China Crisis for Greyhounds - Voices needed World Wide!

For information on how you can help protect greyhounds from being sent to China (from any country) please read the editorial from South West Animal Protection and visit the links on campaign websites, below, where resources can be found online to add your voice to this campaign -

Many of you will now know that the Department of Agriculture in Ireland have dropped their plans to export Irish greyhounds to China for racing due to the overwhelming response in protest from campaigners, animal welfare groups and animal lovers across the world. Well done to everyone for achieving this, thank you, however this vital campaign is far from over as the Irish Greyhound Board are now insisting that they will help the Chinese set up 5 greyhound stadiums in China, which we are deeply concerned about so more URGENT lobbying to the authorities is needed now to stop this.

Please see this more recent article about this new proposal -

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2011/0506/1224296281917.html

And further info here -

http://www.greytexploitations.com/resources-and-reports/the-dogs-who-run-for-...

The fact that the department of Agriculture has refused to allow the export of Irish greyhounds to China shows their own concern for these dogs, however their own concerns must still be upheld with any new proposal from the Irish Greyhound Board to promote racing in China with the building of 5 new stadiums, as the grim fate of these dogs in a country with no animal welfare laws is a MASSIVE concern, no matter where these greyhounds come from! Many dogs in China are skinned alive for their meat/fur and human consumption. We cannot allow the Irish Greyhound Board to continue their plans promoting animal abuse in other parts of the world.

We cannot emphasize the importance of everyone all over the globe continuing to campaign for these poor greyhounds who have no voice of their own! This campaign as already stated is not over, it must be stronger than ever and pressure must be given to those people that make the decisions to not allow it to happen.

Links -

http://www.aran.ie/

http://www.greytexploitations.com/

http://ameurogreyhoundalliance.org/ireland-china-greyhound-export/

http://www.greyhoundcompassion.com/news-144.htm

With grateful thanks to all the fantastic greyhound friends and advocates who offered photographs for inclusion in this video and huge thanks to the celebrities who are giving their time and voices to greyhounds at risk from the proposal to launch stadium dog racing in China.

Music: 'Racing to Death'

© Maria Daines & Paul Killington

http://www.maria-daines.com

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[razzlewave29]

The Irish Greyhound Board is now wanting permission to help create huge new greyhound stadiums in China. Already the greys that are exported from Australia to China suffer the most appalling brutal cruelty and no law prohibits this as China has no animal protection laws. The greyhounds 'existances' are simply until they can run no more - hence no longer financially viable. The end of the hounds life is. horrific.

The IGB's repution ihere is dismal for welfare and this proposal is evil.

[CDLver]

It is unfathomable that any government would even consider the export of greyhound dogs to China, particularly when they are skinning millions of dogs and cats alive every year for the fur trade!

Human greed in its most vulgar form -- Chinese fur and Tiger farms.

[ILuvMyPitbulls]

Is this how they plan to solve the "Greyhound" problem? Actually it's a human problem but the dogs pay for it! I will be passing this around and doing some more research. Very sad, but this enrages me! They know what will happen to these dogs if they get sent to China!

[TinkerBoos]

NO NO NO!!! No do not send greyhounds to China.Please NO!

[askalice50]

Shared to Facebook.

[lovetoallanimals]

Great video! Every animal lover cringe and is horrified at teh gentle greyhounds being shipped to China for racing some more, after they are retired form Ireland.... What are they thinking!!?? Sharing widely, dear Maria. That song, that voice still gives me goosebumps...

[LouiseKahj]

When I make my millions I am going to buy a huge mansion, and get some homeless street people to move in, train them up and then bring in the unwanted Greyhounds, they have free run of the mansion and live their lives out in peace. Playing in the beautiful gardens. May the people who use these dogs as slaves, have no more power to do this evil. So be it, and so it is.

[sandrateager]

Definitely NO to greyhounds being sent to China!

Excellent video--i shared it on Facebook!

Greyhounds deserve to lead a happy life too!

[Gail274]

How much more does this breed have to suffer? It is unforgiveable.

[pikixw]

@JacksHounds i totally agreed with u,even though i'm a chinese. The percentage of ppl who have the awareness of animal welfare vs who don't have is 50/50 in China now. The animal activists in China always been criticized heavily. They need yours all support.

[quicksilver3x3]

This stuff from 3966m speaks for itself, people, take this guy's example and fight all human exploitation of animals, proudly :-)