Greyhounds in the Media (Important News)

Dave · Dave

Hi Folks, some breaking news 'just in' the SSPCA have today started taking in 28 greyhounds found in terrible conditions from a trainer near Glasgow. I've been told some of the dogs weight less than 10kgs. The plans are for 6 dogs to go to the SSPCA shelter in Milton and the remaining 22 will be taken in...

Lesley · Lesley

There is a big article in today's Sunday Herald about a woman who works with the RGT to rehome ex-racers; but who also breeds and races dogs!!! http://www.sundayherald.com/56124 -- Edited by Lesley at 10:40, 2006-06-11

glendy · glendy

Daily Record article -- Edited by glendy at 22:57, 2006-05-31

fbrander · fbrander

Can anyone from Gal help me with this? I've been keeping an eye on the Animal health and Welfare Bill at the Scottish Parliament and am saddened to se that greyhounds will only be mentioned in secondary legislation which is not going to happen soon. I've been bombarding MSP's, the SSPCA and the like ask...

Steve · Steve

Seems that work on preparing the track is underway now - my folks saw bulldozers in clearing away the ground where the track is to be. Article in the East Lothian Courier also saying that it should be sorted by the end of the year.

JanW · JanW

British actor VINNIE JONES has been summoned to a court hearing in Ireland next month (APR06) to explain why his racing greyhound failed a drugs test. The SNATCH star and former soccer hardman will be quizzed after his dog BOAVISTA tested positive for drugs, after winning the world's richest hare co...

glendy · glendy

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=480792006

max · max

The £9 million Wallyford greyhound stadium is on course for completion at the end of the year, despite work being halted since September. That was the cofident prediction this week from the man behind the ambitious project Mr Howard Wallace. He added that the project would be completed by late aut...

glendy · glendy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/4848452.stm

glendy · glendy

http://scotlandtoday.scottishtv.co.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1_1_1&newsid=10613

glendy · glendy

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=369142006

Amber · Amber

Just read on another forum that the horrendous Barcelona greyhound stadium has finally closed! This is great news for the poor Irish greyhounds that were transported to Barcelona for racing, where they had to endure very poor living conditions and were frequently raced time and again with injurie...

Dave · Dave

Hi Folks, PETA are calling for a boycott of IAMS products after finding out they are still testing their products on animals that are kept in pretty awful conditions, if you log onto the PETA website http://www.peta.org/ and use the search function to find IAMS you'll get all the facts they hav...

glendy · glendy

Please do NOT read if you are easily shocked. This story is appalling! From today's Evening Times online. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5047804.html

max · max

This is from todays "The Sun" :- Sicko ' in cat hunt' A CRUEL teenager let his lurcher dog rip a little girls cat apart in front of her. The case comes amid fears youths in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria are using dogs to hunt cats as a sick sport. &nb...

glendy · glendy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4709718.stm

greyluvver · greyluvver

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/news/news5.shtml-- Edited by greyluvver at 22:55, 2006-02-06

glendy · glendy

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=154542006

takecon · takecon

Hi Everyone, I was shocked that BBC Radio Scotland ( Good Morning Scotland) chose to broadcast a piece about scots guys making dog haggis in Vietnam. It was made worse by the light hearted manner of the broadcast. No mention was made of the horific conditions such dogs are kept in prior to ba...

takecon · takecon

Hi Everyone, The GAL Voluntary work has been continuing on Saturday and Sunday over the past few weekends. On an upbeat note - greyhounds Elvis and Henry were homed this past weekend. Holly, who had been homed by SSPCA but was returned, went to a GAL home today. But this past week saw the arrival o...

glendy · glendy

http://www.k9magazine.com/viewarticle.php?sid=15&aid=864&vid=0&npage=

glendy · glendy

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/52317.html

glendy · glendy

I'm embarrassed to say that I had never heard about this until yesterday when I received an update to a lost dog report. Nikki Powditch lost her rottweiler Jester in May this year and since then campaigned hard to ensure that dogs found dead on highways are always scanned for a microchi...

takecon · takecon

Hi Everyone, Most of you will know that GAL has a volunteer at Bothwell Scottish SPCA Centre every Saturday. The work goes on constantly as there is a steady stream of greyhounds and lurchers who have taken into the SSPCA's care for a variety of reasons. Most weeks we see the arrival of a a greyh...

Christine Young · Christine Young

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_objectid=16415319%26method=full%26siteid=66633-name_page.html

glendy · glendy

Daily Record story

Missy · Missy

OMG - Did anyone see BBC News 24's news article on the cat and dog fur trade from China to Europe ? The pictures they showed were horrific ! Dogs and cat squashed into cages in disgusting conditions. I'd also bet they are NOT humanely killed. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...

anna · anna

for all who live in my area of coatbridge and airdrie u will have read about the greyhound owner whos now banned from having dogs or any animal because he neglected his greyhound, the pic in the paper is heart breaking, u can see the poor souls ribs and spine, his excuse was that his brother in law was buyin...

Bones_Sox63 · Bones_Sox63

http://k9magazine.com/viewarticle.php?sid=12&aid=679&vid=0&np

glendy · glendy

http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=15887054&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=greyhound-gives-stroke-victim-new-lease-of-life-name_page.html

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	28 Greyhounds ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi Folks, some breaking news 'just in' the SSPCA have today started taking in 28 greyhounds found in terrible conditions from a trainer near Glasgow. I've been told some of the dogs weight less than 10kgs. The plans are for 6 dogs to go to the SSPCA shelter in Milton and the remaining 22 will be taken in...	Dave	45	1601	Sat Jul 8 10:01 2006 by Gail
	Sunday Herald article 11 06 06 (Preview) There is a big article in today's Sunday Herald about a woman who works with the RGT to rehome ex-racers; but who also breeds and races dogs!!! http://www.sundayherald.com/56124 -- Edited by Lesley at 10:40, 2006-06-11	Lesley	5	676	Wed Jul 5 15:38 2006 by Steve
	Greyhound Left to Starve (Preview) Daily Record article -- Edited by glendy at 22:57, 2006-05-31	glendy	7	660	Tue Jun 6 13:13 2006 by carolineasb
	Animal Health and Welfare Bill (Preview) Can anyone from Gal help me with this? I've been keeping an eye on the Animal health and Welfare Bill at the Scottish Parliament and am saddened to se that greyhounds will only be mentioned in secondary legislation which is not going to happen soon. I've been bombarding MSP's, the SSPCA and the like ask...	fbrander	6	523	Mon May 8 17:53 2006 by Dave
	Wallyford underway (Preview) Seems that work on preparing the track is underway now - my folks saw bulldozers in clearing away the ground where the track is to be. Article in the East Lothian Courier also saying that it should be sorted by the end of the year.	Steve	5	611	Mon May 1 09:46 2006 by max
	Vinnie's Greyhound fails drug test (Preview) British actor VINNIE JONES has been summoned to a court hearing in Ireland next month (APR06) to explain why his racing greyhound failed a drugs test. The SNATCH star and former soccer hardman will be quizzed after his dog BOAVISTA tested positive for drugs, after winning the world's richest hare co...	JanW	1	523	Mon Apr 3 11:01 2006 by Steve
	Armadale attacked by ALF (Preview) http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=480792006	glendy	1	460	Mon Apr 3 10:59 2006 by Steve
	WALLYFORD GREYHOUND STADIUM (Preview) The £9 million Wallyford greyhound stadium is on course for completion at the end of the year, despite work being halted since September. That was the cofident prediction this week from the man behind the ambitious project Mr Howard Wallace. He added that the project would be completed by late aut...	max	17	5066	Thu Mar 30 23:23 2006 by haz25a
	Greyhound Runs Over a Cliff (Preview) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/4848452.stm	glendy	2	436	Tue Mar 28 12:30 2006 by MojoTilly
	Dog Fighting Legislation (Preview) http://scotlandtoday.scottishtv.co.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1_1_1&newsid=10613	glendy	7	645	Mon Mar 13 12:43 2006 by Ambers Mum
	Hunting on the Increase (Preview) http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=369142006	glendy	0	335	Sun Mar 12 00:59 2006 by glendy
	Barcelona track closes! 350 greyhounds to be rescued (Preview) Just read on another forum that the horrendous Barcelona greyhound stadium has finally closed! This is great news for the poor Irish greyhounds that were transported to Barcelona for racing, where they had to endure very poor living conditions and were frequently raced time and again with injurie...	Amber	2	536	Mon Feb 27 14:46 2006 by Amber
	PETA / IAMS (Preview) Hi Folks, PETA are calling for a boycott of IAMS products after finding out they are still testing their products on animals that are kept in pretty awful conditions, if you log onto the PETA website http://www.peta.org/ and use the search function to find IAMS you'll get all the facts they hav...	Dave	7	582	Fri Feb 24 10:25 2006 by Valerie
	The Latest in Sick Treatment of Animals (Preview) Please do NOT read if you are easily shocked. This story is appalling! From today's Evening Times online. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5047804.html	glendy	7	523	Tue Feb 21 12:55 2006 by neeroz
	LURCHER USED IN CAT ATTACK (Preview) This is from todays "The Sun" :- Sicko ' in cat hunt' A CRUEL teenager let his lurcher dog rip a little girls cat apart in front of her. The case comes amid fears youths in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria are using dogs to hunt cats as a sick sport. &nb...	max	1	389	Mon Feb 20 20:23 2006 by greyluvver
	Scottish SPCA's £3m expansion (Preview) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4709718.stm	glendy	1	383	Tue Feb 14 08:32 2006 by Steve
	News of the World Article - Cocaine used on racing Greyhounds (Preview) http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/news/news5.shtml-- Edited by greyluvver at 22:55, 2006-02-06	greyluvver	4	455	Tue Feb 7 11:40 2006 by FAJ
	Executive uses public money to promote rights for cats and dogs (Preview) http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=154542006	glendy	0	329	Tue Jan 31 15:21 2006 by glendy
	Dog Haggis Radio Scotland (Preview) Hi Everyone, I was shocked that BBC Radio Scotland ( Good Morning Scotland) chose to broadcast a piece about scots guys making dog haggis in Vietnam. It was made worse by the light hearted manner of the broadcast. No mention was made of the horific conditions such dogs are kept in prior to ba...	takecon	2	478	Wed Dec 28 12:10 2005 by Jennifer
	SSPCA BOTHWELL - NEW INMATES 21 December (Preview) Hi Everyone, The GAL Voluntary work has been continuing on Saturday and Sunday over the past few weekends. On an upbeat note - greyhounds Elvis and Henry were homed this past weekend. Holly, who had been homed by SSPCA but was returned, went to a GAL home today. But this past week saw the arrival o...	takecon	1	554	Fri Dec 23 14:15 2005 by emma
	Dogs Used as Shark Bait (Preview) http://www.k9magazine.com/viewarticle.php?sid=15&aid=864&vid=0&npage=	glendy	12	800	Thu Dec 15 18:25 2005 by max
	Animal Cruelty Offender's List for Scotland (Preview) http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/52317.html	glendy	2	482	Wed Dec 14 01:09 2005 by Christine Young
	Jester's Law (Preview) I'm embarrassed to say that I had never heard about this until yesterday when I received an update to a lost dog report. Nikki Powditch lost her rottweiler Jester in May this year and since then campaigned hard to ensure that dogs found dead on highways are always scanned for a microchi...	glendy	7	594	Mon Dec 12 17:04 2005 by emma
	SSPCA BOTHWELL - NEW INMATES (Preview) Hi Everyone, Most of you will know that GAL has a volunteer at Bothwell Scottish SPCA Centre every Saturday. The work goes on constantly as there is a steady stream of greyhounds and lurchers who have taken into the SSPCA's care for a variety of reasons. Most weeks we see the arrival of a a greyh...	takecon	3	1236	Mon Dec 12 16:58 2005 by emma
	Tortured Lily (Preview) http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_objectid=16415319%26method=full%26siteid=66633-name_page.html	Christine Young	24	819	Tue Dec 6 20:42 2005 by Teresa
	Lurchers Kill Cat (Preview) Daily Record story	glendy	23	3055	Sat Dec 3 00:10 2005 by Christine Young
	Dog & Cat Fur Trade - China (Preview) OMG - Did anyone see BBC News 24's news article on the cat and dog fur trade from China to Europe ? The pictures they showed were horrific ! Dogs and cat squashed into cages in disgusting conditions. I'd also bet they are NOT humanely killed. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...	Missy	4	516	Tue Nov 29 21:31 2005 by fran marie
	another owner banned (Preview) for all who live in my area of coatbridge and airdrie u will have read about the greyhound owner whos now banned from having dogs or any animal because he neglected his greyhound, the pic in the paper is heart breaking, u can see the poor souls ribs and spine, his excuse was that his brother in law was buyin...	anna	23	741	Mon Nov 7 15:16 2005 by emma
	Greyhounds not covered under new bill (Preview) http://k9magazine.com/viewarticle.php?sid=12&aid=679&vid=0&np	Bones_Sox63	15	863	Sun Sep 25 07:29 2005 by takecon
	Bluebell's Story - Heartwarming (Preview) http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=15887054&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=greyhound-gives-stroke-victim-new-lease-of-life-name_page.html	glendy	10	541	Fri Aug 26 20:48 2005 by Teresa
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