Helen Banks (May 30, 1927 - March 13, 2015 at 3:13 am) was born Helen Mitchell in NYC, was founder of Second Chance for Greyhounds (SCFG) in 1986, which (claimed) was rehabilitated as many as 9,000 ex greyhound racing until 2002. Originally, SCFG was operated in Bonita Springs, Florida. He and Second Chance for Greyhound have been featured in Life magazine exposing greyhound racing in 1995.
At the time of Exposure in 1995, Ms. Banks was sent to a farm in Bonita Springs, Florida, a bulldog dog that had been rescued from Napoli/Ft. Myers racecourse, as they are awaiting adoption. She'll dress like a worker on the Track and sneak around and pick up a caged and scrawny dog. At any time, rescue farms are full of capacity, with about 35 to 45 bulldogs at any given time. The Life Magazine exposes triggering a series of events which thus expose its rescue work (for criticism of animal advocacy) and keeps it working very hard, but not impossible. He continued to lead operations until his death at the age of 87.
Miss Banks is credited for having inspired many rescue, shelter, and remarkable adoption operations for bulldogs who have retired from dog racing.
The decrease in greyhound racing finance is even more significant in Florida, where twelve of the 22 remaining US operational dog tracks are located. The number of bets on dog tracks in the state has declined by 72% in 23 years between 1990 and 2013. A 2013 study commissioned by the Florida legislature found that the state of Florida has lost between $ 1 million and $ 3.3 million in greyhound racing in 2012..
A Second Chance for the Greyhound of Michigan defines greyhound rescue as an animal welfare activity, not an animal rights position.
"SCfG is a retired riders' welfare organization, not an animal rights organization that does not take part in political action or law."
Before the rescue of his humanitarian animals working with a greyhound retired from greyhound racing, he was a housewife in Connecticut who raised 2 girls and saved many animals. He is often late for lunch because he will bury the road along the way. She is also modeled for a bit in NYC. Married 3 times, and getting involved more, her third husband, Nate Banks, owns a horse farm in Fairfield, Ct. While living on a large ranch with animals, he took care of the horses that were driven and private. He teaches horseback riding for years, and animals are liked to people. This would be attributed to his growing up where he lived in a dream world to escape from painful relationships with his mother, and his tendency to attract rough men into his life, Nate was no exception. We'll joke that he's getting a good condition because he has to do so much work on the farm. After her third divorce, she moved to Florida and "she threw her to work for animals" and founded SCFG. He is passionate about his work until his death on March 13, 2015 in Hendersonville, NC. Her best female friends had the experience, and bought a house there, for her to live until her death, only to find her neighbor had brought Helen, at age 87, to a new lawyer and had an evolved will, making Nedra Moles, executor, and recipient a great benefit to Helen's treasures, and ironically, Nedra Moles, tells everyone that Helen has become a baptizer, which is ridiculous, because she does not believe in religion. Helen had a whole plan to be buried with all her favorite dogs, but Nedra Moles left 20 boxes of ash dog owned by Helen for more than 30 years, at home and did not send her to be buried with her when Helen was clearly directing. The landlord must file a claim against the property and get a 25% gratuity of what should be given to a friend, for a very good woman, Helen knows how to hurt the people who care most about her.. but this may be done by dementia in the elderly and has served as a learning tool for those who are left. Nedra Moles (a retired County worker who gets a 60k pension a year) finds a replacement home for the remaining greyhound and beagles that use the floor at home as a bathroom, another sign of illness in the elderly... then never gives money to people who took it, something Helen would never agree to - but that's what happened. Helen is a fashionable woman and has some first "faux fur" in Connecticut. During the quarter-century of animal advocacy, he has saved many animals that suffer human exploitative intentions. She started her compassionate work with horses (when she was still married) she was taken back to her ranch from a slaughterhouse and a "killer auction" in Connecticut and New York. His scope of attention includes rehabilitating turtles, deer, and other wounded wildlife. He campaigned against the leghold traps used by hunters, and opposed the use of gas chambers in Connecticut for euthanasia by the Connecticut Human Society. She also works hard for sterile/cleanliness provisions for dogs/cats and birth control images for deer, wild horses, and other animals that have been cursed as "disturbed" animals because their habitat has been lost as a result of excess human populations, leading to accusations human overpopulation of animals. He was a member of Marian's Dream Board of Directors for ten years.
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See also
- Animal rescue group
- Animal rights
- Animal sanctuary
- Animal welfare
- Dog Racing
- Greyhound
- Greyhound Racing
- Greyhound Appointment
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References
External links
- Second Chance for the Greyhound of Michigan, the original greyhound rescue group founded by Helen Banks in 1986
- Second Chance for Greyhounds from Michigan page
- Reviews Gwyneth Anne Thayer's Going to the Dogs, Press University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS 66045), 2013
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