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Greyhounds on the move after dog racing ends

Greyhounds on the move after dog racing ends

Saturday night will be the last day Tucson Greyhound Park will host its final live dog race. The Greyhound Park has been in existence for 72 years. Placement of 400 dogs has been taking place since greyhound racing was banned in Arizona. Tucson Greyhound Park has over 440 dogs in January and after the governor in Arizona cancelled dog racing earlier last month there was increase in determination to transfer the dogs. With the help of Mary Freeman who is a founding member of Southern Arizona Greyhound Adoption the dogs have been able to find themselves new homes.

Mary Freeman states that about 160 dogs have been moved to Arizona and some of them have been moved to California. She also said that there are a number of dogs that will be transferred to Oregon earlier in the week and they will be sent to different places. Some of the dogs have been sent to Texas in New Mexico. With the help of TGP Freeman has been able to ensure that the dogs are securely placed in homes. Rumour has it that some of these dogs will be sold to hunters but Michael Racy who is a spokesman for Tucson Greyhound Park has come forward to deny the claims.

He said that such a rumour was very upsetting and that there was no evidence to prove that was actually happening. The dogs are under the protection of kennels and around 270 will be adopted. 150 dogs up to 170 will also be in a position to race in the four states that are open to greyhound racing. Even though not all dogs have been placed in homes, Freeman says that her organization is fully dedicated to dogs. She said that victory is when the dogs will be placed in homes and that she had hopes that every dog would find shelter. There has been a website placed online for supporters who would love to help in terms of medicine and shelter for dogs. This is because Southern Arizona Greyhound Adoption still needs medical and shelter expenses.

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No more Greyhound Racing in Arizona

No more Greyhound Racing in Arizona

The new legislation which is soon to be signed by Governor Doung Ducey will lead to the end of American’s notorious Greyhound parks. The Tucson Greyhound Park in Arizona will be the 39th park to be shut down thus banning them from carrying out the cruel malpractice. Christine Dorchac who is the president of Grey2K USA announced that they had been working on the legislation for over 10 years. She said this on the Arizona Daily Star, and also referred The Tucson Greyhound Park as a death trap for dogs.

The Greyhound forces dogs to endure very harsh conditions. They do this for the sake of leisure and earnings. The dogs were not allowed any social contact or adequate medical care. They used to live in crates for over 20 hours a day, with inadequate space. The crates also did not have proper air conditioning. The dogs had awful mouth sores and parasites since they were always muzzled. The living environment was also very unbearable making it very easy for infectious to spread. The extreme temperatures in the cages caused very many dog deaths over the previous years.

Greyhound racing has not been attracting the public as much as it was in the past. This is because the public became aware of the inhumane practices that were being carried out on these animals. There was a decline of over 68% of the total amount gambled on Greyhound racing between 2001 and 2013. This was according to statistics carried out by Grey 2K USA. The closing down of the Greyhound racing by Arizona has steered a lot of excitement. There are over 300 to 400 dogs awaiting adoption. The animals are being sort for forever homes. The Arizona Greyhound Rescue is looking to train for the service dogs’ position through the Heartfelt Hounds program.

There is a rescue program for dogs that is found by going to the Grey 2K USA page. They also have a Facebook page that advocates for the rights of these suffering racing dogs.

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Five College Basketball courts to be

Five College Basketball courts to be

For a NBA fanatic, there are venues which are a must attend in each season. This has also happened when it comes to NCAA. The following are the five venues college basketball fan must attend.

Carrier Dome

The Carrier Dome is one of the anticipated venues to be. The court will have an audience of 40,000 and this may exceed when rival teams such as Georgetown comes for a clash. The venue was constructed and opened in 1980 and has since then played host to a number of teams as well as professional players. The venue has been on top of the game in matters concerning basketball venues for years and is the place to breed orange for a fan.

Hinkle Fieldhouse

The Hinkle Fieldhouse is the home of Butler Bulldogs. The venue has played host to various events including the championship games for the movie ‘Hoosiers’ and is found at the centre of crazy basketballers. The venue produced one of the best college basketball best players Dawg Pound.

The Palestra

The venue has been nicknamed ‘The Cathedral of College Basketball’ and is the home for Penn Quakers. The venue has hosted more college basketball games than any team. It was built in 1927. The venue has played host to top five teams in Philadelphia namely; Villanova, La Salle, Temple, St. Joseph’s and Penn.

McKale Center

The McKale Center was constructed in 1973 and since then it has been home for Arizona Wildcats. Since time in memorial, the home team has scooped the conference championship on five different occasions and has reached the Final Four in four different seasons.

UD Arena

The UD Arena has been famous in hosting various matches. It was the main hosting venue during the NCAA tournament in 2001. This was the initial year for the venue to host such a competition. In essence, all the initial four games of 2001 NCAA Tournament was held at UD Arena. For those fans who like making noise and supporting their team in much vigor, UD Arena is the place to be.

There are your five basketball venues that one has to attend and enjoy basketball.

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Improved cardinals becoming favorites in NFL

Improved cardinals becoming favorites in NFL

Carson Palmer teammates are on high attitude after clinching another victory gunning over 30 points. The Arizona Cardinals oversaw a 38-8 win over Green Bay Packers in another demolition game in style and the quarterback was only amazed by their achievements. With the completion of the first round, the Cardinals are on 13-2 margin. Last week they clinched the NFC West title and have won nine times consecutively.

Nonetheless, Palmer claims that being in the playoffs in not a great achievement unlike winning it all up to the finals. With the playoffs draw yet to be revealed, each team should be worried about the potential threats that the Cardinals pose and come January, their true weight and power will be revealed.

Their strong and agitated mode of play they portrayed last Sunday against Green Bay Packers at the University of Phoenix Stadium shocked many as they didn’t expect the Green Bay Packers to lose in such a huge margin having in mind that this was the first loss for the latter. If the Cards take the motives and agitation to the playoffs, then definitely they will prosper and propel all the way to the finals.

The Cards who were without their veteran Pro Bowl defensive Tyrann Mathieu allowed just 178 yards and their head coach Bruce Arians claimed that this was not their best game yet. However he claimed that the team had their best play in the season at the defense.

 

Palmer has been instrument to the team’s performance with a record of 26-4 in his 30 games. He has combined efforts well with other players including John Brown, Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd. The team has boosted the inform services of running back David Johnson who made an astonishing 127 yards run last Sunday.

 

Nonetheless, the team will have to make it through the playoffs without the services of star player Mathieu who will be out for the rest of the season after having torn his interior cruciate ligament against Philadelphia Eagles. Nonetheless, they still boost services of various midfield players who can be called upon to replace Mathieu and this may pose a direct threat to other teams in the playoffs. The Cards are the hottest team to watch in the NFL as we speak.

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Priceless Betting Advice for a great time

Priceless Betting Advice for a great time

It is always right to place your wagers early enough, rather than wait for the last minute. However, most of the sports gamblers are frankly very lazy and always procrastinating their gambling deals. Some placing their wagers, 15minutes before the games start. The line value article will give us tips on how to securely place a bet, it gives us in sight that you should always realize that you are wagering on numbers and not the games been played. To have a winning assurance, you have to know that the line and number you putting up your stakes on are pretty much important. Sports’ gambling is an all-time affair, which is comprised of line watching, combing injury reports, and studying box scores, even though the final score is not to be trusted.

The lines movement is dependent on the action at the book, while late moves are public moves but not sharp money moves. This is shown when the public has had a hit on one of the games, which is mostly a favorite, thus making the lines jump, 2 or 3 points, it is always expected that the sharp players will pause for a while before going against the line move. Taking into account the case study of the annual NFL game on Arizona Cardinals which took place last weekend, where Arizona started as a 5 point favorite playing against the Browns. However, it closed at 7 and 7.5 points for some, which was reliant on the book. The line swing was through 2 major fall numbers, which was 6 and 7, which is the most common numbers where many games fall on.

The NBA sports betting are finally here, and College hoops are to kick off very soon. In order to score at the NBA betting games, you have to be aware that you can bet on a total of 3 to 4 points starting from 9AM, on the plays with regularity, and a total of 2 to 3 points on the side play. This is a very huge play thus sports betters have to be very serious when betting for the NBA. This is the same case with college hoops betting games, though it has less of a swing than the NBA. It is always important that when you see plays that are featured earlier in the week or day, especially in basketball, you have to practice this gambling discipline, and you can gain 6-10 units a season in any sport.

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