Why is racing greyhounds considered cruel ?

nobody likes dog racing, they're just addicted to gambling and it's a legal option. Young dogs are the fastest so they're not bred to healthy. The owners of the dogs dump most of them on rescues organizations or into shelters as poorly socialized shitty pets, giving the breed a unnecessarily bad reputation.

Greyhound racing is not inherently bad, just like ranching, however it's become warped as time has gone on. Almost all racing Greyhounds are treated horribly.

>>2192680
Greyhounds are one of the oldest dog breeds and they were bred to hunt. Only now are they bred for racing. dogs are an unique animal, unlike the donkey or mule, dogs are seen as companions and protectors. To say that dogs need to earn their keep, especially through racing isn't really true anymore. I'm not against greyhound racing, but most race owners honestly don't give a shit about their Greyhounds.

They are trained to go after rabbits so when and if they're eventually adopted by a family when they no longer make money, they are not cat friendly and kill wild rabbits. They are also treated like shit so they have other issues like food aggression, don't like men, etc. I knew a family who adopted five greyhounds, only two of them weren't fucked up in some way mentally.

Not OP, but then why not make more laws restricting dog racing etiquette instead of banning it? Make more awareness around it, make it so breeders have to treat their dogs a certain way, try to make it healthy?

Not into dog racing, but I am into horse racing. Don't gamble.

>>2194189

Animal welfare laws are often ignored. Look at farms.

>>2194189
>Laws
>Regarding animals
Look at pet stores, puppy mills, slaughter houses, even your neighbor that keeps their dog outside with no shelter. None of it is closely regulated. Cops have better shit to do than go after some mistreated hounds, and your tax dollars have better use than paying the salary of animal cops to do investigations.

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Many racers don't care for the dogs. They're just money making machines. They're kept in small cages,andpoorly socialized. They often die of heat stroke, heart attacks, or other diseases. By age 5 they're given to rescues or killed.

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>>2194187
Won't most dogs kill wild rabbits if they see one, even inadvertently?

I get rabbits in my backyard sometimes, and whenever my pitbull Brutus sees one they pause and lock eyes, and as soon as the rabbit takes off Brutus will bolt after it. I don't think Brutus has much of an endgame beyond "put that in my mouth" but I'm pretty sure the rabbit wouldn't survive.

>>2197742
Most dogs can and do go after wild rabbits. Fortunately for the rabbit they are very hard to catch.