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- Marion Fitzgibbon
at the podium - Dewey Beach 2001
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- Marion Fitzgibbon, President Irish
SPCA, Irish Trustee for Pro Animale and co-founder of the American-European
Greyhound Alliance was the keynote speaker at the Dewey Beach
brunch. Dewey Beach has become a central, annual reunion event
for Greyhound lovers. Marion spoke about the suffering of the
Irish racing Greyhound both in Ireland and Spain. Her experience
in this difficult situation has been immediate and anguishing.
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- Keynote Speaker
Marion Fitzgibbon onscreen
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- During her talk, Marion stressed the
need to implement existing EU transport regulations and to extend
them to cover the cage size Greyhounds must have and the need
for a
journey plan. For years Irish Greyhounds have traved four to
five days in grossly inadequate transport lorries without being
fed, watered or let out of their small cages. Then they get to
Spain and the suffering worsens. The conditions for Greyhounds
will improve only when they are seen as companion animals and
are accorded the protections given to dogs in this category.
As it is they are dealt with as cargo - units - not as individuals
- not as sentient beings.
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- Keynote Speaker
Marion Fitzgibbon onscreen
Marion asked the brunch attendees to keep the pressure on the
officials at the Irish Deptartment of Agriculture and on the
Spainish authorities. Marion's talk will be included - in a shortened
form - in the upcoming Celebrating Greyhounds magazine.
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- The Brunch crowd
heartily applauds at the end of Marion's speech.
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- AEGA Education Table
at the vendor tent...
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- Marion Fitzgibbon
and Louise Coleman
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- Marion Fitzgibbon
and Louise Coleman, co-founders of AEGA and Cynthia Cash,an independent
Greyhound advocate who has helped the international efforts of
AEGA.
- Greyhounds Kiss
Kiss (back) and Avalon Gordon an Irish import (front)
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- Our Mission Statement
- The American European Greyhound Alliance,
Inc. is a non-profit corporation dedicated solely to the welfare
of Greyhounds in the United States and abroad. The American-European
Greyhound Alliance, Inc. accomplishes its mission through active
and on-going monitoring of existing and proposed racing venues,
liaising with racing industry and adoption groups, providing
an effective source of collection and dissemination of accurate
information, and education of the public as to the suitability
of the Greyhound as an adopted companion animal. AEGA, Inc. will
maintain and rehabilitate several
Greyhounds at a time in the United States and Europe. These will
be dogs with special needs, i.e. broken legs, medical problems,
etc. The goal is to get them ready for adoption.
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- Our I.R.S. non-profit identification
number is 04-3490964 and your contribution is tax-deductible.
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- For more information or to mail a donation
you may contact Louise Coleman, President at:
email: greyhndfds@aol.com
phone:
508-435-5969
- regular mail: The
American-European Greyhound Alliance
- 167 Saddle Hill Road
Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748
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- Monetary donations are always needed
and welcomed. The American-European Greyhound Alliance is a 501c3
registered non-profit corporation and as such, your contributions
are tax-deductible.
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