Greyhound racing - Update

Serkan


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
27/09/2010 12:11

Hi



The first race starts at 20:30pm, admission free, restaurant for food and drink available.

Bookie on site for betting. In future we are planning to have coach service from girne also from other holiday resorts for good night out. Coach service also will be apply for south side of the island.

If you wish to own a greyhound as syncidate,as a company or individual,if you wish to sponsor a race meeting please don't hesitate to contact me for further information. thanks

serkan@mesarya-racing.com

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
27/09/2010 12:45

Are we talking next Saturday night, Serkan? It will be nice to visit Sittingbourne.

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
27/09/2010 13:23

Always wanted to visit this place . Serkan do you have a website ?

charlesworth1


Joined: 21/09/2010
Posts: 2

Message Posted:
27/09/2010 14:35

Hi what is the address and date

Joe Soap


Joined: 17/10/2008
Posts: 170

Message Posted:
28/09/2010 00:16

Update please.

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
28/09/2010 12:29

Please look at any retired greyhound website to see what happens to these beautiful dogs when they can no longer race or refuse to do so.

The plight of these dogs is appalling and the only way to remedy this is to ban grehound racing altogether

smwredd


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 260

Message Posted:
28/09/2010 13:53

Surely we are not advocating greyhound racing on this site. Having had four retired greyhounds in the past few years I know from 1st hand experience the plight of these beautiful creatures once they can no longer race. Examples include being shot, thrown off motorway bridges, abandoned having had their ears cut off (identification purposes) and worse. They are just money making machines.

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
28/09/2010 14:56

Totally with you on this one, smwredd, I don't have greyhounds but I do have sighthounds and I have friends in the UK with retired greyhounds who make the most fabulous pets.

Anyone considering going to this event really ought to Google "retired greyhounds" to see first hand what miseries these lovely dogs endure and they often spend the rest of their lives in kennels....absolutely scandalous !!

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
28/09/2010 21:44

No need for judge or jury here then

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
28/09/2010 21:46

Some men beat their wives, so I suppose we must ban marriage too

smwredd


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 260

Message Posted:
29/09/2010 00:21

A somewhat strange analogy I feel.

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
29/09/2010 02:23

They will want to ban cars next,as they could be dangerous to dogs crossing the road!!



You cannot tar all greyhound owners who race dogs as the same.

smwredd


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 260

Message Posted:
29/09/2010 07:16

As usual people seem to be missing the point. Greyhounds are used to make money for their owners and when they no longer can do that many ( and I don't say all) are discarded in a cruel and unnecessay way either being shot at 3 to 4 years old or abandoned or quite often hanged. Now, if you are condoning this action then you must be very a hardhearted and uncaring lot. Drawing analogies with cars, husbands, etc. is ridiculous. Actually, I fail to see why greyhound racing is being promoted in TRNC when as far as I am aware none takes place here.

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
30/09/2010 18:16

It will be taking place on Saturday night, that's the point. I went two years ago when the stadium first opened. Serkan only had six dogs, two attempts to run a race, dogs were OK but bunny conked out twice. Was a great laugh, guy with a guitar entertained us. He will need his greyhounds for breeding so doubt any will be 'discarded'. Please give him a chance, the stadium is an exact copy of Sittingbourne Greyhound Stadium in Kent (so he says). We'll be there, nice drive out if nothing else.

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
30/09/2010 19:00

A far nicer evening is to be had at the Dog Parade run by KAR on Saturday evening starting at Girne Belediyesi at 7.30.Bring your rescue (and pedigree dogs) to join the parade, support a good cause and have a pleasant evening with like-minded people who really love dogs