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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4That is some good news. Ireland has a hugh problem with greyhounds. And the greyhound breeders want to make it worse by exporting this problem?
It's a shame that the Irish proposal for management of greyhound racing in China isn't killed off the same way they kill off the greyhounds who are too slow. If this part of the proposal goes ahead it'll prop up the the killing of dogs here and abroad as the struggling IGB will get Chinese money. Also the breeders will find a way to sell to anyone including China (just not through state bodies). Greyhound Racing doesn't care about the dogs, they care about money. Remember Spain!
The chinese will just source there dogs from somewhere else and these dogs will be treated in the same way as the dogs that would of come from Ireland would of been treated.I believe dog racing in Ireland will continue for a long time to come and i agree that every dog should be treated with respect and if dogs going to china meant that they would of being treated cruely then im glad they are not going.But this develepment will not solve anything in my view.Animals dont have nationalities so what was really achieved here was nothing more than symbolic.The chinese wont care where they get there dogs from as long as they get there dogs and lets face it they will get there dogs and treat them however they like and with a country as big and strong as china there is nothing anybody can do about it. The racing industry will survive and continue for a very long time and will only stop when people stop going.Animal rights activists will have no say in this. The big tracks will always make money and no amount of protesting will stop this.The fact is there is a sufficient amount of people who enjoy greyhound racing to make it viable and these people will not simply dissapear. not matter how loud you shout.
This campaign has set greyhound welfare back a generation, is there any animal rights organisation with any semplence of intelligence?
This project has now gonbe from a stage where every greyhound was guaranteed to be rehomed by an Irish Semi State company to a project where the Chinese will now be responsible for the dogs after their race careers are over.
There was to be Irish trainers, kennel hands and vets in place in China to ensure proper welfare standards and to teach the Chinese same, this will now not happen as the Irish Greyhound Board will not be involved in that aspect of the project.
The CEO of the Irish Gryhound Board was willing to have people from China's dog trust oversee the welfare of the greyhounds and was willing to bring the greyhounds back to Mainland Europe for rehoming, this avenue is now no longer open to the CEO as the Chinese will be responsible for this aspect of the project.
The animal rights people should take a bow as they have done the exact opposite to what is best for the greyhounds but that is nothing new to these people.
Regards
Harry Hound
Greyhound racing is not growing. The UK and the USA have stadiums closing yearly. And this isn't linked to the recession, it's gone on for decades. It's expected that greyhound racing stadiums in Ireland will start closing soon. It's an industry in decline. The IGB are clutching at straws with this China deal. Desperation has that distinctive smell. The IGB knew they would receive very bad publicity on this and would not have touched this if they thought they had a choice. That's why reporters were asked by the Bord Na Gcon Chariman to keep the story out of the headlines.
PR is PR. The Irish Greyhound Board needed to say something about rehoming dogs sent to China if the deal went through. No surprise they said they would rehome in Europe. Their PR exercise in Ireland is the same, they rehome a tiny amount and make a song and dance about it. There are 10's of thousands of greyhounds from racing killed each here between the UK and Ireland. Greyhounds born in Ireland are exported to the UK to make up 80% of the greyhounds racing in tracks in the UK. But they still end up dead and both the UK and Ireland are in Europe. Dogs cost money to rehome. That's not good for the profit margins.
If any deal goes ahead with China it will only last a number of years. Why would China want a state body from another country doing anything for them after they learn how to do it themselves?
Greyhounds won't be sent to China through an Irish state body. Now lets hope an Irish state body won't manage the industry there and be responsible for messing up dogs in China as they have done here in Ireland