Every year countless greyhounds around the world are
exploited for profit in the name of entertainment and consequently
sentenced to a brutal death. These atrocities are happening in
countries that undertake greyhound racing.
In the UK alone 40,000 greyhounds are disposed of
every year by the racing industry. Due to the over breeding and short
racing 'careers' there is a surplus of greyhounds with the majority of
the dogs being killed.
Extremely cruel methods such as drowning, shooting, beating are
commonplace. Greyhounds have been found mutilated with their ears chopped
off to prevent identification of the owner through the ear tattoo.
Thousands of puppies that fail the grade are routinely killed. The lucky
dogs end up being abandoned but with little hope of finding a home even
though greyhounds are naturally docile and affectionate dogs and given the
chance they make wonderful pets.
Greyhound racing has been recognised as a cruel sport and banned in 6
states in the USA and in South Africa with growing opposition in other
countries.
The World Greyhound Racing Federation the ruling body of world wide racing
and private corporations have began to promote and introduce greyhound
racing in Asia. The dogs are being exported from Australia with racing and
breeding already underway in Vietnam, Macau, China and more recently in
Korea. They further plan on creating a network of tracks throughout
Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia. These are countries notorious for
the barbaric torture and slaughter of dogs for human consumption. At
present this is the fate greyhounds in Asia unless we stop them.
For further information please contact
Greyhound Action International
PO Box 127
Kidderminster DY103UZ
UK
"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
Albert Einstein
Important Notice : Contributions and articles
published on the animal_net website are the responsibility of the
individuals who wrote them, and do not necessarily represent the
opinions of animal_net
