The March-April 2010 Issue of The Animals Voice Magazine

is now available.

PETA campaigners try to ban Mike Tyson pigeon-racing show

Animal rights campaigners are trying to ban Mike Tyson’s new bird-racing reality TV show. The Animal Planet show, Take on Tyson, has already come under fire from the New York District Attorney’s office over allegations it would feature illegal gambling…

With dog racing in decline, glut of greyhounds fuels effort to find adopted homes for pooches

Seven dog tracks halted racing across the country last year, forcing hundreds of greyhounds into an uncertain future. With fewer tracks available for them to race, the sleek long-limbed dogs are now flooding the adoption market at a difficult time…

Racehorse’s Plight Shines Light on Illegal Slaughter Farms

Freedom’s Flight is a beautiful thoroughbred with an impressive pedigree. His bloodlines can be traced to two of the greatest race horses of all time, Seattle Slew and Secretariat. But, unlike his kinship, Freedom’s Flight’s racing career ended before it had even started…

Gates close on live racing at Raynham

After 26 years of calling greyhound races, Bonaminion could switch into race-calling mode as easily as he could turn on his headset microphone. But after yesterday’s final day of races at the Raynham Park dog track, Bonaminion was out of a job…

Curtain comes down on Wisconsin’s failed dog-racing venture at Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha

Wisconsin’s greyhound racing industry, which was launched 20 years ago with great expectations, has ended with a whimper. The closing of Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha was the last of the state’s five dog tracks — including Fox Valley Greyhound Park in Kaukauna — to call it quits…