In an exclusive report in the Irish Mail on Sunday (15th May 2016), actor/comedian Ricky Gervais calls on the Irish Government to intervene over the horrific fate of greyhounds sold to race in China - "The Irish Government should immediately ban the export of Irish dogs to China which is internationally renowned for its barbaric treatment of animals. The annual June meat festival, Yulin, near Macau, where dogs are skinned alive before being cooked, should tell the Irish Department of Agriculture everything they need to know about the horrific fate of dogs in China. If they are unconcerned about the agony that awaits these innocent animals, then the Irish Government will pay the price in terms of damage to its international reputation. If it does not put an immediate ban in place, it will be rightly viewed worldwide as a country which cares little about animal welfare or animal suffering. Every dog sent to Macau will die there. The solution is in the hands of the Irish Government - ban it now." A big thank you to Ricky Gervais for speaking up for Irish greyhounds and to the Irish Mail on Sunday for highlighting this issue. ACTION ALERT Please join us in contacting Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to demand legislation to prevent any more Irish greyhounds being sent to China and for action to be taken to rescue and rehome the Irish greyhounds currently at the track. Please also sign the petitions below. Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD / Michael Creed TD Dail Eireann, Kildare St, Dublin Email: taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie,michael.creed@oir.ie Tel: +353 (0)1-6194020 (Enda Kenny) Tel: +353 (0)1-607 2000 (Michael Creed) Contact Lufthansa and urge them to put in place a policy of not transporting greyhounds from Ireland to China. Leave a comment on the Lufthansa Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lufthansa/ Send a tweet to Lufthansa @lufthansa Email: carsten.spohr@dlh.de,customer.relations@lufthansa.com Please support the upcoming demonstrations in London, Milan and Dublin Ireland - Stop sending greyhounds to China Thursday 26th May, 11am at the Irish Embassy, 17 Grosvenor Pl, London SW1X 7HR https://www.facebook.com/events/237744743263566/ Organised by Caged North West Stop the export of Irish greyhounds to Macau Saturday, 28th May, 11am-1pm at Viale Forlanini, Cesate, Milan http://www.petlevrieri.it/en/2016/05/15/new-peaceful-protest-against-the-export-of-irish-greyhounds-to-china-saturday-28th-may-cesate-milan/ Organised by Pet Levrieri Ireland - Don't send greyhounds abroad to suffer Thursday 2nd June, 12–2pm outside Department of Agriculture, Kildare St, Dublin https://www.facebook.com/events/1677338955851552/ Organised by Animal Rights Action Network Please sign and share the petitions Stop export of Irish greyhounds to China https://www.change.org/p/prime-minster-taoiseach-enda-kenney-stop-export-of-irish-greyhounds-to-china Shut down the Canidrome, the world's deadliest greyhound racetrack https://www.change.org/p/chief-executive-chui-sai-on-stop-hundreds-of-greyhounds-from-being-raced-to-death Qatar Airlines Stop Transporting Greyhounds To China https://www.change.org/p/akbar-al-baker-qatar-airlines-stop-transporting-greyhounds-to-china