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About Greyhound Network News
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Greyhound Network News is an eight- page newsletter
published out of Phoenix, Arizona since 1992. The newsletter was founded in response
to the killing field discovered in January 1992 in Chandler Heights, Arizona.
More than 140 racing greyhounds had been shot to death and their ears cut
off to prevent identification. Their
bodies were found where they fell, strewn over 300 acres of an abandoned
orchard.
GNN is a 501 (c)(3)
not-for-profit Arizona corporation and operates on an all-volunteer basis. The
newsletter is distributed free of charge to anyone interested in the issue of
greyhound welfare and the future of dog racing in the United States and its
recent spread to Third World countries.
Greyhound Network News is distributed
via first-class mail to individuals and greyhound rescue and advocacy
organizations in all 50 states and to a growing international readership in 20
foreign countries. Please note that the publication and distribution of GNN
depends upon the contributions of its readers to offset publishing and mailing
costs.
GNN is now available online in its original format including photographs.
For the love of
greyhounds, Joan Eidinger, Editor & Publisher
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Tucson, Arizona: The
Arizona Daily Star reported today that eight greyhounds died in early
September, likely of heat exhaustion, while being hauled across the country to Arizona, according to
documents from the Arizona Department of Racing. The haulers, Lonnie and Jamie Boyle, were
recently suspended for 30 days and fined $500 each for failing to properly care
for 27 greyhounds during the move. The
eight greyhounds likely died near El
Paso, documents show.
The couple traveled throughTucson with
the dead dogs, but never stopped at Tucson
Greyhound Park
to look into veterinary care for the surviving dogs, according to the
documents.
Lonnie Boyle told Arizona Department
of Racing investigators he and his wife were driving from Oklahoma
City to a farm outside of Phoenix
in early September, according to reports.
For the most part, he said they stopped to check on the dogs every four
hours, as the state’s administrative code outlines. Boyle claimed a rainstorm kept him from
checking on the dogs during one stretch, but the investigator saw no evidence
of any severe weather. Also, the stated
drive times did not support the Boyles’ story, the report says.
“The evidence does not support that they drove through
severe rainstorms,” the report states.
“However, evidence does show hot weather and high humidity, which is a
factor in the death of the dogs.”
Source: TheArizona Daily Star: Josh Brodesky
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