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Greenville, SC Greyhound Playgroup NEW TIME! 6pm Saturdays Fairview Church on Devenger and Meadow Wood.
Greenville, SC Petco Cherrydale on 1st Saturday of every month 10:30am-2pm
Simpsonville SC Petco on Harrison Bridge Rd 2nd Saturday of the month 11am-1pm
Augusta GA, Farmers Market every Saturday 8am to 2pm thru Nov
Augusta GA, Augusta Greenjackets Bark In The Park at SRP Park, Sunday Aug 26th
Myrtle Beach SC Beach Bound Hounds Greyhound Owners Vacation Sept 13-16th Sea Mist Resort CANCELLED DUE TO COASTAL EVACUATION FOR HURRICANE FLORENCE!!!
Columbia SC, PetSmart on Ft Jackson Blvd 1-5pm Sept 16th
Greenville SC, Southern Home and Garden Show TD Convention Center Sept 21-23rd
Live in Florida? Vote NO on Amendment 13!
UPDATE! Great news! A judge banned 13 stating it was "Trickeration" on the voters of Florida. It is now going before the Supreme Court so hopefully will be left off the ballot.
Amendment 13 is a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution that would ban Greyhound Racing in the State. Florida voters will be allowed to vote on it in the Fall of 2018. A YES vote bans greyhound racing and a NO vote allows Greyhound Racing to continue. Florida is the state with the most greyhound tracks and has over half the tracks in the US.
A Yes vote means thousands of greyhounds will need to be moved into adoption groups from the tracks in Florida. Thousands of greyhounds in other states, breeding stock and their puppies, will also need to find homes, if they are no longer have tracks to go to. This will put a huge strain on the adoption community. Most greyhound adoption groups do NOT want that to happen.
Why would a greyhound adoption group support greyhound racing?
Greyhound Crossroads has more than 20 years of experience. We work closely with the racing owners and trainers and have been to the tracks and farms to see what actually goes on behind the scenes and it is not what the animal activists want you to believe.
Animal Activists, that don't believe that any dog should have a purpose or a job in life, have spread lies about racing for years. Anything to scam donations out of good, caring people. These organizations actually do nothing at all or very little for greyhounds or adoption, spending their money on their own high salaries, travel and lobbying.
Our volunteers have been to most of the tracks in the country, and many of the greyhound farms. We see the care and love greyhounds get from their owners and trainers. We know greyhounds LOVE nothing more than chasing the lure. They don't care if they win or lose, they don't care if their owner makes money or loses it. Greyhounds love the job they have been bred to do for thousands of years - chase! They only race once every 4 or 5 days for around 30 seconds at a time. Most of our dogs start racing at 1.5 years old and retire at 2 or 3. Most retire with less than an hour total time racing in their entire career, since each race takes about 30 seconds.
Adoption groups across the country have waiting lists of adopters waiting on adult greyhounds to retire. Every racer has a home to go to after their career is over! Greyhounds are not discarded or put down as puppies or after they retire. These adopters don't want to buy expensive greyhound puppies and raise them themselves. They don't want mixed breed rescues. They want athletic, fit, adult greyhounds that are wonderful pets because of the way they are carefully bred, raised and handled during their racing career.
Ending racing, ends the supply of these wonderful dogs for a lot of wonderful families. Ending racing means that backyard breeders and puppy mills will pop up to supply people with a supply of expensive, poorly bred puppies, that won't be fit or athletic. These puppies will not be spayed or neutered like all greyhounds are now, before they are released to the public. This leads to unwanted puppies and more backyard breeding. Poorly raised, poorly muscled, accident prone and unsocialized adolescent greyhounds will dumped on adoption groups at 8 months and one year old with severe behavior problems and injuries due to being raised by people that don't understand greyhounds. The greyhound community has been able to completely avoid these issues, up until now, due to the careful breeding and regulation of the racing industry. We want to continue to get the healthy, well bred, dogs that are bred and raised to be their athletic best.
Racing is a win for adopters and the dogs!
VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION 13
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Greyhound Crossroads Chosen The 2015 Adoption Group of the Year! Greyhound Adoptions and Support in South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina. Read about our award Here.
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