Greyhound racing has lost 500,000 racegoers in the last 5 years ... and last year greyhound breeding fell by 13% resulting in 5000 less dogs being killed (see newsletter for more info... click here) Since Greyhound Action's campaign began in 1997, more than 20 UK greyhound tracks have been forced to close and we have been instrumental in preventing over a dozen proposed ones from opening. CLICK HERE FOR MORE EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE WINNING THIS FIGHT

URGENT ACTION >> Give £5 to save the greyhounds ... Greyhound Action Desperately needs funds to continue our campaigns ... click here for full info

NEWS FLASH >> GA's "Running for their lives" newsletter #20 is out now ... full of news and victories ... click here

URGENT ACTION >> more help needed with Manchester Belle Vue campaign ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> GA's greatest ever victory as Walthamstow closes ... Walthamstow stadium staged it's last race on 16th of August due to constant leafletting by GA supporters reducing attendances leading to the site being sold for housing ... click here for full detail

URGENT ACTION >> As Walthamstow closes pressure is urgently needed to ensure that adequate provision is made for the dogs which will become surplus to the racing industry's requirements ... click here to see how you can help

URGENT ACTION >> August Greyhound demos in East anglia ... click here

URGENT ACTION >> GA in the West Midlands upcoming demos and stalls ... Wolverhampton click here ... Birmingham click here ... Coventry click here UPDATE: Demo outside Monmore Green Stadium this Thursday, August 28th has been cancelled and there will be a Greyhound Action info stall in Wolverhampton city centre the following day (Friday, August 29th) from 11am - 3pm instead.

NEWS FLASH >> Changes to CAGE demo times at Coventry after the track's ploy to attract children flops badly ... click here

URGENT ACTION >> Following debt problems Coventry track is on the brink ... but is beginning a major promotional campaign ... CAGE is planning on countering this campaign by stepping up the number of demos and they need your help ... click here for full details on demos and the situation at the Coventry track

URGENT ACTION >> Reading Stadium is on the brink of closure ... demos have been organised over the coming months to increase the pressure ... click here for more info and help us make sure it closes

URGENT ACTION >> there is a proposal to start greyhound racing in Jamaica ... letters needed now to stop it before it begins ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Do you take part in GA demos? click here for info about an important positive legal ruling won by activists from Manchester that could affect you

NEWS FLASH >> On the second anniversary of the initial exposure of David Smith the Seaham Slaughterer ... the identity of dogs in the photo revealed by insider ... click here

URGENT ACTION >> New betting deal will allow people in other countries to bet on Irish greyhound racing ... click here for more info

NEWS FLASH >> poor puppy auction underlines failing health of the greyhound industry ... click here

URGENT ACTION >> Sign the online petition urging Liverpool university killing healthy greyhounds for dissection ... http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/urge-liverpool-university-to-stop-killing-greyhounds-for-dissection ... click here for more info about what is going on at Liverpool University

URGENT ACTION >> The Evening Chronicle, a local Newcastle newspaper in the UK have announced that they have 'signed up' and intend to race a young female greyhound, Give Me Sunshine, to try and raise money for the newspaper's charity the 'Sunshine Fund' ... click here for info

URGENT ACTION >> Greyhound racing radio advertising campaign to go nationwide ... we need your help to monitor it and complain against it ... click here for info ... this is a great opportunity to turn their advertising against them

NEWS FLASH >> Irish kids are gambling their communion money on greyhound racing ... click here

URGENT ACTION >> Please support Jo who is standing up for an abused greyhound against a background of harrassment ... click here for info

NEWS FLASH >> UPDATE 3/06/08 Two greyhound workers have just been banned from keeping animals for 10 years each after being convicted of starving and mistreating 7 greyhounds in their care ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Greyhound breeder offers slow dogs to be killed for research ... NEW expose by the Sunday Times reveals how a top greyhound breeder is happy to sell off healthy dogs that don't make the grade to die in a University lab ... click here

URGENT ACTION >> We URGENTLY need many more signatures on our petitions to ban the export of greyhounds from Australia to Asia where they suffer appaling cruelty and death ... click here for a downloable petition for Australian citizens ... click here for an online petition for everyone

URGENT ACTION >> Calling all supporters in or near South West London ... help is needed with our successful leafletting campaign at Wimbledon ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Greyhound killed at Sittingbourne after breaking leg ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Three greyhounds abandoned in Norwhich within 2 weeks ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> The greyhound track at Coventry Stadium is teetering on the brink of closure ... click here for more info

NEWS FLASH >> Greyhound racing at Sittingbourne’s Central Stadium could soon be finished ... click here for more info

NEWS FLASH >> GA launches new leaflet "Greyhound Breeder Admits To Slaughter" ... cataloguing the revelations of greyhound breeder Richard Newell ... click here for info

NEWS FLASH >> Clover Leaf Colorado track closes ... one of 11 to close since 2004 ... click here

NEWS FLASH>> Yet another new local group ... GA proudly introduces Greyhound Action who are campaigning against the Ellesmere Port and Bellevue tracks as well as educating people throughout Cheshire ... click here for more info

NEWS FLASH>> Yet another greyhound killing ground found ... this time in West Cork Eire ... click here for more info

NEWS FLASH >> VICTORY AT COCKERMOUTH! Following a storm of protest ... councillors have turned down a new greyhound track ... you might like to thank them ... click here for full info

NEWS FLASH >> Online veterinary advice ... you can get free quality advice at this online yahoo group: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/petvetcafe/ or send a question to this address: petvetcafe@yahoogroups.com

URGENT ACTION >> greyhound fur/skin for sale on ebay ... please complain ... click here for details


NEWS FLASH>> New website launched exposing the cruel trade in rabbit fur ... click here

NEWS FLASH>> Yet another new GA local group launched ... this time in Wolverhampton ... they are organising regular demos at Monmore Green stadium ... click here

NEWS FLASH>> From his own mouth ... Greyhound breeder admits to slaughter ... you must read this as an eye opener into exactly how the industry thinks ... click here ... coincidentally a similar scandal has broken in Australia ... proving how widespread these attitudes and actions are in the industry ... click here

NEWS FLASH>> Popularity of virtual racing increasing ... in the UK it's now worth US$1.4 Billion per Year ... click here for more info

NEWS FLASH>> Date set for "celebrity chef" Clarissa Dickson Wright's trial for alleged hare-coursing ... click here for more info

URGENT ACTION >> Major Dog Racing Scandal Breaks in Australia ... leading trainer exposed as greyhound killer ... click here

NEWS FLASH>> Greyhound trainer on 299 criminal charges ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Greyhound Deaths Prompt Look at Track ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> SAAC have just launched their new website www.studentsagainstanimalcruelty.org.uk

NEWS FLASH >> Greyhounds Run Toward Victory in Massachusetts ... over 100,000 signatures collected on petition ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Yet another doping scandal as 2 dogs test positive at Brandywell the North of Irelands only track ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Eight Northern Irish "owners" fined for doping dogs with cocaine ... click here ... this comes shortly after a similar scandal in Eire involving BZP so called herbal ecstasy ... click here

URGENT ACTION >> Madam Tussauds have recently unveiled a wax work of Westmead Hawk an ex-racing greyhound ... please complain ... click here for more info including update.

NEWS FLASH >> NEW web banner available for you to add to your web page if you have one ... click here for more info about what to do

NEWS FLASH >> Dog who "founded" Greyhound Action dies ... farewell to Bernie ... click here

URGENT ACTION >> Please sign this petition to save Spanish greyhounds (galgos) ... it will be presented to the authorities on 5th December ... SO LET'S GET LOADS OF SIGNATURES PLEASE ... click here for the petition ... also PETA have launched a campaign to save the galgos ... click here or if you don't know about the problem click here for some background

NEWS FLASH >> Irish greyhound Tigresa abandoned in Spain after racing in Ireland and Spain ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> 3 greyhounds die as a result of neglect by previous owners ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> The sickening side of greyhound racing ... an article from the Daily Mail 7/07/07 ... click here ... amazing testimony from insiders.

NEWS FLASH >> 6 tracks face possible closure after the GRA is put up for sale ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> More victories as two more USA tracks are set to close ... click here (that's 6 in 3 years and 2 more have ended live racing)

NEWS FLASH >> Yet another case of extreme cruelty from Spain ... this time from Guadalajara ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Welsh greyhound killers under investigation ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Plunging attendances hit UK dog tracks ... click here for more info ... this makes excellent reading!

The following figures are for April 2007 (apparently May was even worse) Perry Barr - 33%, Wimbledon - 28%, Hall Green – 20%, Belle Vue – 17%, Hove – 16%, Monmore – 10%, Oxford – 15%, Peterborough – 12%, Portsmouth – 10%, Romford – 11%, Walthamstow – 10%

NEWS FLASH >> A typical case of an abandoned greyhound rescued by the Asoka sanctuary in Spain September 2007 ... click here for more pictures

NEWS FLASH>> Fast work by the galgo rescuers ... an uplifting story from Spain that shows people can make a difference ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Victories for New Hampshire greyhounds USA ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> US State Investigates Greyhound Abuse (including doping with cocaine) ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Dog owner drunk at track loses license at Tucson Greyhound Park USA ... click here for info on this interesting case that reflects very badly on greyhound racing in the USA and here for a press release by The American-European Greyhound Alliance

NEWS FLASH >> Officers disciplined after a greyhound dies from neglect at Scottish police station ... click here for latest update ... or click herefor the details of the original story from our sister site www.greyhoundactionscotland.org.uk

NEWS FLASH >> USA Racing foes have released a report detailing dog injuries ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> Innocent Greyhound Killed in Tucson USA ... proving again that like the industry, the abuse of greyhounds is worldwide ... click here for more info

NEWS FLASH >> watch "Running for their lives" a short but powerful film by KAREN CHERRINGTON ... a big thanks to Karen for producing it and letting us link to it ... click here ... please tell everyone to watch it!

NEWS FLASH >> Murdered dogs found near Ayr Greyhound Stadium in Scotland ... this may be the tip of the iceberg and may turn out to be the discovery of a new killing ground ... click here for info. NOTE UPDATED ON 4/08/07 with a very graphic photo of the second decomposed greyhound.

NEWS FLASH >> A new website has been set up to highlight the link between human and animal slavery ... click here

NEWS FLASH >> It is with great sadness that we report the death of vegan visionary Neil Lea ... a man who did much to help animals despite very difficult personal circumstances ... click here for memorial information

NEWS FLASH >> "Healthy dogs are being killed" excellent and revealing report by Wales On Sunday into 5 more greyhound executioners in Wales ... click here for full story

NEWS FLASH >> Irish Coursing Club to rejoin world greyhound body after gap of two years ... underlining the link between coursing and greyhound racing ... click here for more info ... click here for more info on coursing

NEWS FLASH >> Irish Greyhound Racing Board facing fresh drugs scandal ... click here for more info

NEWS FLASH >> No prosecution in mutilation case. Despite using DNA to trace the owner of this dog (Aoife) who was abandoned with her ears cut off ... both The Irish Greyhound Board and The Gardai have failed to prosecute the owner ... click here for more info or here for the original story

NEWS FLASH >> Irish dog found hanging in Spain? ... click here for more details

NEWS FLASH >> No Justice for Murdered Greyhounds! ... greyhound industry executioner gets off with £2000 fine ... what a suprise in this nation of animal lovers ... click here for more info

NEWS FLASH >> Yet another dog found in a disgraceful condition ... this time in Wiclklow ... click here for more info

NEWS FLASH >> 2 greyhounds with mutilated ears found in Ireland within days of each other ... click here for more info