Galway Crystal has announced that it has ended its support for the cruel greyhound industry.

In a message posted on Facebook today, the company stated: “Following recent reporting on the greyhound industry, Galway Crystal has taken the decision not to sponsor any further Greyhound related events. Galway Crystal Management.”

This is latest major blow to the dying, dog-killing greyhound industry. Galway Crystal was considered one of the industry’s most loyal supporters and a sponsor of the annual Irish Greyhound Board awards. According to a report on the Irish Greyhound Board website last year, the company was "celebrating 11 years of sponsorship".

During the awards ceremony, the company was thanked, with the host commenting: "The brood bitches were the lifeblood of the greyhound world, but as well as that, the sponsors are a fair lifeblood as well. It's great to get somebody so loyal as Galway Crystal." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egxMy7CIqEM&t=2m56s

At the awards, James Callaghan of Galway Crystal received a "recognition award" from the Irish Greyhound Board CEO and Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Andrew Doyle.

Thank you to everyone who contacted Galway Crystal and encouraged them to show compassion and join the growing list of companies disassociating from greyhound racing.

Our attention now turns to the remaining sponsors.

ACTION ALERT

Please get in contact with Glanbia and ask the company to permanently end all sponsorship/support of greyhound racing and hare coursing.

Jim Bergin
CEO, Glanbia
Glanbia House,
Kilkenny, Ireland
Telephone: +353 (0)56-777 2200 or 1890 321 321
More phone numbers at: https://greyhound.gainanimalnutrition.com/contact-us/
Email: corporatecomms@glanbia.com; info@gainanimalnutrition.com; jfox@glanbia.ie; seantraynor64@outlook.com; rigneyfam@iolfree.ie; imaunsell@glanbia.ie; jimtracy@glanbia.ie
Tweet to: @GlanbiaPlc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GAINpetnutrition/

Ask these other sponsors to end their shameful sponsorship. Boycott any company which continues to support cruel greyhound racing or hare coursing.

Urge Boylesports and Ladbrokes to immediately end their sponsorship

BoyleSports
Tel: 1800 22 00 66
Email: care@boylesports.com
Leave a comment on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boylesports/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoyleSports

Ladbrokes
Leave a comment on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ladbrokes/
Twitter @Ladbrokes ?@LadbrokesCare

Appeal to the Kerry Group (the company behind Pure sunflower/soya spread, Dairygold, LowLow, etc) to stop sponsoring greyhound racing.

Kerry Group
Phone: +353 (0)66 718 2000
Prince’s Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Email VIA: https://www.kerrygroup.com/help/contact-form/

Sign and share our petitions

Stop supporting the cruel greyhound industry
https://www.change.org/p/stop-supporting-the-cruel-greyhound-industry

Irish Government: Stop Giving Millions of Euro to Cruel Greyhound Industry
https://www.change.org/p/irish-government-stop-giving-millions-of-euro-to-cruel-greyhound-industry

30 Supervalu supermarkets around Ireland have sponsored greyhound racing over the past decade - https://www.facebook.com/banbloodsports/posts/1857546281027588 We contacted Supervalu Head Office with information about all the dog injuries and deaths in greyhound racing and urged the company to act. We received no response. It's time for Supervalu to take action to stop its local stores from supporting greyhound racing again. See sickening footage from Enniscorthy track of a greyhound suffering a bad fall at the end of a race sponsored by a Supervalu supermarket - https://www.igb.ie/videos/videos/?raceid=ECY_2018_08_23_02 (forward to 30 seconds)

SuperValu Head Office
Musgrave Limited,
Ballycurreen, Airport Road, Cork
Tel +353 (0) 21 4522100
Email: supervalu@musgravegroup.com; group@musgrave.ie; mrpi@musgrave.ie
Comment on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SuperValuIreland/
Tweet to @SuperValuIRL

ALSO CONTACT THESE COMPANIES WHICH SUPPORT GREYHOUND RACING IN 2019
(Source: Irish Greyhound Board)
https://www.igb.ie/talking-dogs/igb-finalises-classic--feature-events-calendar-for-2019/

Marshes Shopping Centre Dundalk
www.facebook.com/MarshesShoppingCentre/
Tweet to: @MarshesShopping
Telephone: (042) 939 5250
Flaherty Markets Galway
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Flaherty-Markets-230607914545890/
Email: info@flahertymarkets.com
Telephone: (091)756000

Dublin Coach
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DublinCoach/
Tweet to: @DublinCoach1
Email: info@dublincoach.ie
Telephone: (01) 465 9972

QuickPark.ie (car park at Dublin Airport)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/quickparkDublinAirport/
Email: info@quickpark.ie
Telephone: (01) 8621977

Kasko dog food
Email: information@kasko.ie
Telephone: (062) 61240

Thurles Fresh Milk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thurlesfreshmilk1/
Telephone: 0504 22657 / HQ: 0504 91900

Speedrite dog food
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NuttsAboutPets/
Email: sales@nuttsaboutpets.ie
Telephone: (057) 915 3572

Casey's Caravan and Camping
Telephone: (058) 41919

Lee Strand
www.facebook.com/leestrandmilk/
Tweet to: @LeeStrandMilk
Email: info@leestrand.ie
Telephone: (066) 712 1084

Kerry Group
Telephone: (066) 718 2000

Best Car Parks
Tweet to: @bestcarparks
Email: info@bestcarparks.ie
Telephone: (01) 878 2074

Comerford Cakes (Comerford Brothers Ltd.) - suppliers of Bridge Bakery cakes and buns to Lidl Ireland and UK
Telephone: (045) 431 203

MORE 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

Watch the full “RTE Investigates Greyhounds Running for Their Lives” programme on the RTE Player
https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/rt%C3%A9-investigates-greyhounds-running-for-their-lives/104051751967
or on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYTb2qBjlMM