Anima vows to continue campaigning against Canidrome

Demand for the closure of the Yat Yuen Canidrome will escalate as local animal rights group Anima has promised to wage another wave of campaigns in the second half of the year.
With the group’s efforts to collect signatures on Change.org still ongoing, Anima leader Albano Martins told the Times that they are still considering further action, unless the greyhound racetrack backs down.
“We will do a few more combinations. We’re work-
ing on that,” said Mr Martins, who did not disclose specifics. “We’re organizing a lot of events before the end of this year.”
Despite a one-hour meeting with the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau head Alex Vong last Friday afternoon regarding dog-racing in the territory, the advocate said that he was looking forward to one more meeting with the chief executive before the end of the year.
“I don’t know if Alex Vong will reply to us, or the chief executive,” he said. “But I believe that I’ll be with the chief executive in one of these days. I hope I will be with him to talk [about our appeal] as soon as possible.”
Their appeal to the authorities last week, as Martins said, was well received by them, and they promised to “forward their stance” to Chui. Accompanying the group’s head were representatives of other animal rights groups from Beijing, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
Over the years, Canidrome operators have refused to meet Martins group over their conflicting views of the issue, with only two meetings in 2012 thus far, Mr Martins recalled. Staff reporter