THE MOST LOYAL BREED OF THE MOST LOYAL CREATURE KNOWN TO MAN IS DESTROYED AT THIS RATE ON AVERAGE EVERYDAY IN AUSTRALIA. ANY GREYHOUND THAT REACHED THE AGE OF FOUR IS A RARE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LUCKY CREATURE INDEED. THOSE "PRIVILEGED" ENOUGH TO GET PAST THIS AGE USUALLY REMAIN PENNED UP IN A CAGE NO BIGGER THAN MOST BATHROOMS. SURE, THEY MIGHT GET OUT TWICE A DAY TO EMPTY, BUT THERE THEY REMAIN, PART OF SOME STUPID NEAR SIGHTED PLAN BY SOMEONE WITH BIG IDEAS TO BE SOME BIG SHOT BREEDER OR OWNER OF A CHAMPION GREYHOUND PUP. LITTLE DO THESE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE REALISE, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING A RETURN ON THEIR MONEY BY SPENDING EVERY CENT THEY HAVE ON X LOTTO TICKETS EACH WEEK. THEY IMAGINE THEMSELVES GOING TO THE TRACK WEEK AFTER WEEK, GETTING WINNER AFTER WINNER AND BANKING ONE CHEQUE AFTER ANOTHER. THE TRUTH IS THAT FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT A GREYHOUND OWNER/TRAINER PUTS IN TO BREEDING, REARING, BREAKING IN, FEEDING, TRAINING,  VET BILLS, TRANSPORT AND TRIAL COSTS, THEY ARE WORKING FOR A RETURN OF ABOUT 40 CENTS AN HOUR - AND THAT IS ONLY IF THEY ARE PREPARED TO DO MOST OF THE WORK THEMSELVES. BUT THEY SAY THEY MAKE MONEY FROM BETTING ON THEIR DOGS - LIARS. THE TOTE AND THE BOOKMAKER ARE NOT THERE TO GIVE MONEY AWAY TO ANYONE, AND ANY GREYHOUND OWNER THAT CLAIMS HE (OR SHE) IS IN FRONT FROM GAMBLING ON HIS DOGS (BESIDES ALL THE BUM TIPS THEY PICK UP AT THE TRACK) IS A TOTAL LIAR. NOTHING IS MORE UNRELIABLE THAN THE OUTCOME OF A THIRTY SECOND DOG RACE. IS THIS RETURN WORTH THE DESTRUCTION OF 40,000 GREYHOUNDS IN THIS COUNTRY EVERY YEAR. THINK ABOUT THIS LONG AND HARD NEXT TIME YOU CONSIDER PURCHASING A RACING GREYHOUND OR HAVING A BET ON A GREYHOUND RACE. YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING THE CRUELTY AND CALLOUSNESS OF A SMALL GROUP OF MONEY MINDED PEOPLE WITH PROFIT AS THEIR ONLY GOAL AND WITH SCRUPLES AND MORALS THAT BARELY EXIST.