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VICTORY FOR THE GREYHOUNDS!!!
Friends:
The GREY2K USA team has been working very hard in many states over the past few weeks. It is our dream to grow our campaigns so we can fight for every greyhound, in every remaining racing state. Please send a donation today to help us reach this goal!
We would like to offer our special thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers who have played such a big role in the good news coming from Massachusetts, Florida, New Hampshire and Rhode Island this Spring.
- Last week, thousands of volunteers across Massachusetts joined together to prevent the passage of a dangerous measure that would have undermined the Greyhound Protection Act. If Senate Budget Amendment 155 had passed, dog racing would have been allowed to continue until 2012! Click here to read a news story on Thursday's victory for the greyhounds. Thanks to e-mails, phone calls and letters sent by constituents in every county, legislators voted 29-8 to protect the greyhounds and preserve November's 56-44% vote.
- In Florida, volunteers also responded to our call to action and helped defeat dangerous proposals that would have green lighted slot machines and other gambling devices at dog tracks, while still maintaining the tracks' legal obligation to run 100 days of live dog racing each year. Additionally, language passed to specifically include racing greyhounds in the state's anti-cruelty law! See the video of our Tallahassee press conference.
- New Hampshire's House of Representatives passed a budget amendment requiring dog tracks to start paying the costs of their own regulation. The tracks must either compensate the state one half million dollars a year, or suspend all live racing activities. The measure is now under consideration in the State Senate. Thanks to everyone in the Granite State who has been circulating our greyhound petition, meeting with lawmakers and helping draw attention to the fiscal waste of dog racing.
Meanwhile, House Bill 630, which will make dog racing illegal, now continues its way through the legislative process. Click here to see our campaign video and web site. - Twin River, Rhode Island's only dog track, announced that it will no longer race dogs at the facility after this summer. The same owners have already ended live racing in the state of Colorado!
Clearly, the trend in greyhound racing is with the dogs. It is up to all of us to keep working until the cruelty of dog racing ends nationwide.
Please support these efforts with a generous contribution today. GREY2K USA is struggling to grow and we need your help now.
For the greyhounds,
Christine A. Dorchak, Esq.
President
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