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Originally Posted by spindles
wtf? who in their right minds thinks this needs to be legislated?
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The group that was backing the question ran a successful ad campaign that portrayed the racing dog owners in a very bad light. The favorite things were the number of dogs injured in the past year (allegedly 800) and how they are kept in small cages up to 20 hours a day. Emotional blackmail to the liberal minded majority in the commonwealth. Something along the line of "How can you condone such blatant cruelty to these wonderful animals."
Being the cynic that I am, it wouldn't suprise me in the least if the dog tracks were behind it as they want casino gaming at their facilities and the state isn't keen on allowing it. Now they will have these large empty facilities, less taxes for local communities and over 1000 local people out of work.