Covertly recorded vision shows a greyhound languishing at Macau’s Canidrome race track. (Supplied: Animals Australia)
As many as 24 new Irish greyhounds will arrive in Macau this afternoon, according to multiple sources, before they are sent to the Canidrome facility, the center of a raging controversy earlier this month.
A statement from animal rights group, Anima (Macau), said that, according to information received from their “Irish partners,” and confirmed by Hong Kong sources and Grey2k USA Worldwide, the Irish greyhounds are set to arrive in the MSAR tomorrow, between 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
“The export of those animals is making a big mess in Ireland and is damaging the image of Macau as a friendly and international city of leisure and entertainment,” wrote Anima (Macau) president, Albano Martins.
“Lots of bad publicity all over the world, news in the international media (TVs, radios and newspapers) and in the social networks are destroying all the work done by our government in the last [few] years,” he added.
Last week animal rights activists took to the streets of European cities like Dublin, London and Milan to protest the treatment of greyhounds at the Macau Canidrome and the export of the animals from Ireland.
It recently emerged that exports of Irish greyhounds are filling a gap left in supply, created when airlines Qantas and Cathay Pacific decided not to freight the animals to Hong Kong.
Time to call for a Boycott of Ireland and Macau. The greedy Stanley Ho might need some short soup to warm up his cold dead heart.
Time to end this barbarity – it is Macau’s shame and is an utter disgrace. The Canidrome now hides the injury reports for the greyhounds racing there because it knows it is indefensible to the world. The greyhound is a noble and beautiful breed. Macau, whilst it hosts this barbarity, is a stain on humanity.
Well done to Albano Martins and Anima Macau – humanity at its finest.
Macau – hang your head in shame.
The world is watching you, we don’t want our dogs to go to you so stop taking them from us
If the irish owner has no shame or compassion and is governed only by greed, be the better person. Don’t buy anymore greyhounds and force him to do an honest days work for a change. Close the Canidrome, assist in rehoming the dogs you’ve already got and the world will salute you. Rescue one, treat him well and he will repay you a thousandfold. They are amazing dogs and make wonderful loving pets. Try it, you’ll never regret it. Wish you could see mine right now, chilled, sleeping, they don’t ask for much. Word of warning though, they are very, very addictive and you’ll find that one is never enough. Please try it, or visit and try mine, you’ll love them.