Thanks for the replies to date.

The problem with any animal protection is that anti anything activists can give a noble aim a bad name. Nothing like as bad as those inflicting the cruelty, but their lending a support to animal welfare can be counter productive.

That said, The BBC programme was, for me, objective and allowed a typical trainer to give their perspective. Sting operations work when journalists sting criminals, no other time...

Raggytash. Thank you for pointing out vendettas. Your many posts decrying Akenaton's claim that my husband and I are sub human are most welcome. So not surprising that in the interest of balance you wrongly think that this is the same in reverse. If I start a thread on paedophilia, badger baiting, sniffiing women's bike seats or doing mainly cash only building work to avoid tax, please feel free to point out any Mudcat member you think I may be getting at.

My friend Jean in Strachur, a village nearby, is rallying support for Scotland to lead the way in tightening regulations and kill off the cruelty aspects, and I thought it was a good BS subject to debate. That a certain member is part of the greyhound industry gives a chance for a balanced debate, and his first post certainly does that. Other than his paranoid victim complex, assuming he is important enough for a thread to be started for him..