Save the Galgo – Stop the suffering
Not galgos but their British cousins greyhounds. British greyhounds (including Ireland) also have a hellish life. Greyhound racing is not a sport yet the Greyhound Racing Board of Great Britian still insists there is no cruelty involved. Many unwanted greyhounds end up shipped to China where their hellish life gets even worse. And hundreds end up in the Chinese meat market.
Video of greyhounds, whippets and other dogs in a Chinese meat market.
In the past I have reported on the Australian Greyhound breeders and trainers sending their unwanted hounds to China. This they have vehemently denied doing! Here’s proof that they did, although this story does have a sort of happy ending.
From Albano Martins in Macau
‘Midnight Terror, almost 10 years old, born on 1st December 2008, Australian, male, black color, died in Macau Municipal Kennel with Septicaemia, even after a blood transfusion by another greyhound!
I had been the day before in the Kennel to see his health situation and i found there Mr. Leung Chi Keung, his future owner, taking care of him! He has been a constant volunteer taking care of Midnight Terror from the first beginning in Canidrome! This is a good example of a responsible adopter!
On 15 November at 3:00 pm, Midnight Terror was cremated in Coloane Municipal Kennel and Mr.Leung will keep his ashes paid already by him!
Thanks Mr.Leung Chi Keung!
From Cobie at Scooby Residencia Valladolid. This poor little galga named China was brought to the Scooby residencia by a galguero because she is obviously very sick. Surely she has leishmaniosis, very much hairloss over her whole body, long nails on her feet which makes walking very painful for her, her eartips completely bare, her back and tail almost bare and a look in her eyes which makes you want to cry for feeling so sorry for her.
The galguero injected her with all kinds of stuff and gave her tablets, God may know which ones, but of course, that did no good to her so he wanted to dispose her.
Received yesterday, 3/4/2012
‘Late Friday night, we learned that the Canidrome, China’s only dog track, had agreed to end the killing of greyhounds and institute a an adoption program for ex-racers.
This news, coming less than five months after the start of our Rescue Brooklyn campaign, was wonderful to hear. The first dogs ever to leave the track alive were to be sent to local animal protection organization ANIMA on Monday morning. Read the announcement here.
As so many British and Irish greyhound racing stadiums have closed, the Racing Boards are looking for other outlets for their dogs! I’ve already publicised the campaign against the IRB promoting racing in China, now it’s Vietnam and South Africa (again!). So please add your names to these petitions.
Vietnam
South Africa – vote before Monday, 12th March 2012
IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY – NOT ABOUT LIVING CREATURS! Urgent Reminder: to help the majority of greyhounds who are not lucky enough to be rescued. Are you a tax payer too? If so, you are helping to subsidise the Irish greyhound racing industry via the IMF bail-out
Every letter counts from around the world!
Worldwide protest letters needed now please and online petition link below where thousands of signatures are needed before it’s too late!
Full details and important info below for everyone to read and take immediate action. Please keep all correspondence polite when writing to the Irish government and your MP/MEP. Please also send your emails straight to these people’s in boxes as well as the email addresses provided below.
michael.noonan@oireachtas.irlgov.ie and enda.kenny@oireachtas.irlgov.ie
The Irish national budget for 2012 is now under preparation for publication in December, so time is of the essence.
This is an extension of the campaign to stop Irish greyhounds being sent to China. I have no doubt that readers in Oz will have some comments.
Urgent- please write to the Australian Prime Minster the Hon Julia Gillard MP to stop greyhounds being exported to the Macau track where they live in appalling conditions most of which are killed at the end of their racing days! Worldwide letters needed now please to help these poor greyhounds who suffer and die, all for the price of a bet.
This is a quote from the recent Irish Daily mail investigation-
Greyhounds to China – two addresses for postal letters to be sent.
Irish Greyhound Board, Green Park, Dock Road, Limerick, Irish Republic
Department of Agriculture, Agriculture House, Kildare St., Dublin 2, Irish
Republic
Further appeal from Greyhound Action
A petition targeting the Irish Greyhound Board and the Irish Government has been published on the Care2 website calling for the withdrawal of the IGB’s proposals to export greyhounds to China. Please sign the petition and help place pressure on the Irish authorities to show some care and compassion for this gentle breed.
The petition will be delivered to the Irish Embassy in London – the Irish Greyhound Board and Government offices.
One of the things which really sickens me and also makes me exceedingly angry is the abandonment of animals – everywhere. I receive many emails containing appeals for help for abandoned animals, or mass cullings of stray dogs or wild mustangs. The reason there are so many unwanted animals is because of MAN, as in human. If there were not people like breeders of animals, dog and horse shows, circuses – to name just a few – there would not be the need for refuges and rescue associations.
This is yet another example of irresponsibility and lack of care – a galga abandoned on the streets of Cordoba, prey to any dog which scents her when she comes into season. The result, she is still wandering the streets of Cordoba, heavily pregnant and about to give birth to yet more unwanted dogs.