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MARKS AND SPENCER AND NESTLE GLAMORIZE THE CRUEL INDUSTRY OF GREYHOUND RACING TO PROMOTE MENS FASHION ... AND CHOCOLATE - UPDATE ... RSPCA OF NO HELP Marks
and Spencer's Autumn 2003
menswear promotion featured pictures of male models at Greyhound meetings. After continued
pressure from Greyhound rescue organizations, Marks and Spencer have
finally removed the offending promotion from their website and shop
windows. A Nestlé KitKat
UK TV advert is filmed entirely at a dog track and gives misguided "facts"
about the real-world fate of racing Greyhounds For more information about the Greyhound racing industry read the Annette Crosbie Column here at Looking-Glass and VeggieGlobal. Looking-Glass
Says: It's astonishing that major players in consumer fashion
like Marks and Spencer have shown such lack of consideration on a
sensitive and controversial issue knowingly linked to severe animal
cruelty. The ignorant advertising people who come up with such ideas
and those in charge who agreed to the running of this sales campaign
should all be severely reprimanded - Have they no sense of compassion?
For more information about the Greyhound racing industry read the Annette Crosbie Column here at Looking-Glass and VeggieGlobal. For more information about animal cruelty in the fashion industry read "Think About Fur" here at Looking-Glass and VeggieGlobal This article last updated or added to in: Jan 2004 SPANISH
DOG HORROR - MASS GRAVE DISCOVERED In 2002 a mass grave of slaughtered Calgos and former racing Greyhounds was recently been found in a small Spanish village. This finding has turned out to be just the tip of iceberg as similar atrocities involving dogs used for hunting and sports has sparked of a Europe-wide appeal by an animal welfare group in Belgium. The Greyhound industry
has become subject to increasing pressure by animal welfare groups across
northern Europe. More stories are emerging of Greyhounds being brutally
treated after their days are over as racers. Recent incidents include
dogs being thrown from moving vehicles on motorways as owners attempt
to discard their "spent money earners". Running
for their lives In March 2002 pictures were published for the first time of the mass grave in Chueca, Spain. Eye witness reports collected at Chueca give clear testimony that this horrendous activity is extensive and ongoing. The photos show great numbers of recently slaughtered dogs along with older bones. Corpses in various stages of decay prove that this practice has been going on in that particular region over a long period. Greyhounds in Nood are a rescue group in Belgium concerned with the cruel treatment of Greyhounds and Galgos. Yolande Van den Bogaert from the organization told LGVN, "We can compare the tradition of hanging Greyhounds and Galgo's to the tradition of the Corridas. The difference is that the Spanish are proud of the Corrida culture. Hanging dogs is another rural tradition, but the Spanish people are not necessarily proud of it". "It is inexcusable that such barbarism still continues to perpetrate itself in Spain today, a nation within the European Union", says Yolande. Rising
numbers of Greyhounds abandoned VeggieGlobal recently launched a VoiceOver appeal on behalf of Greyhounds in Nood. You can send a letter of protest direct to José Maria Aznar, President of Spain as well as other European Government officials through VoiceOver. Go to VeggieGlobal's VoiceOver and send your protest letter now Find Greyhounds in Nood at: www.greyhounds.be
This article last updated or added to in: October2003 GREYHOUND
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For more information about the Greyhound racing industry read the Annette Crosbie Column here at Looking-Glass and VeggieGlobal. For more information about animal cruelty in the fashion industry read "Think About Fur" here at Looking-Glass and VeggieGlobal For more "Animal News" articles please click here For discussion on these issues see GGL's at VeggieGlobal.com
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