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Dear Aaaaaaa,

Glory was raced by the greyhound industry more than 160 times before she was shipped off to a "rescue" facility called Hemopet. There, instead of finally receiving the love and attention that every dog deserves, she was imprisoned in a rusty kennel and used for her blood.

At Hemopet, she spent most of her time—23 hours a day—crammed into a small pen with a stressed kennelmate who bit her. This wasn't an isolated incident: Employees at Hemopet admitted that they often found dogs with torn ears and neck wounds in bloody cages. Glory was even caged again with the same stressed dog who had attacked her—with new instructions to keep both of them muzzled.

Glory is one of roughly 200 greyhounds discarded by the racing industry who are now spending long days and nights imprisoned in tiny crates and barren, rusty pens at Hemopet. They pay "rent" for their confinement with their blood, which the company draws every 10 to 14 days and sells to veterinary clinics across North America and Asia.

A recent PETA investigation exposed their suffering to the world—but we need your support to help us shut down blood banks like Hemopet and promote respect for all animals.

Will you take action for Glory and other animals who need our help by making a special gift today? Even as little as $5 can make a wonderful difference in an abused animal's life.

Greyhounds' blood is coveted because they commonly have the canine equivalent of a universal blood type. The blood-collecting aspect of Hemopet's "rescue" earns it over $1 million a year—but does nothing to benefit the dogs held in prison-like conditions there. In addition to the stress of almost constant confinement that can lead dogs like Glory's kennelmate to lash out, this imprisonment caused a variety of ailments, including hair loss, calluses, and pockets of accumulated fluid under the skin.

Yet these dogs often receive little to no veterinary treatment, and their blood is still drawn and sold. For dogs like Bunny, even a cough thought to have persisted for more than a year wasn't enough to keep her from being bled. Hemopet staff suspected a greyhound named WendyLu of having lupus, a disease that could rob her blood of the components required by a dog in need of a transfusion. No tests were apparently run to help diagnose her, and her blood was taken and sold just the same.

Animals like Glory, Bunny, and WendyLu belong in loving homes, not cramped cages. Please donate $5 or more today and give an immediate boost to our vital work.

What a PETA eyewitness found at Hemopet is standard for the abusive captive dog–bleeding industry. Last year, a whistleblower helped us expose a Texas kennel where about 150 greyhounds were kept in squalid conditions in an old turkey shed. Video footage captured by the whistleblower showed dogs spinning in circles, cowering, and even urinating on themselves in fear when approached.

Dogs were constantly exposed to ticks, fleas, and flies, which put those who received their blood at risk. After PETA's exposé and pressure from thousands of our supporters, that hideous facility closed down and the dogs were placed with adoption programs.

But as PETA documented at Hemopet, other greyhounds are still suffering. Confined to kennels indefinitely, subjected to repeated bleedings, and denied care and companionship, they endure lonely, miserable lives—and they need our assistance.

By giving right now, you'll help power our vital work for animals in the year ahead.

Thank you for your compassion for greyhounds and all other animals.

Kind regards,

Ingrid E. Newkirk
President