Post by lavender on Sept 22, 2006 15:00:19 GMT
I thought Id post this in events as well as on the thread on the offchance anyone fancied attending.
Vigil at the "Sanctuary of Death"
This Saturday, September 23rd, 11am - 2.30pm
Leigh Animal Sanctuary, Greater Manchester, WN7 3SE
You will probably have read or heard of yet another exposé, in the latest edition of the Sunday
Times, of the mass-slaughter of greyhounds, this time at a place masquerading as an animal sanctuary
in Leigh, a few miles to the west of Manchester.
If you didn't see the Sunday Times articles, you can find them at
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2361517,00.html and
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2361675,00.html
Local Greyhound Action supporters will be holding a vigil outside the "Sanctuary" this Saturday,
September 23rd from 11am - 2pm, meeting at 10.45am in the car park of the nearby Greyhound Hotel.
Please do your best to attend, especially if you live in or near the Greater Manchester area, and do
try to get there for the start, if possible, so that there is a good crowd for the press
photographs.
There is limited space in the Greyhound Hotel car park, so it would be best to park nearby and walk
to the location.
Do bring along anti greyhound racing banners and placards, if you can, and flowers to lay outside
the "Sanctuary" in memory of all the greyhounds and other animals that have been put to death there.
Rescued greyhounds and other dogs are very much welcome on the vigil, if you are able to bring them.
Directions:-
Leigh Animal Sanctuary is on the A580 Liverpool to Manchester road, near to the Greyhound Hotel.
From the M62: Exit at Junction 14, taking the East Lancashire Road A580 (signposted Liverpool).
Continue along this road following directions for St Helens. The "Sanctuary" is on the right just
after the roundabout with the Greyhound Hotel on the corner.
From the M6: Exit at Junction 23 (Haydock) and take the East Lancashire Road A580, towards
Manchester. Continue along this road. The "Sanctuary" is on the left just before the roundabout with
the Greyhound Hotel on the corner.
From the South (shorter route): Exit at Junction 22 and take the A579, then turn right onto the A580
towards Manchester. Continue along this road. The "Sanctuary" is on the left just before the
roundabout with the Greyhound Hotel on the corner.
Maps of the location can be found at tinyurl.com/ft9v3 and tinyurl.com/jut45
Greyhound Action's press release about the vigil can be found below.
Please feel free to forward/crosspost/circulate this message.
Tony Peters, Greyhound Action
www.greyhoundaction.org.uk
VIGIL TO BE HELD AT SANCTUARY OF DEATH
In memory of slaughtered greyhounds and other animals
This Saturday, September 23rd, outside Leigh Animal Sanctuary, Graveoak, East Lancashire Road,
Leigh (Greater Manchester) WN7 3SE from 11am - 2.30pm.
Meeting at 10.45am in car park of nearby Greyhound Hotel.
Supporters of international greyhound protection group Greyhound Action will be holding a vigil this
Saturday outside Leigh Animal Sanctuary in Lancashire in memory of the many thousands of greyhounds
and other animals put to death there over the past 30 years.
Many of those taking part will be accompanied by rescued greyhounds and banners and placards,
protesting against the greyhound racing industry and the mass-slaughter of dogs, will be displayed.
At the start of the vigil, a minutes silence will be observed in memory of all the dogs and other
animals
killed at the Leigh Animal Sanctuary and the many thousands of greyhounds put to death every year in
this
country.
The Leigh slaughter was exposed in articles that appeared in the Sunday Times on September 17th and
comes less than two months after media revelations about the mass killing of greyhounds by builder's
merchant David Smith in Co. Durham. In recent years, several other similar cases have come to light
and yet more are currently under investigation.
Tony Peters, Greyhound Action's UK coordinator, said: "This place at Leigh has no right to call
itself an 'animal sanctuary'. It is little more than a slaughterhouse for greyhounds and other
animals.
"Greyhounds and other dogs are being summarily executed there on payment of £35 and this isn't even
being done by a veterinary surgeon.
"The treatment of those dogs that are not killed also leaves much to be desired. No home-checks are
carried out, meaning that the dogs could end up with the most undesirable of characters, and dogs
are not neutered or spayed before being sold, which will inevitably lead to more 'unwanted' animals
being bred and subsequently put to death.
"However, with regard to the thousands of greyhounds that have been killed over the years at Leigh,
the main culprit is not the Sanctuary, but the British greyhound racing industry, which creates a
situation that leads to the inevitable slaughter of approximately 20,000 of these dogs every year.
"Commercial dog racing creates a huge demand for greyhounds to be bred to fuel the demands of the
tracks and most of these dogs end up being 'put down' when their racing 'careers' are over or if
they are judged not to be up to racing standard in the first place.
"We estimate that each major greyhound track in the country is responsible for the putting to death
of at least 500 dogs every year. This includes Belle Vue in Manchester, which was named by the
Sunday Times as being one of the tracks from which many of the greyhounds killed at Leigh had come
from.
"The only way this mass slaughter of greyhounds can be stopped is for the greyhound racing industry
to be done away with. This is why we are calling on the government to ban commercial greyhound
racing and on the public not to attend or bet on dog races, so that this evil industry dies away
through lack of financial support.
"In six states in the USA, commercial greyhound racing has been abolished in recent years, on
account of the mass-killing of greyhounds that it causes.
"We would also like to see strict legislation controlling the activities of animal sanctuaries and
dog rescue centres, making home-checking and the neutering and spaying of dogs compulsory."
Vigil at the "Sanctuary of Death"
This Saturday, September 23rd, 11am - 2.30pm
Leigh Animal Sanctuary, Greater Manchester, WN7 3SE
You will probably have read or heard of yet another exposé, in the latest edition of the Sunday
Times, of the mass-slaughter of greyhounds, this time at a place masquerading as an animal sanctuary
in Leigh, a few miles to the west of Manchester.
If you didn't see the Sunday Times articles, you can find them at
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2361517,00.html and
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2361675,00.html
Local Greyhound Action supporters will be holding a vigil outside the "Sanctuary" this Saturday,
September 23rd from 11am - 2pm, meeting at 10.45am in the car park of the nearby Greyhound Hotel.
Please do your best to attend, especially if you live in or near the Greater Manchester area, and do
try to get there for the start, if possible, so that there is a good crowd for the press
photographs.
There is limited space in the Greyhound Hotel car park, so it would be best to park nearby and walk
to the location.
Do bring along anti greyhound racing banners and placards, if you can, and flowers to lay outside
the "Sanctuary" in memory of all the greyhounds and other animals that have been put to death there.
Rescued greyhounds and other dogs are very much welcome on the vigil, if you are able to bring them.
Directions:-
Leigh Animal Sanctuary is on the A580 Liverpool to Manchester road, near to the Greyhound Hotel.
From the M62: Exit at Junction 14, taking the East Lancashire Road A580 (signposted Liverpool).
Continue along this road following directions for St Helens. The "Sanctuary" is on the right just
after the roundabout with the Greyhound Hotel on the corner.
From the M6: Exit at Junction 23 (Haydock) and take the East Lancashire Road A580, towards
Manchester. Continue along this road. The "Sanctuary" is on the left just before the roundabout with
the Greyhound Hotel on the corner.
From the South (shorter route): Exit at Junction 22 and take the A579, then turn right onto the A580
towards Manchester. Continue along this road. The "Sanctuary" is on the left just before the
roundabout with the Greyhound Hotel on the corner.
Maps of the location can be found at tinyurl.com/ft9v3 and tinyurl.com/jut45
Greyhound Action's press release about the vigil can be found below.
Please feel free to forward/crosspost/circulate this message.
Tony Peters, Greyhound Action
www.greyhoundaction.org.uk
VIGIL TO BE HELD AT SANCTUARY OF DEATH
In memory of slaughtered greyhounds and other animals
This Saturday, September 23rd, outside Leigh Animal Sanctuary, Graveoak, East Lancashire Road,
Leigh (Greater Manchester) WN7 3SE from 11am - 2.30pm.
Meeting at 10.45am in car park of nearby Greyhound Hotel.
Supporters of international greyhound protection group Greyhound Action will be holding a vigil this
Saturday outside Leigh Animal Sanctuary in Lancashire in memory of the many thousands of greyhounds
and other animals put to death there over the past 30 years.
Many of those taking part will be accompanied by rescued greyhounds and banners and placards,
protesting against the greyhound racing industry and the mass-slaughter of dogs, will be displayed.
At the start of the vigil, a minutes silence will be observed in memory of all the dogs and other
animals
killed at the Leigh Animal Sanctuary and the many thousands of greyhounds put to death every year in
this
country.
The Leigh slaughter was exposed in articles that appeared in the Sunday Times on September 17th and
comes less than two months after media revelations about the mass killing of greyhounds by builder's
merchant David Smith in Co. Durham. In recent years, several other similar cases have come to light
and yet more are currently under investigation.
Tony Peters, Greyhound Action's UK coordinator, said: "This place at Leigh has no right to call
itself an 'animal sanctuary'. It is little more than a slaughterhouse for greyhounds and other
animals.
"Greyhounds and other dogs are being summarily executed there on payment of £35 and this isn't even
being done by a veterinary surgeon.
"The treatment of those dogs that are not killed also leaves much to be desired. No home-checks are
carried out, meaning that the dogs could end up with the most undesirable of characters, and dogs
are not neutered or spayed before being sold, which will inevitably lead to more 'unwanted' animals
being bred and subsequently put to death.
"However, with regard to the thousands of greyhounds that have been killed over the years at Leigh,
the main culprit is not the Sanctuary, but the British greyhound racing industry, which creates a
situation that leads to the inevitable slaughter of approximately 20,000 of these dogs every year.
"Commercial dog racing creates a huge demand for greyhounds to be bred to fuel the demands of the
tracks and most of these dogs end up being 'put down' when their racing 'careers' are over or if
they are judged not to be up to racing standard in the first place.
"We estimate that each major greyhound track in the country is responsible for the putting to death
of at least 500 dogs every year. This includes Belle Vue in Manchester, which was named by the
Sunday Times as being one of the tracks from which many of the greyhounds killed at Leigh had come
from.
"The only way this mass slaughter of greyhounds can be stopped is for the greyhound racing industry
to be done away with. This is why we are calling on the government to ban commercial greyhound
racing and on the public not to attend or bet on dog races, so that this evil industry dies away
through lack of financial support.
"In six states in the USA, commercial greyhound racing has been abolished in recent years, on
account of the mass-killing of greyhounds that it causes.
"We would also like to see strict legislation controlling the activities of animal sanctuaries and
dog rescue centres, making home-checking and the neutering and spaying of dogs compulsory."