Upto 600 greyhounds facing death
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL From Greyhound Crusaders

UP to 600 racing greyhounds could be put down after Greyhound Racing Victoria this week dashed any hope of keeping race meetings in Wangaratta (AUSTRALIA).
We are therefore asking all our supporters globally to now take immediate action.

To read the original article for background ... click here

'Greyt Exploitations' www.greytexploitations.com our greyhound buddies in the UK have also helped us with this international appeal. A big thank you.
International pressure is now needed to help these greyhounds as much as we can so please write a letter to the following people. Please keep all correspondence polite.

There is an email address for the Border Mail (where the original article was published).

Please write to them and ask them to do a special national appeal to help the greyhounds find forever homes and rescue spaces email them here:

bmm@bordermail.com.au and /or use the automated form to write a letter- http://www.bordermail.com.au/content/writetous/

Here's the RSPCA website for Victoria - please contact them asking them to do all they can to help the greyhounds find forever homes and rescue spaces:

http://www.rspcavic.org/campaigns_news/campaigns_ban_horse_jumps.htm

email them here- rspca@rspcavic.org.au

and on their website is a link to Rod Hull - the racing minister who was mentioned in the Border Mail newspaper article.

Please write to him asking him to do all he can to help- rob.hulls@parliament.vic.gov.au

Please also write to this rescue group in Australia asking them to help be involved in the rescue of the greyhounds- gap@grv.org.au

Please do all you can to help this vital appeal by taking the above action and forwarding this appeal to all your Australian contacts for further assistance. We must do all we can to save these precious innocent lives.

Many thanks for your support

Greyhound Crusaders/SWAP team UK

Every voice counts

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GA comment: This is a great step forward for the Australian campaign against greyhound racing ... it is important to remember that although in the short run up to 600 dogs are facing an uncertain future, in the long run the closure of this track will prevent the deaths of thousands of dogs in the coming years.

It is also important to remember that the responsibility for the deaths of any of the current racers will lie firmly with the greyhound industry and a quote in the article reveals their casual lack of concern and unwillingness to provide meaningfully for the future of dogs that are no longer running “If the dogs aren’t getting a run every week, there’s no point training them so they’ll be put into the greyhound adoption scheme. But there’s no way they’ll find new owners for 600 dogs — they’ll have to be put down.”