The Irish Council Against Blood Sports is renewing its appeal to the GAA to put an end to club fundraisers at greyhound tracks. The latest call comes after a children's football club in County Kerry announced plans to hold a fundraising event at Tralee track. Annascaul GAA and Coiste na nÓg - a club which "coaches kids to learn and play gaelic football" - is set to hold a fundraiser at the track for the second year running. The GAA has been told that Tralee track is one of the worst in the country for dog injuries and deaths. In the past three years alone, 63 greyhounds suffered injuries and 35 were killed there. It is entirely inappropriate to bring children to a venue where they may very well see dogs falling and crying out in pain. Given recent revelations about gambling addiction problems among GAA players, it is also wrong for local GAA clubs to choose gambling venues as fundraising locations. In an email to the GAA, we stated: "The GAA has a duty to protect its players and this must include prohibiting club fundraisers at greyhound tracks. Allowing GAA clubs to expose children to a gambling environment is at odds with the GAA's stated concerns about the growing problem of gambling in Ireland and it undermines efforts to educate players about gambling addiction. Last year, the GAA promised to address the issue of children attending fundraisers at tracks, saying "we have guidelines in place for clubs in relation to juvenile club members attending events in public houses/licensed premises." Fundraisers at greyhound tracks are helping to keep the cruel greyhound industry afloat - the track takes a 30-40 per cent commission from ticket sales and also profits from gambling and food/drink sales on the night. We are continuing to appeal to individual GAA clubs to show compassion for the dogs and reject an industry in which greyhounds are injured, doped, mutilated, dumped and killed. ACTION ALERT Join us in urging the GAA to advise member clubs to reject greyhound racing as a form of fundraising. Email: queries@gaa.ie Leave a comment on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/officialgaa Tweet to @officialgaa Appeal to Annascaul GAA to show compassion for the dogs and choose an alternative fundraising venue https://www.facebook.com/Annascaul-Gaa-and-Coiste-na-n%C3%93g-1611281615795350/