Greyhound Racing - Prop 401

Here is a blog I found while surfing.. hardly a non-biased opinion on their part, but it's worth reprinting IMO

Make up your own mind, but for the dog's sake, take a few minutes to research this one before you vote..

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As the election draws near, the good people of South Tucson will have to decide whether to vote YES on proposition 401 or the alternative.

So far the Tucson Citizen, the Arizona Daily Star, and the Tucson Weekly have all endorsed a YES vote.

The dog track has said that they will have to close but I find that hard to believe.

The measures in Prop. 401 are modest and humane and will not break the bank especially when the South Tucson dog park made $4.9 MILLION.

If anything, the solution would be to ADD some new part-time jobs to cook the meat instead of feeding raw diseased meat; to separate the dogs by gender instead of dosing the females with anabolic steroids. Steroids are not healthy for people. Steroids are not healthy for dogs. Lastly, they would have to let the dogs out of their small cages more frequently for more hours. Dogs could be in a covered area or pools.

All these modest humane measures could be solved by hiring more local part-time employees.

Good for the dogs and good for the people. The Tucson Dog Protection, proposition 401, is a win-win.

http://www.endtucsongreyhoundracing.com/blog/2008/10/25/tucson-dog-protection-vote-yes-401/