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Every
year countless greyhounds around the world are exploited for
profit in the name of entertainment and consequently sentenced
to a brutal death.
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Greyhound
Action International (GAI) was founded to campaign against
this global exploitation.
GAI
now needs funds to launch a major global campaign against
the callous greyhound industry.
please send
a cheque/postal order to:
Greyhound Action International, PO
Box 127 Kidderminster, England DY103UZ
Donations
for GAI are used only for international campaigns so please
mark envelopes and cheques with "Greyhound Action International"
THE BACKGROUND STORY...
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.
WHAT
CAN YOU DO TO HELP?
1:
Be a voice for the greyhounds, each country has it's own section
on this website which provides all the info you need to help
us in our campaign - just take a look and act.
2: Contact the companies, racing authorities, government
officials and tourist offices listed in each countrys section
and voice your protest to them.
3: Do not support or attend greyhound racing in any
country and never bet on a greyhound race.
4:
Contact us for petition forms and copies of our leaflets to
distribute and also collect signatures for our petitions.
5: Write to local, national and international newspapers
to express your disgust at the export and fate of greyhounds
in Asia and around the world. Tell as many people as possible.
6: If you have any information concerning greyhound
cruelty in any part of the world, please contact us.
7: If you can offer a greyhound a loving home please
contact us.
8: Please send a donation to help our campaign so that
we can continue to help the greyhounds.
Please send your cheques, international money orders or postal
orders to:
Greyhound
Action International, PO
Box 127 Kidderminster, England DY103UZ
Donations
for GAI are used only for international campaigns so please
mark envelopes and cheques with "Greyhound Action International"
"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
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