{"id":30215,"date":"2016-11-06T09:26:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T09:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=30215"},"modified":"2016-11-06T09:35:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T09:35:04","slug":"the-under-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/11\/the-under-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"The Under Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The perception<br \/>\nOf enslaving any animal<br \/>\nFor money as in racing them<br \/>\nRequires<br \/>\nA mindless and an uninventive<br \/>\nIntellect<br \/>\nA wanting without caring<br \/>\nWith their eyesh<br \/>\nFirmly on the money<br \/>\nThat they are making<br \/>\nThe industry of gambling<br \/>\nbased on greed<br \/>\nTo hold a basic thoughtlessness<br \/>\nFor animals<br \/>\nAn unphiliosophic reason<br \/>\nTo succeed<\/p>\n<p>Money is their fuel<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s what it&#8217;s all about<br \/>\nAnimals have to win<br \/>\nTo stand a chance<br \/>\nLike anyone investing<br \/>\nFor no profit<br \/>\nReally isn&#8217;t worth<br \/>\nA second glance<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s curious the risks<br \/>\nThat some will take though<br \/>\nWorking outside the law<br \/>\nTo realise<br \/>\nThe indifference that they<br \/>\nPlace on their  investment<br \/>\nAnd really why it comes as<br \/>\nNo surprise<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like an abb\u00e9ration<br \/>\nAnd a mindset<br \/>\nAn inconsideration of the cause<br \/>\nUnobservant of the need<br \/>\nTo think it though<br \/>\nInvesting in the soul<br \/>\nWithout a pause<\/p>\n<p>When things just don&#8217;t go<br \/>\nRight they become so volatile<br \/>\nDistracted from the purpose<br \/>\nThere in hand<br \/>\nPreoccupied with money<br \/>\nBut rapidly disconcerted<br \/>\nThey fail to understand<\/p>\n<p>And rather than being kind<br \/>\nYes and consistent<br \/>\nInvesting in the health<br \/>\nAnd in the care<br \/>\nThey add up all the credits<br \/>\nAnd the debits<br \/>\nAnd lose that mortal spark<br \/>\nTo be aware<\/p>\n<p>Attentiveness  well it goes out<br \/>\nOf the window<br \/>\nA Conscience having scruples<br \/>\nDisappears<br \/>\nNegligence does raise its<br \/>\nUgly shadow<br \/>\nCarelessness and indifference<br \/>\nKind of steers<\/p>\n<p>The shallowness and off hand<br \/>\nSlapdash working<br \/>\nBecomes in fact the order<br \/>\nOf their day<br \/>\nA disregard and a casualness<br \/>\nTo do as little as possible<br \/>\nIf winning is not happening<br \/>\nThen the pay<\/p>\n<p>Is suddenly reflected in some anger<br \/>\nThere are no answers nothing to compare<br \/>\nIf there is no profit in the venture<br \/>\nThen dilemma is the outcome<br \/>\nAnd to scare<br \/>\nThe living day lights out<br \/>\nOf all and sundry<br \/>\nAt this stage there is no reason<br \/>\nTo go on<br \/>\nThe animal has to just be done away<br \/>\nWith<br \/>\nThere is no love lost here<br \/>\nThey just are gone<\/p>\n<p>Judgement not a quality<br \/>\nOf bankers<br \/>\nJust a methodology<br \/>\nOf the simple mind<br \/>\nAre we winning are we making money<br \/>\nOr are we losing<br \/>\nThen this daily grind<\/p>\n<p>Has to cease right or wrong<br \/>\nNo matter<br \/>\nMoney is the object in this case<br \/>\nSentiment is banished from<br \/>\nThe argument<br \/>\nThe obsession is they have to<br \/>\nWin each race<\/p>\n<p>Injuries can take them out  for ages<br \/>\nThey still have to be fed<br \/>\nAnd given care<br \/>\nNobody does anything for nothing<br \/>\nIn this world<br \/>\nCut your losses<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s what&#8217;s  fair and square<br \/>\nIgnorance is rife<br \/>\nAnd so unconsciousness<br \/>\nIs like a great huge cloud<br \/>\nThat swamps us all<br \/>\nAnd arrogance is dancing<br \/>\nWith the punters In the hall<\/p>\n<p>The animals are victims<br \/>\nEvery single one<br \/>\nAnd darkness comes down on them<br \/>\nAll<br \/>\nWhen the day is done<br \/>\nThe maxim here is profit<br \/>\nCongenital deceit<br \/>\nSo much criminality<br \/>\nIt is hard to compete<\/p>\n<p>The overheads are really high<br \/>\nThe expectation too<br \/>\nOptimism disappears<br \/>\nRapidly it&#8217;s true<br \/>\nHopelessness and apathy<br \/>\nSoon gain entry to ones mind<br \/>\nIll-served and disgruntled<br \/>\nAnd all that&#8217;s underlined<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gas pedal&#8221; was a greyhound<br \/>\nOnly 2 years old<br \/>\nBroke his leg and came in last<br \/>\nStill loyal no one would hold<br \/>\nA greyhound with a broken leg<br \/>\nOf course he had to go<br \/>\nShot and killed<br \/>\nEliminated<br \/>\nNothing more to show<\/p>\n<p>A sanctuary a veterinary<br \/>\nAll money down the drain<br \/>\nThis is how the arrogant live<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s about what you can gain<br \/>\nLove  will not come into it<br \/>\nBesides love never does<br \/>\nThere is no meaning in their lives<br \/>\nFor them the only buzz<\/p>\n<p>Is seeing their animals romping home<br \/>\nAnd the prize money they get<br \/>\nPaying off the jockey<br \/>\nAnd paying off the vet<br \/>\nLiving in the high life<br \/>\nSuccessful through and through<br \/>\nBut when it starts to go down hill<br \/>\nThen<br \/>\nWhat they have to do<\/p>\n<p>Is cut their losses quickly<br \/>\nPut them out to grass<br \/>\nDown the pet food slaughterhouse<br \/>\nThey would think you were an arse<br \/>\nIf you put them in some sanctuary<br \/>\nAnd paid the bills each year<br \/>\nYou wouldn&#8217;t see a profit<br \/>\nAnd therefore wouldn&#8217;t hear<\/p>\n<p>The last of it from anyone<br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s what drives them, they<br \/>\nCare nothing for the animals<br \/>\nOr anything else okay<br \/>\nThere isn&#8217;t meaning in their lives<br \/>\nTheir purdah and their pain<br \/>\nIs wrapped up in their insecurity<br \/>\nAnd it does drain <\/p>\n<p>Out of them completely<br \/>\nAnd what you find they do<br \/>\nThey kill themselves on drugs or booze<br \/>\nFrankly that&#8217;s my view<br \/>\nBan this vile enslavement<br \/>\nCalling it a sport<br \/>\nReally it is profit driven<br \/>\nAnd Not a lot of thought<br \/>\nGoes into caring and sharing<br \/>\nAnd loving the animals who<br \/>\nReally are their living<br \/>\nWhen they are giving<br \/>\nWhat they do<\/p>\n<p>As soon as they are beaten<br \/>\nThat when they have to go<br \/>\nA few put out to pasture<br \/>\nNo one wants to know<br \/>\nSome Might be kept as pets somewhere<br \/>\nThe rest they take the heat<br \/>\nThe horses Get the captive bolt<br \/>\nAnd are All turned into meat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The perception Of enslaving any animal For money as in racing them Requires A mindless and an uninventive Intellect A wanting without caring With their eyesh Firmly on the money That they are making The industry of gambling based on &hellip; 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