Canidrome contract renewed for another year

In spite of the controversy surrounding its greyhound racing activities, the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co concession contract has been renewed. According to a notice published in the Official Gazette yesterday, the contract has been renewed for one year, less than what the Canidrome’s executive director Angela Leong had asked for.
As the Times reported yesterday, Ms Leong said on Sunday that she expected the contract to be renewed for “two or three years,” promising to introduce cultural and sporting activities targeting Macau’s youth.
The president of the Macau Society for the Protection of Animals (also known as Anima) told Radio Macau that the renewal of the Canidrome contract is a poor decision. “I think that the government has proceeded according to its previous statements on this matter. For us, this is not the best way to solve this problem,” Albano Martins said. However, he added that renewing the contract for one year “is better than what Angela Leong asked for, which is the renewal for three or four years in order to build housing for the youth, as if the land was owned by the Canidrome Co.”
Anima previously submitted a petition with around 300,000 signatures from around the world  to the government with the aim of persuading it to halt greyhound racing activities.  PB