Greytalk is a greyhounds as pets board. Yes, we have ONE racing thread for people following a dog they have or hope to adopt. The racing stuff is kept in there (or is supposed to be and we try to make sure it is). Beyond that, we don't allow racing stuff on GT other than the occasional quick question an adopter has. So combine abuse and racing, no, it isn't something that belongs on Greytalk.
And no, it isn't because we are trying to hide abuse that happens in the racing world. This just isn't the forum for it. Abuse is abuse and grab a sensational title as a subject heading, the thread goes away instead of just being closed. No need for it on Greytalk. Every abuse thread posted on GT has led to the exact same thing "I am going to bash their head in." "that person deserves to be torn limb from limb." and other such types of 'hostile' responses. Anger that does nothing to help the situation. Take that energy and do something on a local level to prevent it from happening again to another animal.
Besides, posting in the announcements forum didn't really do anything this time other than getting people to use the report button and refrain from responding (so I guess it helped some, but didn't prevent the 15+ threads we removed). So even if posted here, we'd still see it elsewhere.
Oh yeah, it isn't just greyhound abuse, it's ALL animal abuse that isn't allowed. So not really "some word that isn't coming to mind" to post a link for each and every abuse story that gets posted on GT (and then removed)