Disgusted to see East Ferry Rowing Club holding a benefit night at Youghal greyhound track where dogs suffer and die.
The club's fundraiser at the track took place on 18 April 2022 https://www.facebook.com/East-Ferry-Rowing-Club-156523611110175
In the past seven years alone, 73 greyhounds suffered injuries at Youghal track and 35 died or were killed by a track vet.
At tracks around Ireland since 2014, at least 2,763 greyhounds suffered injuries and 938 died or were killed. The Irish Greyhound Board figures are based on “reported” injuries and deaths, suggesting that the actual number could be even higher. They do not include the greyhounds injured at tracks and later killed elsewhere, or the thousands of greyhounds who are killed every year because they are not fast enough to win races.
Among the victims at tracks were a greyhound who collapsed after a race and died of a heart attack, a greyhound who was carried away bleeding with a leg bone “popped out”, a greyhound who “collided with a boundary wall and died on impact” and greyhounds who suffered broken necks and died.
While sports clubs are forced to fundraise, dog-killing greyhound racing receives massive grants from the government. Since 2001, Greyhound Racing Ireland has been granted more than a QUARTER OF A BILLION EUROS, including €16.8 million for 2020, €19.2 million for 2021 and €17.6 million for 2022. It’s time for the government to stop the funding and redirect the money to the many sports clubs, community groups and animal welfare charities that are crying out for support
ACTION ALERT
Urge East Ferry Rowing Club to show compassion and stop using greyhound racing as a fundraising method.
Tel: 083 135 1155
Email: eastferryrowing@outlook.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/East-Ferry-Rowing-Club-156523611110175
Don’t go greyhound racing. Please join us in urging the government to end the state funding that is keeping the dying greyhound “industry” afloat.
Urge the leaders of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, the Green Party, Sinn Fein and Labour to stop the funding and back a ban on cruel greyhound racing
Micheál Martin TD
Leader, Fianna Fail
Email: taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie; micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie; info@fiannafail.ie
Phone: 021-432 0088
Leinster House: 01–618 4350
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michealmartintd/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@MichealMartinTD
Leo Varadkar TD
Leader, Fine Gael
Telephone: 01-619 4020
Email: leo.varadkar@oireachtas.ie; finegael@finegael.ie
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@LeoVaradkar
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeoVaradkar
Eamon Ryan TD
Leader, Green Party
Tel: 01 618 3894
Email: eamon.ryan@oireachtas.ie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EamonRyanGP/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EamonRyan
Mary Lou McDonald TD
Leader, Sinn Fein
Tel: (01) 727 7102
Email: marylou.mcdonald@oireachtas.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaryLouMcDonald
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MaryLouMcDonaldTD
Ivana Bacik TD
Leader, The Labour Party
Tel: (01) 6183136
Email: ivana.bacik@oireachtas.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ivanabacik
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bacikivana/
REPORTED INJURIES AND DEATHS AT YOUGHAL STADIUM
2021: 20 injuries, 7 deaths
2020: 11 injuries, 9 deaths
2019: 10 injuries, 6 deaths
2018: 13 injuries, 6 deaths
2017: 07 injuries, 1 death
2016: 05 injuries, 3 deaths
2015: 07 injuries, 3 deaths