Address:

 

 

The Chairman

Coventry Rugby Football Club

Barkers Butts Lane

Coventry

CV6 1DU

F.T.A.O. Mr. K. Fairbrother

                                                                                                Date:

 

 

Dear Mr. Fairbrother,

 

Re: Proposed Greyhound Racing Tack at the Butts, Coventry.

 

I wish to make the strongest protest against the proposed plans for a new Greyhound Racing Track at the Butts, Coventry.

 

The racing industry cannot cope adequately now for ex-racing greyhounds, without Coventry adding to the already dire situation for these dogs. The ramifications of the expected fate of racing dogs who do not make the grade, the injured, and those who no longer make a profit, are well documented, as the obscene holocaust of suffering and abuse routinely continues to make news headlines.

 

Your promise that "there would be no cruelty at the greyhound racing track", and that "it would not lead to any cruelty", has no substance, as you personally cannot control what happens to these dogs when they are of no further use to the racing industry. Neither can you personally influence an industry that doesn't even have an independent authority to address questions, complaints, and criticism.

 

I would suggest that you discuss the plight of ex-racing greyhounds, with voluntary run animal sanctuaries throughout this country, and the R.S.P.C.A, who have all the evidence that you need to be aware of the thousands of dogs that are either simply discarded, or disposed of.

 

Furthermore, it must also be remembered that this area will become the focus of regular animal rights campaigns, and national protests, as the cruelties and abuse involved within the racing industry are now a highly charged moral issue. Therefore, a new racing track will clearly cause great anger.

 

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signed………………………………..

 

 

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