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Please read and act on the important message below from Greyhound Action
Ireland
Many people involved in welfare and who are greyhound “owners” have been
sending emails and letters to the Irish government to oppose the idea of
sending greyhounds to China, and there have also been demonstrations at
Irish embassies in several countries. This has had some affect on the
Department of Agriculture, which very recently received a formal proposal
from the Irish Greyhound Board to consider the China project.
However, it was learned TODAY (14/4/2011) that Adrian Neilan, the CEO of the Irish
Greyhound Board, was at the government offices in Dublin lobbying for the
government to sign off and give approval or commitment for the project. He
is under pressure from the Chinese investors to get this underway
immediately.
We need an ocean of reasonable and rational letters and emails to be sent
to the powers that be in order to have any chance of not letting our
beautiful greyhounds be sent to a place where there is no future for them,
no comfort, not a chance in hell for them to ever have a good life of any
kind.
There is no need to convince you with photos and videos showing unspeakable
atrocities being done to dogs there….you can find these yourself on the
internet. You will then know what sort of future China holds for our
greyhounds, and it is not a place to send a dog.
I urge you to please, tonight or tomorrow, send a letter or email to the
following people so that they hear our voices and will not overlook the
welfare side of this issue.
Ireland has been in the news too many times now for welfare issues, from the New York Times’ coverage of the dreadful treatment of horses to Ireland’s reputation as “the puppy farm capital of Europe”, we don’t want to also be known as the place that sent its greyhounds to a country with no animal welfare practice in place, where
there is no overarching regulation of the veterinary profession, where even
Australia does not choose to deal with the Chinese on this issue. We have
only in recent years just managed for the racetracks in Spain to be closed
down…..now we have China.
Please don’t let our greyhounds be sent there. It will be hell on earth for
them.
Please write to all 3 people:
Mr Simon Coveney , Minister for Agriculture,
minister@agriculture.gov.ie Agriculture House,
Kildare St
Dublin 2.
Ireland
Shane McEntee, Minister of State at the Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food
shane.mcentee@finegael.ie
same postal address as above
Taoiseach Enda Kenny (taoiseach is Irish for Prime Minister)
taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie Department of the Taoiseach
Government Buildings
Upper Merrion Street
Dublin 2
Website: www.greyhoundaction.org.uk Latest news: http://greyhound-action.blogspot.comIf you would like to help protect other animals, as well as greyhounds, see http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/campaigns
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14 responses to “Greyhounds to China move forward – greys need your help urgently now!”
What the hell does Adrian Neilan think he is doing? he is signing the torture and death warrants of these dogs. It is at times like these, I am ashamed to be Irish!!! Get a grip Adrian and stop this madness now!!!!!!! Rosi Caswell Animal Whisperer
Hi
Can you put this on Care 2 with a petition? Im organising a fundraising dog walk this weekend and just havent time. I was sickened to read it, as you say, what the hell does the bloody man think he is doing? Jeeze, I know what Id like to do to him! Probably along with thousands of others.
Thanks for caring and commenting. Please write to him and get as many people as possible to join in.
Beryl
Why would you put these poor Animals through more then they have been throught already, its not fair to them to continue to suffer, they have suffered so much!
Do the right thing and let them live the life that they deserve, that life is with someone who will love and care for them!!
STOP THIS CRUEL ACT OF SENDING THESES DOGS TO CHINA.WE KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM THERE .TORTURE AND DEATH .I WOULDN’T HESITATE TO BET ON IT THAT.THERE IS MONEY INVOLVED .THEY LIKELY BUY THE DOGS FROM THE USA RACE TRACK ESTABLISHMENTS .PLEASE DON’T LET THESE DOGS LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY .
SORRY IT’S NOT THE USA BUT IRELAND IS IT NOT ?
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Bonjour
Unbelievable, isnt it, that this proposal is still
going ahead, despite all the protests. Where has this man got his head
stuck?!! Certainly not in this world!
Thanks for caring.
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Hi
Thanks for commenting. We all know that its
money … just like horse racing people, breeders…..the bottom line is
that they are not sentient creatures to these people, they are just money making
machines who get chucked out when they no longer make money. Wonder
how this man would feel if his child was taken and dumped in China? He is
not human, cannot be to continue with this proposal. Please make sure you
send all emails and letters as publicised on GN and other greyhound websites, we
need the whole world to join in.
Thanks for reading GN and for caring about the
dogs.
Amities
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Hi
Yes, its Ireland, but that doesnt matter……the
WORLD has to try and stop this. Please join in.
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Beryl
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And suffer they will. There is no retirememt or rehoming in Asia as Austrailia also exports their greyhounds to Asia. Their future is the finality of the dog meat market in which they will be killed in a cruel and brutal manner.
AND SUFFER THEY WILL. In Asia there is no retirement or rehoming of greyhounds. Their future is only the DOG MEAT MARKET. Here they will suffer a cruel and brutal death. Australia already exports their greyhounds to Asian markets. All must be done to try to prevent others from exporting dogs to Asia. These people are not starving anymore but have changed this practice into a cultural tradition.
And suffer they will. There is no retirement or rehoming of greyhounds in Asia. Their only future after racing is the DOG MEAT MARKET, in which they will suffer a cruel and brutal death. Australia already exports their greyhounds to parts of Asia. Hopefully we can stop another country from doing this. People in Asia are not starving anymore, but continue the practice of eating dogs and cats as a cultural tradition.
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Its unbelievable, isnt it, that anyone would
think of sending their dogs to China. But to these men on the Irish
Greyhound Board and in the Agriculture department, dogs are just things,
money-making machines, rubbish to get rid of when it is no more use to
them. These men dont have any feelings. Please join in with the
email and letter writing campaigns on Galgo News and Greyhound Action. It
doesnt matter where in the world you live.
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Beryl
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Done.
Hope all went well today Beryl. Feet up with a glass of wine now! x
When I first found out about this quite a while ago I felt sick. This can’t happen, it can’t…..