Greyhound

[Kathi]

A Good Samaritan alerted animal control to 12 severely underweight dogs at a home in Fort Worth. When they arrived, they found 28 greyhound mixes shockingly malnourished and neglected by their owner. Unwilling to submit to a search and seizure warrant, the dog’s owner surrendered them to authorities.

Landry, 7-years old, was found emaciated with large mouth warts, leaving him unable to eat full meals before stopping in severe pain. He was 40 pounds underweight, covered in ticks and days away from dying. Vets explained that surgery on the warts would cost over $1,200 and that Landry needed to gain weight quick before his body shut down. It took 30 days before Landry weighed enough to have the surgery.

Now, adopted by a family in New Jersey, Landry lives with a loving family. Healthy and finally at a normal weight, he’s able to thank his new family every day for the gift of rescue

 

[Lisbeth Mønsted Larsen]

I remember this awful case I saw it on Grey2kusa site. The dogs were purebred salukies and ex-racing greyhounds and mixes between the two breeds making them lurchers. It was a horrific case of deliberate starvation on the part of the "owner" There was an outrage about this. One of the surviving lurchers above. The case of Ebro greyhounds was worse. 40 greyhounds lost their lives because their owner forgot to feed and water them this was taking place at the Ebro greyhound park. 33 greyhounds were found dead muzzeled and caged with no access to food or water this was a few months back a nightmarish case. five out of the 38 greyhounds found there survives to this day the rest had an autopsy done on them to establish cause of death which was starvation and dehydration.Another eight dead greyhounds were found under a bridge near the owners home. The horros these poor sighthounds are subjected to is just so heartbreaking. Thanks for sharing this kathi.