400 in 2 weeks. You can see that there is a problem when that many dogs are going to a rescue in a 2 week time. I know that not every 2 week period of time that passes another 400 greyhounds are put into rescue groups, but for that to even happen once is disgusting.
Every year, when seasonal tracks close there is a great influx of hounds into adoption. Likewise when the NGA auction is held. Non-winning dogs are moved off the track and into waiting adoption groups. Groups plan for these time times and work with the racing industry to matriculate these dogs through the adoption process.

Very few dogs that adopted out are true rescues. These are hounds that have been release by their racing owner into adoption programs. Those owners could keep the dogs or put them down - but they don't. Some owners do place their own dogs - but a vast majority recognize that greyhound adoption groups are GOOD at what we do - so they give the dogs to us to place. Adoption groups also rely on the support of racing owners and kennel owners for donations to keep the doors open.

As for the claim of "rescuing" 400 hounds in two weeks. I don't know ANY group that could responsibly process this many dogs. Where is their kennel facility? Do they have 400 foster homes? Who pays the vet bills???? I'm not saying its not true - just that I'm not familiar with this group or what work they've done in the past. I do know that when the hurricanes went through FL this year and many racing kennels were damaged, adoption groups across the country stepped up to take in dogs. Sure groups weren't expecting this - but neither were the tracks or kennel owners. We all worked together to get the job done.

Sure there are some jerkies in the industry...there are some jerkies in adoption too! I have seen HORRIBLE cases of abuse - not from tracks though....by people who have adopted the greyhounds. I have a 14 year old that is a perfect example of adoptive owner abuse (and a 6 year old and a 13 year old). So just keep in perspective that there is good and bad in every industry. Racing, adoption and adopters (and there are bad cops, bad teachers, bad doctors.........) We don't get rid of doctors because there are cases of malpractice.

30 years ago we didn't recycle pepsi cans. Now we do. 30 years ago virtually all racers were euthanized. Now, less than 2000 per year are. Is that still too many? Absolutely. Do people in the industry agree with that? Absolutely. But the difference now, is that you have racing working with adoption to reach 100% adoption - and that includes more responsible breeding so there are fewer pups born every year.