Royal Ascot it ain’t.
Askern is closing. The last flapping track. It normally holds twelve, six runner races every Friday evening and trials three mornings a week. Flapping men could easily have up to 30 dogs on allotments/sheds and the fallout cannot be underestimated. With these sort of numbers the end will be brutal. These dogs are not the responsibility of the GBGB and the buck stops…..well somewhere.
Please watch “The Flapping Track” 2014 on YouTube and thank what ever you believe in, that these days are coming to an end. It is an hour you will never get back and you’ll need a stiff gin afterwards. If you have a racer off us on the sofa, hold his or her paw and murmur something soppy.
Because most of our/your dogs raced at dives like this at some point. Flappers dreams they call them. Some resurfaced again in stray kennels or on free adds but a huge number arrived at Tia by stealth, restoring our faith in humanity. Decent human beings picked up the nameless failures at the end of the night, knowing we wouldn’t refuse sanctuary in the early hours of the following morning. We didn’t and we won’t.
We owe a few people so much and they are trainers and owners too. Tia have committed itself to taking 13 dogs before the traps finally fly open on 23rd September. We aren’t going back word even if it means another convoy of the faithful but we really need help from you.
Our kennels aren’t ready yet and we need a massive push for funding. We are blessed with having huge support especially when the chips are down. Our FB account has 38,000 subscribers. Just imagine the difference a £1 each could do. Please donate whatever you can, no matter how little, so we can get past this crisis and back on track. Regular donations are even better as we can budget.
The chips really are down for these dogs.
Tia Greyhound & Lurcher Rescue
Nat West
account no 76587576
sort code 60 09 27
Thanks Deb
Please let them all get to have a lovely grey face….