"Happy Holidays,                                   

Dog racing in Oregon is over. Magna Entertainment announced it is not renewing their contract with Multnomah Kennel Club, thus ending 70 years of dogs racing for their very lives in Oregon.

You can see the article in the Oregonian at http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1103893240271240.xml Oregon Defenders of Greyhounds was the only group in Oregon working on the abolition of dog racing starting in 1997 and have worked closely with Grey2KUSA in Boston. Our strategy has been simple: educate the public and stop all the dog track's bills from passing in the Oregon Legislature. We have succeeded in both. But we couldn't have done it without your help! All we have to do now is pass a bill to ban dog racing altogether, which we will start working on in January. We will let you know when our legislation is filed so you can contact your senators.

We did it!!
Thanks for helping the hounds!

Yours,
Connie Theil
Director
Oregon Defenders of Greyhounds"