Urgent Gardai Investigation Sought by International Animal Rights Group.

Deceit, drugs, doping and dead dogs.
please write to instigate Greyhound Investigation by Gardai in Eire.

After a greyhound racing board member told a board meeting last week he believed a number of trainers were using the performance-enhancing drug EPO on greyhounds and in light of the recent revelations and admissions of drug administering by two well known trainers. Greyhound Action Ireland (affiliated to GA International) is tonight calling on its members to contact Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy

An urgent and immediate Gardai investigation into possible breaches of the Misuse of Drugs Act and the Protection of Animals Act by both trainers Paul Hennessy and John Kiely (plus a number of others ... see sample letter below) is being sought.

These trainers admitted to the offences and have been fined a paltry sum of 1000euro each for administering the human drug EPO to greyhounds.

Please write a letter to Gardai Siochana Commissioner Noel Conroy.

Address; Garda Headquarters, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 , Ireland.

His phone number is 00 353 1 666 0000 BUT you must put the complaint in WRITING for it to be investigated.

We include a sample letter below:
Please cut and paste the letter below or write your own(more effective) .This is important to get a prosecution here .

Send letter to the Gardai Commissioner.as follows.

TO Dr. Noel Conroy

Garda Commissioner

Garda headquarters

Phoenix Park

Dublin 8

Complaint to Gardai

Re: Unlawful misuse of drugs and cruelty to animals (greyhounds)

Sir,

With regard to a report that appeared in the Irish Examiner newspaper of Saturday January 28th 2006, we urge an immediate Garda investigation into the alleged criminal activities referred to in this article.

We ask you to investigate, as a matter of urgency, the claims that a number of named greyhound owners and trainers administered prohibited substances to greyhounds.

The article revealed that greyhound trainer, Paul Hennessey, of Gowran, County Kilkenny administered a prohibited substance, namely Erythropoitin (EPO) to a racing greyhound known Barefoot Jenny

In a further report carried in the Irish Examiner newspaper of Thursday, February 2nd, another greyhound trainer, John Kiely was named for having also administered Erythropoietin (EPO) to a racing greyhound.

Both of the animals tested positive for the EPO and respective owners were fined (by Bord nag Con) for using the banned, performance-enhancing substance.

This drug can cause much suffering as a result of it’s severe and debilitating side effects in an animal, one of which includes permanent heart damage. It has not been disclosed how the drug was sourced by both men or if it was prescribed/ administered by a veterinary practitioner.

Therefore we urge the Gardai to investigate/prosecute both persons immediately under:

The Misuse of Drugs Act.
The Protection of Animals Act.
We further call on you to investigate claims in the article (Irish Examiner) Saturday 28th January ’06 concerning alleged “doping” related offences attributed to the following named individuals:

Michael Cahalane, trainer of Ballinascarthy, Co Cork
Matthew Ryan, trainer, of Cashel, Co Tipperary
John Sheehy, owner of Emly, Co Tipperary
John Grace of Shannon, Co Clare
Joseph Shoer, of Claddagh, Co Galway

Each of these men is alleged in the article to have administered prohibited substances to greyhounds. Their full postal addresses and additional information and relevant details relating to the alleged offences may be obtained from Bord nag Con.

Whilst the above-mentioned offences may be covered by various internal industry regulations, our concern is that some, or all of them may contravene the Law of the Land. Would you therefore please launch a full, immediate and comprehensive investigation into the matter with a view to bringing the offenders to justice?

Thanking you for your kind attention.

Sincerely,


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