RTE News is reporting today that animal feed manufacturing company Connolly's Red Mills has "joined the growing list of companies to pull sponsorship from greyhound racing, in the wake of a recent broadcast about the industry by RTÉ Investigates".
Announcing its decision, the company said it is "horrified by the completely unacceptable acts that were broadcast by RTE" and that "the failure of the regulatory bodies in the sector to address these unacceptable activities has led Connolly's Red Mills to make this decision."
"The welfare of greyhounds is of the utmost concern to Connolly's Red Mills," it added. "No one who cares about animals can condone the practices depicted in the broadcast."
See full report on RTE News website
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2019/0705/1060371-connolly-red-mills-greyhounds/
Connolly's Red Mills - Full Statement
5 July 2019
"Following the shocking revelations broadcast by RTE Investigates on June 26th 2019, into certain practices by individuals relating to the treatment of greyhounds, Connolly's Red Mills has announced that it is to cease its sponsorship of greyhound racing. It is clear that a number of cruel and unscrupulous practices are being pursued by individuals and the failure of the regulatory bodies in the sector to address these unacceptable activities has led Connolly's Red Mills to make this decision. Connolly's Red Mills prides itself in providing the best nutrition for pets, working animals and elite sports animals. The welfare of greyhounds is of the utmost concern to Connolly's Red Mills and the company is horrified by the completely unacceptable acts that were broadcast by RTE. No one who cares about animals can condone the practices depicted in the broadcast."
WATCH RTE Investigates: Greyhounds Running for Their Lives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYTb2qBjlMM
ACTION ALERT
Please join us in urging the BoyleSports and other remaining sponsors to follow Connolly's Red Mills, Barry's Tea, Botanica International and other companies in permanently stopping all sponsorship of cruel greyhound racing.
BoyleSports
Tel: 1800 22 00 66
Email: care@boylesports.com
Leave a comment on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boylesports/
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Urge Ladbrokes to permanently stop sponsoring cruel greyhound racing
Ladbrokes
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Twitter @Ladbrokes @LadbrokesCare
*** We encourage the public to BOYCOTT any business that continues to sponsor greyhound racing and/or hare coursing ***
COMPANIES SUPPORTING GREYHOUND RACING IN 2019
(Source: Irish Greyhound Board)
Glanbia / Gain Dog Food
Marshes Shopping Centre Dundalk
Boylesports
Flaherty Markets Galway
Dublin Coach / QuickPark.ie (car park at Dublin Airport)
Kasko dog food
Thurles Fresh Milk
Speedrite dog food
Rose of Tralee
Casey's Caravan and Camping
Lee Strand
Kerry GAA Supporters
Kerry Group
Best Car Parks
Ladbrokes
Healthcare and Transport
Comerford Cakes
CONTACT DETAILS FOR SPONSORS
(Thanks to Greyhound Awareness Cork)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RcaLYDWxuVAjLnF1N4q-twxK5jfixk7NZ_BTA_AvIow/edit?fbclid=IwAR3R9Yg_U_EVNBjFPHmUc9crRblncNDfflrUD21ZIXSo4TvzaQdyGtSa4MI#gid=0
TELL THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO END ALL STATE GRANTS TO GREYHOUND RACING
Since 2001, the Irish Government has paid out around a quarter of a billion euros of taxpayers' money to greyhound racing, including €16.8 million for 2019. NO MORE.
Join us in demanding an immediate and permanent end to all state funding to greyhound racing and a ban on greyhound racing and hare coursing.
Sign our petition and contact all TDs now
https://www.change.org/p/irish-government-stop-giving-millions-of-euro-to-cruel-greyhound-industry
Email “I support an end to all state funding to the cruel greyhound industry and a ban on hare coursing” to all Fine Gael TDs
maria.bailey@oireachtas.ie; sean.barrett@oireachtas.ie; pat.breen@oireachtas.ie; colm.brophy@oireachtas.ie; richard.bruton@oireachtas.ie; peter.burke@oireachtas.ie; catherine.byrne@oireachtas.ie; Ciaran.Cannon@oireachtas.ie; joe.carey@oireachtas.ie; corcorankennedy@eircom.net; Simon.Coveney@oireachtas.ie; michael.creed@oireachtas.ie; michael.darcy@oireachtas.ie; Jim.Daly@oireachtas.ie; john.deasy@oireachtas.ie; Pat.Deering@oireachtas.ie; Regina.Doherty@oireachtas.ie; Paschal.Donohoe@oireachtas.ie; andrew.doyle@oireachtas.ie; bernard.durkan@oireachtas.ie; damien.english@oireachtas.ie; Alan.Farrell@oireachtas.ie; frances.fitzgerald@oir.ie; peterm.fitzpatrick@oireachtas.ie; charles.flanagan@oireachtas.ie; Brendan.Griffin@oireachtas.ie; Simon.Harris@oireachtas.ie; Martin.Heydon@oireachtas.ie; Heather.Humphreys@oireachtas.ie; paul.kehoe@oireachtas.ie; enda.kenny@oireachtas.ie; Sean.Kyne@oireachtas.ie; josepha.madigan@oireachtas.ie; helen.mcentee@oireachtas.ie; joe.mchugh@oireachtas.ie; Tony.McLoughlin@oireachtas.ie; Mary.MitchellOConnor@oireachtas.ie; Dara.Murphy@oireachtas.ie; Eoghan.Murphy@oireachtas.ie; hildegarde.naughton@oireachtas.ie; tom.neville@limerick.ie; michael.noonan@oireachtas.ie; kate.oconnell@oireachtas.ie; Patrick.O'Donovan@oireachtas.ie; fergus.odowd@oireachtas.ie; JohnPaul.Phelan@oireachtas.ie; michael.ring@oireachtas.ie; noel@noelrock.ie; david.stanton@oir.ie; leo.varadkar@oireachtas.ie
Email “I support an end to all state funding to the cruel greyhound industry and a ban on hare coursing” to all Fianna Fáil TDs
billykelleher@eircom.net;sean.haughey@oireachtas.ie;Bobby.Aylward@oireachtas.ie;brendan.smith@oireachtas.ie;johncurranff@gmail.com;Charlie.McConalogue@oireachtas.ie;michael.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie;sean.ofearghail@oireachtas.ie;john.brassil@oireachtas.ie;darragh.obrien@oireachtas.ie;eamon.ocuiv@oireachtas.ie;jackie.cahill@oireachtas.ie;john.mcguinness@oireachtas.ie;mattie.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie;micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie;michael.moynihan.td@oireachtas.ie;niall.collins@oireachtas.ie;coper@eircom.net;Robert.Troy@oireachtas.ie;thomas.byrne@oireachtas.ie;timmy.dooley@oireachtas.ie;barry.cowen@oireachtas.ie;fiona@fiona.ie;declan.breathnach@oireachtas.ie;mary.butler@oireachtas.ie;kevin.okeeffe@oireachtas.ie;dara.calleary@oireachtas.ie;escanlonmcc@eircom.net;sean.fleming@oireachtas.ie;niamh.smyth@oireachtas.ie;james@jameslawless.ie;shane.cassells@oireachtas.ie;willie.odea@oireachtas.ie;margaret.murphyomahony@oireachtas.ie;anne.rabbitte@oireachtas.ie;eugene.murphy@oireachtas.ie;jack.chambers@outlook.com;james.browne@oireachtas.ie;john.lahart@oireachtas.ie;lisa.chambers@oireachtas.ie;marc.macsharry@oireachtas.ie;jim.ocallaghan@oireachtas.ie;pat.casey@oireachtas.ie;aindrias.moynihan@oireachtas.ie;frankorourke1@gmail.com
Visit the Oireachtas website for more telephone numbers and other contact details for TDs
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=/ie/oireachtas/house/dail/32
TELL MINISTER JOSEPHA MADIGAN TO REFUSE A 2019-2020 HARE COURSING LICENCE and put in place a long overdue ban on hare coursing and all forms of hare hunting.
Josepha Madigan TD
Minister for Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht
Email "Stop the cruelty. Don't grant a 2019-20 coursing licence" or email your own personal message to josepha.madigan@oireachtas.ie
Phone: +353 (0)1 631 3800
Leave a comment on Facebook: https://facebook.com/JosephaMadiganFG
Tweet to: @josephamadigan
VIDEOS: Witness the cruelty of hare coursing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LrFGNrL0rA&list=PLRkXOvbUPNNiGTsXVvyZdECvNZfKcdNzB
Read our latest Coursing Cruelty Catalogue for more details about the hares who were struck, mauled, injured and killed during the past coursing season http://banbloodsports.com/ln190620.htm
Sign the petition: IRELAND BAN CRUEL HARE COURSING
www.change.org/p/ireland-ban-cruel-hare-coursing