1 minute for Irish Greyhounds

 Please help Irish Greyhounds by signing this Care2 petition

Save greyhound dogs’ lives in less than 1 minute

Bring Irish Greyhound Racing Regulations in line with the United Kingdom

I will not submit my readers to the horrors racing greyhounds endure or lose their lives from. I never thought any thing could be worst than dogs bred in puppy mills. After reading the Care2 petition’s explanation of the conditions and animal cruelty in Ireland’s dog racing world, now I feel sadder but an informed and wiser person.

My friend, Rosee Riggs, sent me this petition. The situation and welfare for dogs on Irish racetracks distresses all animal lovers everywhere. Without boring you with research and background, the essence of this petition effort targets raising Irish greyhound racing rules to match those in Great Britain.

4 great things about greyhound dogs

When living in a home with a family

1. Greyhounds love to snuggle
2. Greyhounds enjoy being couch potatoes
3. Rescued track greyhounds often hate to run
4. Greyhounds cannot swim. They sink due to extremely low body fat

Myth buster: Not true that former track greyhounds become runaway dogs

This is Rosee’s dog, Speedy. Read more about him on her site Good Dog Practice.

Photo credit: Judith Utner

 From Care2: legal changes needed to better protect Irish track greyhounds

• Have a veterinarian present at all race meetings, trials and sales trials who must inspect every greyhound before it runs;
• Provide the veterinarian with appropriate facilities;
• Provide suitable kennels, diet, hygiene standards, for all greyhounds that are going to run in a race or trial and for the dogs NOT to be muzzled for 23-24 hours a day; Ensure that the greyhounds have access to an outside area for exercise and be supplied with food and water.
• Only allow greyhounds that are healthy, micro-chipped, registered and, were required, tattooed, to run in a race or trial
• Keep up to date records of owners, trainers, greyhounds and any injuries/deaths to greyhounds.
• Monitor all licensed and private Breeders to reduce excess Dogs thereby reducing the need to euthanize/kill unwanted puppies
• To regulate Ireland’s greyhound breeders, not governed by the same regulations & welfare stipulations as the UK.  All aspects of greyhound dog breeding, training and kenneling
• To provide adequate travel facilities, breaks (on long journeys) and water/food as required

Care2 Petition Bring Irish Greyhound Racing Regulations in line with the UK

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Thanks for reading, Deborah Taylor-French