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Tag: killing greyhounds

  • 11 GREYHOUNDS FOUND DEAD IN A TRUCK at CHERBOURG, FRANCE

    Bloody Irish Greyhound Board!! (Bing translation)

    Cherbourg, 27/10/2014. Alerted by the Irish Ferries shipping company, 11 Greyhounds were found dead by the Gendarmes Maritime of Cherbourg SPPP (maritime and port surveillance platoon) on board the vessel Oscar Wilde, 27th October 2014 around 2 pm. Crammed 2 in cages, in a truck from Rosslare (Ireland), 11 racing Greyhounds died suffocated during the 17 h crossing.

    Veterinary services said death was by asphyxiation. No autopsy was performed.

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  • Report on C.A.G.E.D. demonstration at the GBGB gala awards

    Kathryn and Jen, two readers of Galgo News, travelled across the Pennines from Yorkshire to Manchester on 26th January to take part in the above demonstration. Kathryn reports.

    ‘I went to the event, meeting up with Jen and we went together. It was really great. About 350 people turned up at least but may have been more. The Hilton was surrounded! There were lots of people with bannners, memorials, wreaths and loud hailers.

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