GBGB Dictators and microchipping of our greyhounds
The power freaks at HQ need a wake up call.
It has been proven time and time again that microchipping is associated with tumours found growing at the implant site and around the chips in numerous different species of animals. Those animals include rats, mice, dogs, cats and a fruit bat to name but a few. Evidence of this statement is available for all to read by clicking on the links below. One link will show that incorrect placement of the chip can cause damage to the spinal cord.
Safe in the knowledge that the GBGB are happy to subject our greyhounds to these risks, are you prepared to have the GBGB put our dogs lives in potential danger? If your answer is, as I suspect, a resounding "No!", then I would appreciate it if you would copy the statement below, add your name in the space provided, and send it to the GBGB via their own website at http://www.gbgb.org.uk/contactus.aspx
Here is the statement:
I am extremely concerned about the welfare of my greyhounds running under your rules, as you also claim to be. However, I strenuously object to your insistence that my dogs be placed in a health risk situation by implanting microchips into them.
It is widely known that chips can cause tumours and that incorrect placement can cause damage to the spinal cord. I presume that you, being so welfare oriented, are all aware of these dangers and yet you choose to proceed with your potentially harmful schedule.
Should you not be aware of these dangers, please visit http://greyhounds-r-us.com/microchips.htm for confirmation of the facts and think once more about the dangers that you, our governing body, are prepared to expose our greyhounds to; greyhounds to which you are charged with a duty of care whilst they are racing under your rules.
Signed,
Greyhound owner
Here are the links:
http://www.vetpathology.org/cgi/content/full/43/4/545
http://www.aipvet.it/APIVMeetings/2003_ATTI_APIV/vascellarireprint2003.PDF
http://www.antichips.com/cancer/06-palmer-1998.pdf
http://www.antichips.com/cancer/albrecht-microchip-cancer-full-paper.pdf
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1638/1042-7260%282007%29038%5B0352%3AMLIAEF%5D2.0.CO%3B2