Archive
This is an archive of all the previous greyhound news articles from the UK and around the world, updates on demonstrations and requests for assistance with appeals that have featured on the Action for Greyhounds web site. For the latest information in all these areas, please visit our Facebook page and be sure to follow us to be kept right up to date!
Critical injuries down slightly at W.Va. dog track
The West Virginia Racing Commission and a state veterinarian say catastrophic, career-ending injuries among greyhounds at Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack are down slightly.
Footnote:
Oval tracks (as found in America and Britain) are perhaps the most dangerous environment in which to hold greyhound racing and can never be made safe. It is a subject that was covered in an article by Greyhound Watch. Please view:
Ricky Gervais joins save the Irish greyhounds campaign
Top comedian Ricky Gervais has joined protests at the export of Irish greyhounds to China – amid fears they could become fast food if they’re too slow to race.
Protest on steps of London Embassy
A large group of people gathered outside the Irish Embassy in Grosvenor Place, London, this Saturday to protest at proposals by the Irish Greyhound Board to develop greyhound racing in China.
The gathering to include representatives from Action for Greyhounds, Greyhound Compassion and Greyhounds in Need travelled from various UK locations to voice their concerns.
Banners and placards were used to great effect and leaflets highlighting the groups concern for the welfare of greyhounds exported to China were distributed to passing members of the public.
Hundreds of motorists gave their ‘hoot of support’ to the demonstration that was held amid growing international anger against the IGB.
A big thank you to all who donated very generously towards the cost of leaflets, placards and banners.
Dublin protest over greyhound exports to China
Greyhound Action Ireland members protested in Dublin today against the export of greyhounds to China.
Demonstrators picket Irish embassies over greyhound exports
A group of animal welfare protesters picketed the Irish embassy in London, and the consulate in Boston yesterday – St Patrick’s Day – demonstrating against plans to export Irish greyhounds to China, where they may be beaten.
Future of greyhounds in China
We write as a concerned group of leading animal welfare organisations with extensive experience of greyhound welfare, regarding the Irish Greyhound Board’s suggested interest in sending Irish greyhounds to the People’s Republic of China to establish a greyhound industry. It is clear that this venture is being pursued with no consideration for the welfare of greyhounds. The future of Irish greyhounds in China would at best be short lived and at worst dire and unthinkable.
Chinese set to take away Irish dogs
And they’re 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.
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.
166 greyhounds dead and thousands injured
After being denied access to information for years, Grey2K USA finally exposed thousands of injuries and hundreds of deaths at the Tri-State Racetrack in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. Grey2K USA is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the cruelty of dog racing and passing stronger greyhound protection laws. According to state records they just obtained, nearly 200 dogs have died since 2005, and at least 3,208 were injured.
