{"id":19869,"date":"2011-03-01T17:40:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T22:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/19869\/mammoth-appeal-worldwide-protests-irish-greyhounds\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T17:40:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T22:40:27","slug":"mammoth-appeal-worldwide-protests-irish-greyhounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/19869\/mammoth-appeal-worldwide-protests-irish-greyhounds\/","title":{"rendered":"MAMMOTH APPEAL FOR WORLDWIDE PROTESTS-Irish Greyhounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAMMOTH APPEAL FOR WORLDWIDE PROTESTS-Irish Greyhounds

AfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122)<\/a><\/b>
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Subject:<\/b> UPDATE ON- MAMMOTH APPEAL FOR WORLDWIDE PROTESTS-Irish Greyhounds being sold to China for racing- take action now- worldwide protests needed asap!- Every voice counts for the Greyhounds!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/font><\/font>PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY TO ALL YOUR GROUPS AND CONTACTS <\/font>NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL<\/font> <\/font><\/i><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n

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<\/font>INCLUDING ALL ANTI-GREYHOUND RACING CAMPAIGNERS WORLDWIDE<\/font><\/u> AND<\/i><\/b><\/font><\/font> ALL WEBSITES,TWITTER, MYSPACE AND FACEBOOK<\/font> <\/i><\/b><\/font><\/font>FOR MAXIMUM PUBLICITY<\/i><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
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IMPORTANT UPDATE ON<\/font> Irish Greyhounds being sold to China for racing- <\/font>EVEN MORE<\/font> letters of protest needed now to help the Greyhounds, they only have your voice <\/font>so please do them proud!!<\/font><\/b><\/font><\/u><\/div>\n
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Please EVERYONE<\/font><\/u> <\/font>all over the globe email the organisations below to ask them to now please become involved in this vital campaign to protect Greyhounds and to do everything within their power to stop this MADNESS!!<\/font><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
Please email these animal protection groups asap- Dogs Trust, League Against Cruel Sports, PETA, WSPA, VIVA! RSPCA. <\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
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<\/font><\/font>‘Dogs Trust’- <\/font>clarissa.baldwin@dogstrust.org.uk<\/b><\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
‘League Against Cruel Sports’- <\/b><\/font>info@league.org.uk<\/b><\/font><\/a><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
‘PETA’- <\/font><\/b>info@peta.org<\/font><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n
‘WSPA’- <\/b><\/font>wspa1@mailuk.custhelp.com<\/b><\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
‘VIVA!- <\/font><\/b>info@viva.org.uk<\/font><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n
<\/font> ‘RSPCA’-<\/font><\/b> <\/font>Enqserv@rspca.org.uk<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n
Please remember to keep all correspondence polite<\/font><\/u><\/b><\/div>\n
Please see our recent appeal below for more info<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
Many thanks for your continued support <\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
Greyhound Crusaders\/SWAP team UK<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
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“The future depends on what we do in the present”-<\/font> <\/font>Mahatma Gandhi<\/font><\/u><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
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………TO POSSIBLY THIS????? <\/font>WARNING:- VERY DISTURBING IMAGE BELOW!!<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
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SAY NO TO‘IRISH’ GREYHOUNDS<\/font> BEING SENT TO ‘CHINA’-<\/font> WE ALL KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM!<\/b><\/u><\/font><\/div>\n
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WORLDWIDE PROTESTS NEEDED NOW TO STOP THIS!<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
EVERY VOICE COUNTS <\/font>FROM AROUND THE WORLD<\/font> FOR THE GREYHOUNDS!<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
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<\/font>Greyhound Crusdaders\/SWAP team UK are extremely concerned about the Sunday Times article below- please support our international appeal for help. The Greyhounds need your voice now!<\/font> Every voice counts from around the globe.<\/u><\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
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Please see the Sunday Times article below from the UK. We now need all our supporters globally to please write to the IGB (Irish Greyhound Board), the Irish Department of Agriculture and the ISPCA (Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) to vehemently protest about this immediately!<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
Please remember it is imperative that all correspondence is kept polite.<\/u><\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
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Please email the following people below to urge them to stop this HORRIFIC <\/font><\/u>idea immediately, the fate of many Greyhounds lay in the hands of the Irish Greyhound Board and the authorities that allow this to go ahead.<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
<\/font>THIS MUST BE STOPPED NOW! We cannot emphasize how concerned we are to the fate of these poor dogs! <\/font>If you wish to copy the appalling photo above in your protest (photo taken from a Greyhound Action leaflet) please do so to make your point. Thank you<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
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<\/font><\/font>Barry Coleman (head of Greyhound welfare at the Irish Greyhound Board)-<\/b> <\/font>barry.coleman@igb.ie<\/font><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/font>Irish Greyhound Board public relations dept- <\/font>pr@igb.ie<\/font><\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
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<\/font>ISPCA -(The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) –<\/b><\/font>info@ispca.ie<\/b><\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/font>Department of Agriculture in Ireland- <\/b><\/font>info@agriculture.gov.ie<\/b><\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
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Many thanks for your support<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
Greyhound Crusaders\/SWAP team UK<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
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SUNDAY TIMES ARTICLE FEBRUARY 27TH 2011 (UK)<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/font><\/div>\n
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But welfare groups are furious at plans to export greyhounds claiming that animals too slow to win races are routinely slaughtered and even eaten<\/font><\/h3>\n
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Published: 27 February 2011<\/font><\/div>\n
\u00b7 <\/font><\/font>Campaigners fear that racing animals will suffer in China<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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A<\/font>nd they\u0092re off … Bord na gCon, the Irish greyhound board, wants to export dogs to China as part of an international expansion that could result in it operating racing stadiums there.<\/font><\/div>\n
The move is opposed by Irish animal welfare groups, which say other countries refuse to sell greyhounds to China. Dogs too slow to win races are routinely slaughtered and even eaten, they claim.<\/font><\/div>\n
Attempts have been made to improve the image of greyhound racing but the welfare of retired dogs continues to be a concern. It has been raised by Joanna Lumley, the actress, and Richard Wilson, of One Foot in the Grave. Sharon N\u00ed Bheol\u00e1in, the RTE newsreader, and other public figures have also campaigned about the welfare of the racing dogs.<\/font><\/div>\n
Bord na gCon says Chinese officials visited Dublin this month to see how the Irish greyhound-racing industry is run and regulated. A spokesman said the board informed the Department of Agriculture, which regulates the transport of greyhounds, about its expansion plans.<\/font><\/div>\n
\u0093As with any country we do not have any influence on the welfare standards adopted in other countries, and these matters are more appropriately dealt with by the country\u0092s own legislative system,\u0094 the spokesman said.<\/font><\/div>\n
The export of greyhounds was a matter for individuals and Bord na gCon, said the department. \u0093The board has informed us that they are exploring the possibility of assisting with the establishment of greyhound racing in China,\u0094 it said.<\/font><\/div>\n
Ireland exports greyhounds to America, mainland Europe, Australia and Pakistan, but animal-welfare societies want trading with China to be prohibited. Orla Aungier, of the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said China had a reputation for the ill-treatment of wild and domestic animals.<\/font><\/div>\n
\u0093A number of countries which export greyhounds to China are already under pressure to stop because dogs that do not race well are routinely killed,\u0094 she said. \u0093If Irish greyhounds are sent to China it would be almost impossible to monitor their welfare. We are urging Bord na gCon to reconsider their plans and to think about how devastating this move will be for the welfare of Irish greyhounds.\u0094<\/font><\/div>\n
China is the main source of the 2m cats and dogs killed annually for their fur, according to the Humane Society of the United States.<\/font><\/div>\n
The reputation of the Irish greyhound racing industry was tarnished in the 1990s when images of starving and ill-treated dogs exported to Spain and Italy appeared in the media. The Irish authorities stopped supporting the Spanish trade.<\/font><\/div>\n
N\u00ed Bheol\u00e1in has urged greyhound breeders to think twice about sending dogs to China. \u0093I\u0092d be extremely fearful of condemning any Irish animal to an existence where their basic welfare requirements are routinely ignored. Economic factors aside, we cannot as a civilised nation be seen to trade in cruelty,\u0094 she said.<\/font><\/div>\n
Ireland, as one of the world\u0092s biggest exporters of greyhounds, must \u0093 safeguard our reputation and start to set standards,\u0094 she added.<\/font><\/div>\n
Greyhound racing is worth \u0080500m a year to the Irish economy, according to Bord na gCon. Greyhound exports are valued at \u008040m a year.<\/font><\/div>\n
Animal-welfare groups have long criticised the practice of destroying healthy dogs when too old to race. When a greyhound reaches three to five years, it is considered too slow.<\/font><\/div>\n
Greyhounds have also been destroyed after being injured while racing. Snip Nua, a dog part-owned by Dara \u00d3 Briain, the comedian, was put to sleep after injuring itself in a collision with another greyhound.<\/font><\/div>\n
Snip Nua was in Three Men go to Ireland, a television series with \u00d3 Briain, Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones.<\/font><\/div>\n

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