Shelbourne Park is one of the worst tracks in Ireland for greyhound injuries and deaths.
According to sickening Irish Greyhound Board statistics, at least 142 greyhounds suffered injuries there and 32 were destroyed by a track vet over the past four years alone.
This includes 37 injuries and 8 deaths in the first nine months of last year.
INJURIES AND DEATHS AT SHELBOURNE PARK
2018
(January to September)
37 injuries, 8 deaths
2017
21 injuries, 10 deaths
2016
51 injuries, 7 deaths
2015
33 injuries, 7 deaths
ACTION ALERT
Don't attend greyhound races or fundraisers/hen parties/office parties held at greyhound tracks.
Join us in demanding an end to the government's massive grants to the greyhound industry - €16.8 million for 2019, bringing to nearly a quarter of a billion euros the amount handed over since 2001. Contact Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe now.
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar
Government Buildings,
Upper Merrion St, Dublin 2
Telephone: +353 (0)1-6194020
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Paschal Donohoe TD
Minister for Finance
Email: paschal.donohoe@oireachtas.ie; minister@per.gov.ie
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REPORTED GREYHOUND INJURIES AND DEATHS AT IRISH TRACKS
2018: Injuries: 353. Deaths 121
2017: Injuries: 357. Deaths: 124
2016: Injuries: 427. Deaths: 139
2015: Injuries: 422. Deaths: 122
Greyhound injuries and deaths by track
(January to September 2018)
Clonmel 15, 06
Curraheen Park 22, 11
Dundalk 10, 06
Enniscorthy 23, 00
Galway 26, 06
Kilkenny 08, 02
Lifford 12, 06
Limerick 39, 10
Longford 07, 00
Mullingar 26, 12
Newbridge 14, 07
Shelbourne Park 37, 08
Thurles 06, 04
Tralee 20, 07
Waterford 08, 04
Youghal 10, 04
VIDEOS: Greyhounds suffering falls at Shelbourne Park
"Carnage" at Shelbourne Park
https://youtu.be/xzbApTWXdL4?t=10
"A lot of trouble" at Shelbourne Park
https://youtu.be/uu9B6zc0iWA?t=9
Greyhound knocked over at Shelbourne Park
https://youtu.be/qEYjPcbMsHM?t=13