> Also, how many kingdom groups are made up solely of retired racing > greyhounds? From our point of view, I believe less than 5% of dogs > participating in our kingdom's coursing activities are retired racing > greyhounds,
In Midrealm, Huntly, the Queen's Pack, is 100% retired (or failed, or otherwise rejected) racers. The Princess' Pack is 100% IG's. The Coursing College takes care of all the others, which make up--at a rough estimate--only about 5 %, at the most, of all the dogs coursing. Again, this is speaking only for Midrealm. In An Tir, my previous Kingdom, your figures are more applicable. > Why do the greyhound adoption groups not let you course an adopted > greyhound? Many of the adoption groups have been heavily influenced by the "animal rights" people, who seem to feel that "making" the dogs run is cruel. Most of the people I have talked to from such groups have never seen lure coursing, nor do they want to. Their fragile predjudices might be damaged by witnessing the actual event that they condemn. I have also heard concerns that retired racers may have undetected injuries that might surface or be exacerbated by coursing. In a recent Celebrating Greyhounds magazine a *vet* wrote an article describing how his Greyhound was injured during a solo romp in the backyard. He ended the article with an impassioned argument that our retired racers were too fragile and precious to allow them such a dangerous activity (remember, we're talking about being turned loose in the owner's back garden, here!), and that retired racers should only be allowed out of the house on a leash...even in a safely fenced yard! Now, to my mind THAT is animal cruelty....to NEVER allow a young, reasonably healthy animal the opportunity to move faster than a jog trot. >And, if that is the case, why are adopted greyhounds being > coursed in the SCA? Because most of us are not such idiots. <G> YIS, THL Samira Umm' al Harith Houndmaster, Huntly Pack ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
