There is a lucrative proposal afoot in Ireland to export Irish Greyhounds to China to seed and build China’s new Greyhound racing industry. This proposal has aroused controversy and outrage among animal welfare advocates. This page exposes the issues involved.
The Irish Greyhound Board (IGB)–Bord na gCon– is a commercial state body established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. The IGB has assured that the welfare of the Greyhounds exported to China would be supervised by the board in the same fashion as it is in Ireland.
Activists, knowing the poor treatment racing Greyhounds already receive in Ireland at the end of their racing careers, and the horrific treatment that frequently befalls dogs in China and other parts of Asia (sold as meat, skinned alive, etc.) do not want to see such a fate for these amazing and gentle dogs. View summary here.
