Aug 31
Today at 5pm EST is the deadline for entries for the 14-month calendar “dedicated to the thousands of greyhounds who have been rescued from racetracks nationwide” according to GREY2K USA. Submission Rules: One photo entry per dog Include your greyhound’s…
Aug 27
Animal Person reader stevetshirt wrote to say that my interview is available on Animal Voices. Here’s to shameless self-promotion! Check it out at http://www.animalvoices.ca/shows/mary_martin and thanks to Karol Orzechowski for interviewing me.
Aug 9
When I saw the Live Science article about dogs being as smart as 2-year-old kids I knew that if there were any talk of ranking, my beloved greyhounds would be at the less-desirable end of the list (not from personal…
Jul 29
As you may have heard (here and here are two of Stephanie’s posts on the matter), Rhode Island legislators were going to hold a special session to prevent Twin River from shutting down live racing. But thanks to the many…
Jul 25
Check out the Facebook page for 1001 Journals–Rescue Dogs. This is from Kate Merriman: “I would LOVE your contribution to this traveling journal. Don’t worry if your first response is “but I’m not an artist” (I know some of you…
Doesn’t he look like my boy Charles? Owen County Friends of Animals (KY) is a non-profit organization that fosters and seeks adoptions for the dogs picked up by their local dog warden. Dogs they can not place in foster care…
Jul 20
Brief commentary follows this e-mail I received regarding greyhounds, animal rights and Ireland. ************************ Dear ARAN Members, I remember as a young child throwing stones and sticks at a terrified greyhound that slept in a back shed a few blocks…
Jul 12
Yesterday I promised to write about “Conditional” over at Alec’s Story, and again, if you haven’t read the blog I highly recommend it. The other idea that came out of it (perhaps for tomorrow) as well as my e-mails and…
Jun 30
In March of 2007 I wrote, “in a horribly-depressing vote of 198-138, New Hampshire’s House voted AGAINST a bill that would shut down live racing at its three greyhound race tracks.” E-mails were exchanged between yours truly and NH legislators,…
May 27
We who want humans to stop using sentient nonhumans have few victories to celebrate. But one area that continues to provide them is the fight against the use of greyhounds as a source of entertainment (and gambling revenue) by forcing…
May 18
Nothing like driving three hours for a ten minute appointment. Here’s a reminder of Charles three days post-surgery: And here’s post-surgery Day 13: And here’s Day 14 (today), after removal of the staples: His neurologist said he’s healing well and…
May 8
I’ve been a bit preoccupied with a couple of stranger-than-fiction situations that recently caused me to tweet “Sometimes I wish there were a god so I’d have someone to blame.” But alas . . . One situation was that Charles,…
May 3
This, dear readers, is my new obsession. Though I have never had an issue with gluten, I have decided to lower my intake of it as an experiment, just to see if I feel any kind of difference. I began…
From and article by: Ms T Baker Co-ordinator, www.greytexploitations.com (which has that fabulous Racism=Speciesism=Sexism graphic on its front page) Dougie is the third greyhound in as many months – which we know of – to have been subjected to this…
Apr 11
I received this steadily for a month or two and still find it heartwarming. And for all of you naysayers, it was verified by Snopes. ******* In 2003, police in Warwickshire, England, opened a garden shed and found a whimpering,…
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