On June 26th A documentary about the bloody greyhound racing business was shown on Irish television. The post showed extremely brutal scenes, corresponding to the cruel everyday life that these wonderful dogs are exposed to. As a result of the documentary, there was a lot of media attention in Ireland, articles were published in newspapers and petitions were started.
Even if this article is not for the faint of heart, we find it all the more important that both the article and all background information are made available to the public.
Irish journalist Conor Ryan from RTE Investigates also published one Articles about the cruel business, which you can find here.
As a result of the contributions, a petition was created that calls on the main sponsor Barry's Tea to end its financial support of greyhound racing for the benefit of the dogs - we would like to ask you to support us and all greyhound friends in Ireland in this endeavor: You can find the petition here.
Why all that?
With our dog Weenona, who was literally rescued from the killing station at the last minute, we experienced first-hand how heartlessly weak or genetically “unprivileged” racing dogs are treated - the dog no longer brings any money , so he goes to the butcher.
It goes without saying that we could not accept this situation and as a result we have focused particularly on the protection of greyhounds with the Irish Farm of Hope.