Greyhound racing
Victoria was meant to be hosting a free race night at Federation
Square using the big screen for race screening. It was to be hosted
by football stars Nathan Brown (Richmond) and Chris Tarrant (Collingwood)
and former Carlton captain Andrew McKay who is the official GRV
ambassador
The demonstration went ahead as planned to let the public know the
cruelty inflicted on greyhounds in Australia.
Approx 20,000 greyhounds are murdered in Australia every year. Many
greyhounds end up being sold on to vivisection labs, vetrinary colleges
and universities for the purpose of painful experiments and eventaul
dissection.
Thousands of Australian greyhounds are exported to Asia to places
like Korea, Shanghai, Vietnam and Macau were once surplus to requirements
they end up fuelling the barbaric dog meat industry in Asia. The
Australian racing industry is directly responsible for these atrocities.
Please write to GRV and ask them
to stop the killing of greyhounds and to take immediate steps to
rescue all the greyhounds that are being used for experimentation
at Melbourne university, vet schools and other uni's and establishments
in Australia.
Contact details:
GREYHOUND RACING VICTORIA
John Stephens
45-54 Chetwynd Street, West Melbourne, 3003
Phone +61 (03) 8329 1100 Fax +61 (03) 8329 1000
Greyhounds Australasia Limited (ruling body of greyhound racing
in Australia)
Chief
Executive Officer Craig Taberner
Email: craig@galtd.org.au
Email: admin@galtd.org.au
Mail: P.O. Box 239 Springvale 3171, Victoria, Australia
Phone: +0011 61 (03)9548 3500
Fax: +0011 61 (03)9548 3488
Email: admin@galtd.org.au
Ministers
responsible for greyhound racing in Australia/greyhound export
to Asia
The Honourable
Warren Truss, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry
(responsible for live exports).
W.Truss.MP@aph.gov.au
The
Hon John Pandazopoulos MP Minister for Racing & Tourism
john.pandazopoulos@parliament.vic.gov.au
THE HON NICK
D GRIFFITHS Minister for Racing and Gaming
nick-griffiths@dpc.wa.gov.au
Hon Syd Stirling
Minister for Racing, Gaming and Licensing
minister.stirling@nt.gov.au
South Australia
Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing Hon. Michael Wright
MP
recsport@saugov.sa.gov.au