From blog published Aug 2017
Common Sense...........Published August 2017
We often hear people
ask "Whatever happened to common sense?".
Thinking about common
sense in the greyhound world one may ask - Why don’t “humane advocate
protectors” and those who care about racing greyhounds get along? What happened
to common sense?
In order to have
common sense people must have something in common. While one might say
greyhounds are what is in common, I disagree. “Humane advocate protectors” use
greyhounds to lay the ground work for their true objectives - a world free of
gambling, a world that is 100% vegan, a world where animals have the same legal
rights as humans and perhaps most disturbing, a world free of any animals as
pets.
Many “humane advocate
protectors” have an effortless way to earn a living. You do realize your
donations pay the salaries of “humane advocate protectors”, don't you? How
easy it is to use a greyhound to tug at the publics financial heartstrings so
that they keep hitting that donate button allowing the “humane advocate
protectors” to lobby and wine and dine whoever they need to in order to push
their agenda and depriving greyhound adoption programs - the true individuals
who help ex-racing greyhound find homes - of much needed financial support
which truly is 100% for the greyhounds.
To deny or reject what
a greyhound is and their history is not something one does if they truly love
the breed.
Can the “humane
advocate protectors” have common sense if they cannot love the greyhounds for
what they are as well as what they have been? How can they claim to know what
is best for greyhounds if they do not have hands on experience with all aspects
of greyhounds?
As with a good
marriage or a good relationship, success comes from mutual love, mutual
understanding and a mutual willingness for give and take in order to make
things better for a common goal. That's simply common sense. But if one side
looks only to destroy what exists or demand the other side to all things
"their way", what sense does that make?
Perhaps if the “humane
advocate protectors” made the effort to understand and love the greyhound, we
would all have something in common.
