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Old 06-23-2008, 03:00 AM   #13
JonInMiddleGA
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Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Originally Posted by Arles View Post
A subject dear to me (greyhounds) involves a much worse mortality rate (thousands a year), yet no one seems to care about those deaths.

I'm not so sure it isn't so much "no one cares" as it is "no one has figured out how to bring enough pressure to bear to lead to improved conditions".

Realistically, the odds of getting some action in that direction would almost certainly be improved if some of those greyhound deaths took place on national television. Sad but true.
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