A big THANK YOU to Maldron Hotels for removing greyhound racing from its Limerick website.
The company deleted Limerick greyhound stadium from a “top things to do in Limerick” page after ICABS highlighted the cruelty and killing in greyhound racing.
“Limerick Stadium is one of the worst tracks in Ireland for dog injuries and deaths,” we stated. “256 greyhounds suffered painful injuries there and 78 were killed over the past five years alone, sickening Irish Greyhound Board statistics show. At tracks around Ireland in the same period, 1,891 greyhounds were injured and 625 were killed.”
Also highlighted was the fact that Failte Ireland and Tourism Ireland have stopped promoting greyhound racing due to fears that it damages Ireland's image as a tourist destination. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/shane-ross-immoral-dog-racing-will-deter-tourists-982nwhwb9
The horrors of greyhound racing were exposed in the award-winning "RTE Investigates: Greyhounds Running For Their Lives" documentary which revealed that around 6,000 dogs are killed every year simply because they are not fast enough to win races https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYTb2qBjlMM
Maldron Hotels Limerick follows Clayton Hotels, North Star Hotel (Dublin) and Metropole Hotel Cork in removing greyhound racing from their websites. They are among a growing list of companies that have rejected greyhound racing, including Dublin Bus, Air France, Eir Sport, Lonely Planet, Tesco Ireland, Toyota Ireland, Electric Ireland, Applegreen, Groupon, Barry's Tea, FBD Insurance, Botanica International, Hyde Irish Whiskey, Thomas Cook/Jet Tours, Galway Crystal, Wilton Shopping Centre, Le Guide Irlande, Trip101, etc.
Thumbs up to Maldron Hotels for its compassionate response. Maldron Hotels are now open in the Republic of Ireland, with hotels reopening on 4th July in the UK and 20th July in Northern Ireland. Find out more about Maldron’s summer sale at https://www.maldronhotels.com/offer/summer-breaks/
ACTION ALERT
Despite the decision by Failte Ireland and Tourism Ireland to stop promoting greyhound racing, some hotels continue to recommend the activity. Join us in urging the following hotels to remove greyhound racing from their websites.
The Fitzwilton Hotel in Waterford is being asked to stop recommending a "night at the dogs" as a group activity in Waterford.
https://www.fitzwiltonhotel.ie/groups
https://fitzwilton.frb.io/things-to-do/groups-things-to-do
Email: info@fitzwiltonhotel.ie
The Absolute Hotel in Limerick is encouraging visitors to support greyhound racing, describing it as “adrenaline pumped entertainment”. Please ask the hotel to remove greyhound racing from its website http://www.absolutehotel.com/limerick-greyhound-stadium.html
T: +353 61 463600
Email: info@absolutehotel.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AbsoluteHotelLimerick
Tweet to @AbsoluteHotelGM
Appeal to the Mullingar Park Hotel to stop recommending greyhound racing in the “Things to Do” section of its website
http://www.mullingarparkhotel.com/greyhound-racing.html
Tel (044) 933 7500
Email info@mullingarparkhotel.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Mullingarparkhotel/
Tweet to @mullingarpark
On its website, Limerick’s The George hotel is promoting greyhound racing as “a great night out” http://www.georgelimerick.com/limerick-greyhound-racing-hotels.html
Tel: +353 61 460400
Email: info@georgelimerick.com
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/George.Boutique.Hotel
Tweet to @GeorgeBoutique1
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