Australia is the main player in the export of greyhounds to Asia.

In addition to the welfare problems it already has with it's own greyhound racing industry, the Australian industry is exporting greyhounds to Asia. The dogs are going to countries such as Vietnam, Macau, China and more recently Korea with the next targets being Cambodia & the Philippines. The aim is to promote and develop the greyhound racing industry in these countries.

Inevitably this will lead to misery and death for many greyhounds as there is no opportunity or hope of rehoming the dogs that have become "surplus to requirements" in Asia. These "surplus" greyhounds are often therefore being slaughtered in the barbaric dog meat industry.

For more background info click here

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Visit our "Ban the export of greyhounds to Asia Campaign 2003" page- a Greyhound Action International alert in response to the increase in exports of dogs to Asia click here

ACTION 1 >> New Alert 6th October 2003 click here or for the Original Alert click here to oppose the export of greyhounds to Asia (this contains the main background info).

NEW ONLINE PETITION >> click here to sign our new petition to ban the export of greyhounds from Australia to Asia.

Australian greyhounds are ending up in vivisection laboratories.

Not content with shipping greyhounds to Asia, the Australian racing industry has also got close links to the Vivisection industry. For evidence of how Australian ex-racing greyhounds are used in horrific experiments click here. If you are a student or work at a college or university click here for Andrew Knights excellent Learning Without Killing online resource site.

UPDATE March 2006: Animal Action Queensland have just done a new exposure of how greyhounds are still being used regularly for vivisection in Australian labs ... click here for full details.

ACTION 2 >> click here to oppose the use of greyhounds in vivisection.