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- Hello from the Cybercafe in Dublin
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Tomorrow the International Greyhound Welfare Forum meets. The
Forum used to
meet in London on an alternate basis with Dublin but since the
Irish greyhound welfare situation is more urgent the meeting
is continuing to be based in Dublin.
Representatives come from the major humane societies in Britain,
Scotland,
and sometimes Wales, and Spain. Tomorrow I plan to update the
Forum on the
U.S. greyhound community's progress and problems as best I can.
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- Another topic - Marion Fitzgibbon and
I are working on trying to form a real adoption program in Dublin.
Greyhounds are not finding homes in Ireland in any appreciable
numbers. They are almost certain to be put down in the pounds.
It works to have a few Irish greyhounds go to other countries
as representatives of those left behind but the effort to send
large numbers of Irish hounds to countries
already overwhelmed with greyhounds seems short sighted at best.
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greyhound's image in Ireland has to be radically improved if
any meaningful
change is to be made here for the better.
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- John Mottern, a talented photojournalist,
who has long helped the greyhounds is going to be at the Forum
meeting and then will go with Marion and I to the Avalon Sanctuary
for greyhounds on the West coast of Ireland. John's photos from
his two trips to Spain were exceptional and most useful in documenting
the sad situation for greyhounds and galgos there. These photos
were included in the "All Bets Are Off" book that Greyhound
Friends of N.C. published on the plight of the dogs in Spain.
[see link at left to order] I am hoping the Irish photos
will have the same sort of reach.
Last evening I gave a presentation - as did other Forum members
- at a program at University College Dublin. It was organized
by the student animal welfare organization. The info was well
received. Two greyhounds attended. These were the only greyhounds
the students had ever seen outside the racing scene. The dogs
were friendly and made a really good impression.
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- Louise Coleman
Greyhound Friends
American-European Greyhound Alliance
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
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