Greyhound

Applying performance enhancing drugs to competitive racing animals such as racehorses or greyhounds, can be a huge temptation for trainers whether legal or illegal. Trainers have always looked for an advantage against their competitors, therefore they will do whatever it takes to be the best and even win. Handlers, veterinarians, and jockeys are also involved in this scheme. (The Horseracing Industry, 2015) A various number of these drugs is to mask pain from injured horses or to increase the…

ride out Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun abandons his family in order to stay in New Orleans to protect his land and business. As Zeitoun paddles around New Orleans in his canoe, he experiences a widespread of corruption. Through law enforcement, Camp Greyhound, and the FEMA, “Zeitoun” examines corruption in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The law enforcement’s lack of responsibility during Hurricane Katrina, was part of the reason why corruption was an issue. Zeitoun’s opinion about the law…

to study dog breeds’ olfactory discrimination performance. Pugs, German shepherds, and greyhounds were selected for their study. Pugs were selected because they are a brachycephalic toy breed, which makes them a poor candidate due to their rotating olfactory lobe and crowded ethmoturbinate bones. German shepherds were selected because of their popularity in scent detection…

Beginning at the start of human civilization with the Ancient Egyptians, humans started to deliberately breed dogs to help with everyday tasks. The tasks Egyptians used dogs for included hunting and guarding. Thus, traits for strength and swiftness were selected for breeding so they were strong but fast. This allowed them the ability to catch prey and thieves. This act of choosing certain traits to enhance a dog’s ability to perform a set task is known as artificial selection. Charles Darwin…

targeted to attend the peak events of GRNSW campaign. In the mean time, ARO’s agenda is making petition to let the government know that public support the ban. Another event is creating greyhound adoption events in various locations such as school and universities by providing spaces to let people bring greyhounds out to be adopted.…

consists of unleashing greyhounds on Natives, having Native women raped, and harsh punishment. Columbus’ false discoveries include not discovering America, not discovering that the world was round, and claiming land where people had already been living. Columbus’ voyage resulted in slavery in Africa, genocide, and illnesses. America should not continue celebrating Columbus Day because Christopher Columbus was cruel and brutal man. The Spaniard’s most commonly used weapons were greyhounds.…

The issues that animals are put through for entertainment, experimentation, food, clothing, and wildlife is horrifying. Animals are enslaved, beaten, electrocuted, strangled, burned, stabbed, and skinned alive to be used for human use and consumption. For the clothing industry, millions of animals are killed by being electrocuted, strangled, and skinned alive. This issue is very important because clothing should be made out of fabrics rather than animal fur. Millions of mice, rats, rabbits,…

of Racial Equality. Led by civil rights activist James Farmer, the Freedom Riders planned to travel from Washington D.C. to New Orleans, Louisiana. On May 4, 1961, 7 African Americans and 6 Whites began on their journey from Washington D.C. in a Greyhound and Trailway bus.. They encountered little resistance as they passed through Virginia and North Carolina. But they…

Advertising painted the perfect picture album of society in the early nineteen hundreds. Advertisements told a story of what was going on during that particular time period. Women were portrayed as being competent and successful in both the nineteen twenties and fifties. “Evaluation of advertisements from nineteen twenty to nineteen fifty nine encourages that despite the conservative role of women in the twenties, the role of women in the fifties seemed much more feminine.” There were beautiful…

1121 B.C. that is when researchers believe the first Great Danes appeared. Great Danes were originally named Bore Hounds then later on named English Doggys the name Great Dane came around 1700s because someone seen it's looks were similar to the Greyhound. People believe that during the breeding process to get the great dane the Irish Wolfhound…