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Article: Greyhound graveyard.
- Article from:
- Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2006
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GREYHOUND killer David Smith today said he was "doing society a favour" by slaughtering healthy dogs dumped by callous trainers.
For the past 15 years, the Seaham builder's merchant has been killing greyhounds no longer considered by their trainers fast enough to race.
According to two racing insiders, Smith works for 40 trainers, and has killed and buried at least 10,000 dogs at his smallholding off Northdene Avenue.
Government minister for animal welfare Ben Bradshaw today promised an investigation into the slaughter and potential health and environmental hazard of such a large scale dumping of dogs' bodies.
Smith, who charges ...