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Doping of dogs in the Irish greyhound industry
19 September 2017
RTE's "Claire Byrne Live" show (18 Sept 2017) has focused on the issue of dog doping in the Irish greyhound industry. On the programme, journalist Sharon Ni Bheoláin highlighted the range of prohibited drugs (including Cocaine) found in dogs at racing tracks and the related animal welfare concerns.
ACTION ALERT
The Irish Government has handed over around a quarter of a billion euros to the greyhound industry since 2001, including €16 million for 2017. Email "Stop funding the cruel and crumbling greyhound industry" to taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie, paschal.donohoe@oireachtas.ie, michael.creed@oir.ie, andrew.doyle@oireachtas.ie
Don't attend greyhound races or community fund-raisers held at greyhound tracks (these are a significant source of funding for the greyhound industry).
Contact your TDs and urge them to act to stop the massive government grants to the greyhound industry. Visit the Oireachtas website http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&disp=mem for names of TDs and their email addresses. Write to your TDs at: Dail Eireann, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Tel: +353 (0)1-618 3000 or 1890 337 889. Please also arrange a meeting with your TDs at their local clinics.
Please sign and share the petitions
Irish Government: Stop Giving Millions of Euro to Cruel Greyhound Industry
https://www.change.org/p/irish-government-stop-giving-millions-of-euro-to-cruel-greyhound-industry
Stop the Export of Irish Greyhounds to Pakistan
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-export-of-irish-greyhounds-to-pakistan
Join us in appealing to Tourism Ireland and Failte Ireland to consider the cruelty inherent in the greyhound industry and stop promoting greyhound racing.
Tourism Ireland
Email: corporate.dublin@tourismireland.com
Tel: +353 1 476 3400
Tweet to @TourismIreland
Fáilte Ireland
Email: customersupport@failteireland.ie
Tel: +353 (0)1 8847700
Tweet to @failte_ireland
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