuse will continue.

Banning races won't help.[/color]

Umm... The whole point of the petition to ban greyhound races is to get rid of one of those places where people think torturing animals is acceptable.

Unless you think the greyhound race industry is free from any involvement in animal cruelty and has no knowledge of such, and that all the retired dogs (not killed in 'isolated incidents') really are placed as pets in loving homes, then the industry as a whole is fair game.


[color:"orange"]That will just lead to a mass slaughter of greyhounds.[/color]

So don't try to stop the races or the dogs could be killed now, rather than at the end of the season?

Any race ban or large scale law enforcement involvement would take time to implement, and they would track as many dogs as possible when gathering evidence. An announcement at the start of the action that they have public and subpoenaed/seized records of dogs and would hold all owners, breeders, etc responsible for any dogs they can not account for should prevent people from trying to cut their losses or hide evidence.


[color:"orange"]Proper jail sentences for animal abuse is the only answer.[/color]

Since current laws are not being enforced very effectively, that means few resources are being devoted to this and/or animal cruelty is not a very high priority. Short of hiring a lobbyist or buying a congressman, public opinion / awareness would be the easiest way to change this, which is what the petition is trying to do.