Please Sign The Stop Greyhound Cruelty Petition

Just a quick note today to pass on a message to everyone that cares about greyhounds for a member of the Facebook cause, Andy Falconer. Andy left a link at the cause page today for a petition to promote the abolition of greyhound cruelty, which desperately needs signatures.

You can find the petition here: STOP GREYHOUND CRUELTY.

Please sign, even if you do so anonymously, and pass on the link to your friends.

Stop The Skinning Alive Of Animals In China!!!

I originally posted this on Lou's Gorgeous Greyhounds but this message NEEDS to be sent so please spread the word as far as possible. Something MUST be done.

With the Olympics on the horizon in the very near future, China has come under scrutiny from various different angles. If it isn't the smog and air pollution then it's the human rights issues. However, I want to draw attention to something else. i want to draw attention to the barbaric treatment of animals.

Now any greyhound lover that has looked into the slaughter of greyhounds in Asia will probably know that greyhounds are skinned and eaten there. This may be horrifying but it is completely true. However, at least the greyhounds are dead before they do that. This may not sound like a plus point at all, but it is when you consider this next fact.

Did you know that 2 million, yes 2,000,000 cats and dogs are skinned alive for their fur every year. They then die in the most horrific way because they are not put out of their misery. They are instead left to die.

There is a petition that you can sign on the Care2 site. This is the direct link. Please please sign it as they are looking for 2 million signatures, one for every cat and dog treated in this barbaric way.

We must put a stop to it now!!! After all, could you imagine the two gorgeous creatures below with no fur? No? Neither could I. This brutality has to be stopped now so please support it... for the sake of all of our furry friends.

Help Save The Greyhounds Of Australia

When we think of cruelty to greyhounds and greyhound slaughter, we tend to think close to home. We think of the USA, UK and Europe. We may even look to the Middle East, but our focus should also be on Asia. No matter how bad we think the greyhound cruelty that goes one here is, I guarantee that it is ten times worse there.

Our gorgeous greyhounds are brutally tortured in the most horrific ways before being murdered without a thought. There is no regulation in Asia at all. However, the Asian countries cannot take all of the blame. Australia has to take some of it too.

Did you know Australia exports greyhounds to Asia? They do so knowing what happens to the poor creatures that are sent sailing to their death and yet they do nothing about it. However, there is a petition you can sign to voice your concern and outrage to the Australian government. It can be found here. Please click through and sign it. It will take but a moment.

This is the introduction to the petition, and it should give you a good idea of what goes on:

The Australian greyhound racing industry is shamelessly promoting and encouraging greyhound racing in Asia. At present greyhounds are being exported from Australia to Asia to places such as Korea, Vietnam and China for the purpose of racing/breeding with further plans to create networks of tracks throughout Cambodia and the Philippines. These are countries notorious for the barbaric torture and slaughter of dogs for human consumption. There is no hope or opportunity of rehoming greyhounds that are 'surplus' to requirements in Asia. As exposed by the media they are ending their days being butchered in the dog meat industry or thrown into landfills. At present this is the fate of Australian greyhounds in Asia.

A Fantastic Petition Day!

I would just like to thank everyone that has signed the petition since I created it last year. It is really appreciated. We had an absolutely fantastic day today - over 60 people have signed it! Thank you to each and every one of you!

If you haven't already signed it and want to it can be accessed from the link above or by clicking on the petition on the left hand sidebar of this blog. Please sign it if you feel as strongly as I do and pass the link on to all of your friends. Also, if you have a blog, forum or social network profile, please pass it on via that. the link in full is http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-greyhound-slaughter.

Any efforts are greatly appreciated!

The British Government Response To A Petition

I recently received a response to a petition that I signed some time ago, which was actually the inspiration behind me starting up my own. The author had sent the petition to the British government and the official response can be found here.

However, here is a little excerpt:

"The most recent piece of legislation in this area is the Animal Welfare Act 2006 which came into effect on 6 April 2007. We believe this Act to be a milestone as it brings together and modernises welfare legislation relating to farmed and non-farmed animals, some of which dates from 1911.

The Act places a duty of care for the first time on those who own or are responsible for non-farmed animals. Therefore, it is now an offence to cause any commonly domesticated vertebrate animal unnecessary suffering. The Act also makes it an offence to fail to meet the welfare needs of any animal under the care of man. It will mean that, where necessary, those responsible for the enforcement of welfare laws can take action if an owner is not taking all reasonable steps to ensure the welfare of their animal, even if it is not currently suffering.

The Act also provides powers to regulate animal related activities, or update existing licensing schemes, through secondary legislation such as greyhound racing. Defra's preference is for the industry itself to continue to take responsibility for seeing that the regulations and any supporting code are enforced in those tracks that race under Rules set by the National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC). However, we fully understand the concerns as to whether the industry is fit for purpose in undertaking regulatory work. Defra ministers have met representatives of the industry and stressed that unless there is a much more modern, open and auditable approach by the industry, then Defra will use the new powers in the Animal Welfare Act to appoint an external, independent regulator."

Whilst some areas of the UK do practice what the above preaches, this is by no means the majority of the country. However, it does have to be said that the practices in the UK are better than those in some areas of the world.

There is still a long way to go and one petition won't change things overnight. I wish it could!