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"Running
for their lives"
A short video about the greyhound situation by KAREN
CHERRINGTON

Shelter
A powerful video highlighting the abuse
that greyhounds suffer

Greyhound
Abuse
Another
great video this time by Kim Brinkman
Black
greyhounds are the least likely to be re-homed ...
click
here to go to the Black beauties website ... they are a new
grassroots group that need our help rehoming these forgotten dogs.!
You
can also click here to read
about Jake and how he found a great new home.

Click
here to see
a short video clip of GA supporters in action at a recent demo.
We will never stop until we have
won!
URGENT REQUEST FOR HELP >> Hunting
has been "banned" but it's still going on under the
uncaring nose of the police click
here to visit the Hunt Watch website and see what you can
do to help end this tragedy.
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HUNTING WITH HOUNDS INCLUDING HARE COURSING ... BANNED 18/02/05
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...and the
first people arrested were hare coursers. 
HARE
COURSING
(Now illegal in the UK)
How
greyhounds are used in this obscene bloodsport.
To
find out more...
Click
here
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Last updated 26th August 2008
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
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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 Sittingbournes 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
NEWS
FLASH >> 76
dogs break their legs at Dairyland Greyhound Park
track USA in one year ... click
here
NEWS FLASH >> Sari
and Talca's story ... Starved dogs abandoned in Conneticut
and Rhode island
USA ... Kevin J. Schneider faces jail ... click
here ... this story shows the global nature of greyhound
racing ... dogs born in Ireland, sold on to Spain and
abandoned in the USA
NEWS
FLASH >>
RSPCA says at least 20 greyhounds disappear
everyday ... presumed killed ... click
here for more info
NEWS
FLASH >> NEW SCANDAL ROCKS INDUSTRY ... HEALTHY
GREYHOUNDS KILLED BY VETS FOR THEIR ORGANS WHEN SURPLUS
TO RACING REQUIREMENTS ...
click here
NEWS
FLASH >> greyhound
put down after breaking leg at Poole Stadium ... click
here
NEWS
FLASH >> 12 greyhounds found
in filthy conditions ... north swindon ... click
here for
more info
NEWS
FLASH >> Tia greyhound rescue
have recently started a "Wall of Shame" listing
hundreds of cases of abandoned greyhounds ... many suffering
appalling injuries. http://www.tiagreyhounds.org.uk/wall.htm
URGENT ACTION >> Calling supporters in the
Manchester Area ... Regular leafletting is planned at
Belle Vue stadium ... please join us and help close down
this hell hole ... click
here for info ... there are also ongoing regular leafletting
sessions/demos at Coventry
, Sittingbourne
Park Stadium
, Monmore
Green Wolverhampton and
Wimbledon
Stadium ...
so why not get involved in your local campaign ... click
on the links for more info.
NEWS
FLASH >> Yet another US track
to close ... click
here
NEWS
FLASH >> Yet another scandal hits
Australian industry as Greyhound trainer charged over dehydrated
dog's death ... click
here
NEWS FLASH/URGENT ACTION >> Dog
dies during race at Wimbledon ... click
here for info ... you can also add a comment about the article
on the newspaper website where the event was reported by
clicking
here
NEWS
FLASH >> We
are pleased to announce we now have another superb
power point presentation "GreytExploitations"
... it is suitable for emailing to people who you think need
to understand the realities behind the greyhound racing industry
... click here
to view or download
NEWS
FLASH >> A
complete list of Worcestershire Action for Greyhounds events
in 2008 is now available online ... click
here for full details ...
if you live in that area please try and support as many as possible
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.
Updated 9/10/07 We
also recently recieved news of Daisy a relative of Westmead
Hawk ... click here to
discover more about her tragic story
NEWS FLASH >> The Irish Times
reports the ban on the killing, taking and trading of Irish
hares has been extended in Northern Ireland for another five
months.
NEWS FLASH >> Yet another doping
scandal in Ireland ... this time with herbal ecstasy (BZP) ...
click here
GREAT
NEWS >> GA proudly announce the formation
of yet another local group ... Sittingbourne GA ... there aim
is to tackle the Sittingbourne's Central Park Stadium and are
already holding stalls and regular demos every saturday
... click
here for more about the group and here
for more about the demos. Sittingbourne GA also have their own
Myspace page www.myspace.com/sittingbournega
GA
note: what a great idea, we appeal to all our supporters to use
myspace, you tube, facebook etc. to further the campaign and to
direct people to this website.
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!
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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%
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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
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NEWS
FLASH >> yet another UK cruelty case revealed
... rescued greyhound has to have 38 teeth removed ... click
here for more details
NEWS
FLASH >> 5 greyhounds found washed up
on the beach at Ballyduff Ireland
click
here for more details
NEWS FLASH >>
at
least 100,000 Galgos (Spanish greyhounds) abandoned or killed in
Spain every year click here for more
details
NEWS FLASH >> Yet another Irish doping scandal as the
country's top dog trainer pleads guilty to possessing illegal 'remedies'
... click
here for full
details. This
is a real coup for GA Ireland who were the main force in pressurising
the Gardai to get this man convicted.
NEWS
FLASH >> Another secret greyhound killing field has been discovered
near Manchester click
here for more info.
NEWS
FLASH >> Two greyhound "trainers"
at the centre of the "killing fields" expose have been suspended
by the NGRC ... but what about the "trainers" of the other
thousands of dogs killed at the site? Click
here for more info on this story.
NEWS
FLASH >> More news on the "Killing
fields" expose ... click
here for full details
NEWS FLASH >> An undercover reporter
for the Sunday Times has discovered one of the secret "killing fields"
of the greyhound racing industry ... this vindicates all we have been
saying over the 9 years of our campaign click
here for full details
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Usually we stick to covering the abuse of greyhounds (there is enough
to cover after all) ... however in light of the many recent smears
against animal rights campaigners ... GA asks you to take a look at
this video clip about vivisection, animal rights campaigners and the
notorious animal death camp Huntingdon Life Sciences ... then make
up your own mind ... who are the real extremists? Is it the person
who shouts through a megaphone outside a lab?or is it the lab worker
who punches a helpless beagle in the face? If you are interested you
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NEWS
FLASH >>
Cocaine used to dope greyhounds at UK tracks ...
click here for the
full story
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VICTORY NEWTON ABBOT GREYHOUND TRACK GONE TO THE DOGS !!!

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MASSIVE
VICTORY FOR GA and SOUTH DEVON GA in particular!
...this track is due to host it's final race on the 7th October click
here for full details
other GA victories in recent campaigns:
NEWS
FLASH >> VICTORY
AT LIVERPOOL ... another GA success click
here
NEWS
FLASH>> Another
GA victory...Bristol track not to be built
click here
NEWS FLASH>> CATFORD
TRACK CLOSES!!! click
here or click here for the League Against
Cruel Sports press release.
NEWS
FLASH>> !!!VICTORY
FOR THE RUSHDEN CAMPAIGN!!! click
here The GA bandwagon keeps rolling!!!
NEWS
FLASH>> Good
news from the USA, find out about the many excellent successes of Grey2K
USA in 2003 click here
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