ANTI RACING WEEKLY NEWS
02/06/2019
Candy Cane Rescue
Kerry of Candy Cane is now in China.
The last time she went she saved 26 dogs from meat markets but to save more Candy Cane need to clear their debts. Please, if you can help Candy Cane, use PayPal rescue@candycanerescue.org or Candy Cane’s bank account or the donate button.
If you can give up the price of a coffee, a pint or a takeaway to help them clear their debts it would make such a difference to Kerry’s trip.
There’s no way she won’t save dogs while she’s there, even though it will be difficult for them financially so any donations will help massively.
Greyhound Data endorses Chinese greyhound racing
Has Tony Gallagher part owner of Greyhound Data, seen an opportunity to make money from Greyhounds being sent to, or already existing in China?
Your views please.
http://www.greyhound-data.com/china-initiative.php
Exposing exports to China
We continue to expose the export of greyhounds to China, and whilst profiteer Tony Gallagher cherry pics the extremely rare high end breeding facilities in China for his 'greyhound database' we will continue to expose the conditions the majority of the breeding farms in Mainland China have. Pro racers claim the dogs live like royalty, our evidence shows otherwise. Look at our website for images of greyhounds & their pups living in concrete cages, do the pro racers really think it's acceptable to send dogs to China? Of course they do because its another avenue to exploit the dogs to make more money.
Cagednw are finding many greyhounds from the UK on the data base in mainland China & are bring them home. An example are Frisby Barney and Droopys Dale. Both lads are Irish bred greyhounds and barney raced on 9 U.K. tracks and won the Peterborough derby, yet he was still sent to China .Both lads are now safe in the U.K.
Red bus tour
We are continuing to make plans to visit more parts of the country with our awareness bus, but we need your help to do so. Your donation can help us to continue this vital project.
New CAGEDNW clothing
Why not raise awareness of greyhound cruelty and exports with one of our new Caged Nationwide tshirts:
https://www.cagednw.co.uk/tshirts.html
Candy Cane Rescue
Kerry of Candy Cane is now in China.
The last time she went she saved 26 dogs from meat markets but to save more Candy Cane need to clear their debts. Please, if you can help Candy Cane, use PayPal rescue@candycanerescue.org or Candy Cane’s bank account or the donate button.
If you can give up the price of a coffee, a pint or a takeaway to help them clear their debts it would make such a difference to Kerry’s trip.
There’s no way she won’t save dogs while she’s there, even though it will be difficult for them financially so any donations will help massively.
Greyhound Data endorses Chinese greyhound racing
Has Tony Gallagher part owner of Greyhound Data, seen an opportunity to make money from Greyhounds being sent to, or already existing in China?
Your views please.
http://www.greyhound-data.com/china-initiative.php
Exposing exports to China
We continue to expose the export of greyhounds to China, and whilst profiteer Tony Gallagher cherry pics the extremely rare high end breeding facilities in China for his 'greyhound database' we will continue to expose the conditions the majority of the breeding farms in Mainland China have. Pro racers claim the dogs live like royalty, our evidence shows otherwise. Look at our website for images of greyhounds & their pups living in concrete cages, do the pro racers really think it's acceptable to send dogs to China? Of course they do because its another avenue to exploit the dogs to make more money.
Cagednw are finding many greyhounds from the UK on the data base in mainland China & are bring them home. An example are Frisby Barney and Droopys Dale. Both lads are Irish bred greyhounds and barney raced on 9 U.K. tracks and won the Peterborough derby, yet he was still sent to China .Both lads are now safe in the U.K.
Red bus tour
We are continuing to make plans to visit more parts of the country with our awareness bus, but we need your help to do so. Your donation can help us to continue this vital project.
New CAGEDNW clothing
Why not raise awareness of greyhound cruelty and exports with one of our new Caged Nationwide tshirts:
https://www.cagednw.co.uk/tshirts.html
26/05/2019
Red bus Tour
Our red bus tour has proved hugely successful in raising awareness around the country.
So far we have visited Henlow, Manchester & Sunderland, & we have more locations to visit.
Listen to Caged founder Ritas interview with radio Newcastle -
https://www.facebook.com/182333105208166/posts/2196001960507927?s=1488264953&v=e&sfns=mo
Appeal: Are there any companies out there that would kindly donate any items to our upcoming online auction due shortly, in aid of helping us to get the Caged big red campaign bus back on the road for another 2 days?
Project X
DISGUSTING KENNEL CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO ANIMAL WELFARE PROSECUTION
'Caged Nationwide’s “Project X” has produced video evidence of disgusting and unsafe kennel conditions that amounted to conditions which demonstrated unnecessary suffering to dogs and a failure to ensure dogs welfare.
Caged Nationwide have been investigating conditions in kennels belonging to Jill Llewellin at Blythe House Farm, Leek Road, Weston, Staffordshire.
There was also evidence of unlicensed kennel hands being employed at the site. Caged Nationwide can now reveal for the first time that they have instructed solicitors to bring a private prosecution for the offences revealed and that this is the first time that they a campaign group has been able to take such action.' - James Parry https://www.dangerousdoglaw.co.uk/dangerous-dog-legal-experts.html
Ms Llewellin is a registered greyhound trainer and owner who regularly races at Belle Vue and Nottingham race tracks and is widely fated as being one the industry’s stars, having finished leading graded trainer at Belle Vue. See here http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/jill-llewellin-2-tracks-7-meetings-90-dogs/
Ms Llewellin is also 'leading the charge' of the greyhound trainers fight against the closure of Belle Vue Greyhound Stadium https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/belle-vue-dog-trainers-launch-14939122
The video we shared is only a very brief extract of the evidence gathered for the investigation into Jill Llewellin's kennels
If anyone has any further evidence of the conditions in which greyhounds were being kept at these kennels or elsewhere please contact us confidentially via email with details so that we can take appropriate and lawful action to stop this abuse.
jamesparry@paws.legal
rita@cagednw.co.uk
Greyhound breeding in China
We are continuing to find evidence of breeding kennels in mainland China.
Pro racers claim the dogs live like royalty. Well all these dogs have is the hope that one day they will be saved from this misery. The racing industry is now responsible for creating a whole new industry in China. The pro racing community sent greyhounds to China now the pro racing community are trying to condone their actions.
Dark bricked up kennels with no bedding, no temperature control, no standards. These greyhound pups will only know abuse, they will never be kept as a pet & they don't stand a chance. The breeders race dogs on concrete roads again risking the dogs of severe injuries.
These puppies face very uncertain future now greyhounds are the THIRD most popular breed at the meat markets.
This is the reality of commercial greyhound exports, the Australian, UK, Irish & US racing industry are directly responsible for creating a thriving industry in Mainland China
Demolish Belle Vue petition
There is still time to sign & share our petition to demolish Belle Vie greyhound stadium https://www.change.org/p/jeni-regan-demolish-belle-vue-greyhound-stadium
Greyt Unite
We look forward to being part of the Greyt Unite event again, last year was amazing. Amazing atmosphere, beautiful environment, fabulous company. The very finest people involved in campaigning and rescue all in one place. Save the date and come along. 1/09/2019
Awareness merchandise
Raise awareness this summer in our new awareness shirts https://www.cagednw.co.uk/tshirts.html
Our red bus tour has proved hugely successful in raising awareness around the country.
So far we have visited Henlow, Manchester & Sunderland, & we have more locations to visit.
Listen to Caged founder Ritas interview with radio Newcastle -
https://www.facebook.com/182333105208166/posts/2196001960507927?s=1488264953&v=e&sfns=mo
Appeal: Are there any companies out there that would kindly donate any items to our upcoming online auction due shortly, in aid of helping us to get the Caged big red campaign bus back on the road for another 2 days?
Project X
DISGUSTING KENNEL CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO ANIMAL WELFARE PROSECUTION
'Caged Nationwide’s “Project X” has produced video evidence of disgusting and unsafe kennel conditions that amounted to conditions which demonstrated unnecessary suffering to dogs and a failure to ensure dogs welfare.
Caged Nationwide have been investigating conditions in kennels belonging to Jill Llewellin at Blythe House Farm, Leek Road, Weston, Staffordshire.
There was also evidence of unlicensed kennel hands being employed at the site. Caged Nationwide can now reveal for the first time that they have instructed solicitors to bring a private prosecution for the offences revealed and that this is the first time that they a campaign group has been able to take such action.' - James Parry https://www.dangerousdoglaw.co.uk/dangerous-dog-legal-experts.html
Ms Llewellin is a registered greyhound trainer and owner who regularly races at Belle Vue and Nottingham race tracks and is widely fated as being one the industry’s stars, having finished leading graded trainer at Belle Vue. See here http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/jill-llewellin-2-tracks-7-meetings-90-dogs/
Ms Llewellin is also 'leading the charge' of the greyhound trainers fight against the closure of Belle Vue Greyhound Stadium https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/belle-vue-dog-trainers-launch-14939122
The video we shared is only a very brief extract of the evidence gathered for the investigation into Jill Llewellin's kennels
If anyone has any further evidence of the conditions in which greyhounds were being kept at these kennels or elsewhere please contact us confidentially via email with details so that we can take appropriate and lawful action to stop this abuse.
jamesparry@paws.legal
rita@cagednw.co.uk
Greyhound breeding in China
We are continuing to find evidence of breeding kennels in mainland China.
Pro racers claim the dogs live like royalty. Well all these dogs have is the hope that one day they will be saved from this misery. The racing industry is now responsible for creating a whole new industry in China. The pro racing community sent greyhounds to China now the pro racing community are trying to condone their actions.
Dark bricked up kennels with no bedding, no temperature control, no standards. These greyhound pups will only know abuse, they will never be kept as a pet & they don't stand a chance. The breeders race dogs on concrete roads again risking the dogs of severe injuries.
These puppies face very uncertain future now greyhounds are the THIRD most popular breed at the meat markets.
This is the reality of commercial greyhound exports, the Australian, UK, Irish & US racing industry are directly responsible for creating a thriving industry in Mainland China
Demolish Belle Vue petition
There is still time to sign & share our petition to demolish Belle Vie greyhound stadium https://www.change.org/p/jeni-regan-demolish-belle-vue-greyhound-stadium
Greyt Unite
We look forward to being part of the Greyt Unite event again, last year was amazing. Amazing atmosphere, beautiful environment, fabulous company. The very finest people involved in campaigning and rescue all in one place. Save the date and come along. 1/09/2019
Awareness merchandise
Raise awareness this summer in our new awareness shirts https://www.cagednw.co.uk/tshirts.html
19/05/2019
A divide in the anti racing movement has been gradually exacerbated over the past 3 years.
The first event occured in 2016 when Caged intercepted 24 greyhounds on their way to Hong Kong
Caged received a pm tipping them off about the export
A handful of other indivuduals were also tipped off and had conversed with Caged as what should be done, but they were unable to physically act so Caged took on the responsibility of tracking down the exporters with the help of a few advocates.
Then came the biggest media storm since 2006. Photos and videos of what Caged had produced were brought to the publics attention.
Due to the pressure created by the media storm, the dogs were later returned to Ireland.
A brief speech was later delivered by Caged at an Irish anti racing protest. Caged chose not to mention any names of the other people who were tipped of, in fear of reprisals from the exporters, and instead offered them to announce their social media involvement themselves.
A couple of individuals took offence in that their names were not mentioned, and this began the divide.
Caged gave an interview to the MEN and spoke about laws in China, bringing up the dog meat trade.
It was clear to us, that if dogs were being shipped to Hong Kong that they could easily end up in Mainland China, as it neighbours Hong Kong.
Other anti groups claimed that there was no evidence of greyhounds in Mainland China or the dog meat trade.
Caged insisted that there was a very high possibility.
This caused arguments to break out between international groups on social media. Caged agreed not to mention the dog meat trade again.
Following this everyone tried to get along, until misinformation was shared via online articles by other groups claiming they had carried out the interception. On being asked to correct the information as it did not make sense, it was refused and instead turned into an altercation.
It was then that we began receiving messages about groups advising people not to trust us.
Other individuals began to turn on us claiming we were shamelessly fishing for donations when we posted links to our website information relating to greyhound abuse.
It was in 2017 when Caged visited China with a rescue group to discover dozens of greyhounds being held in Shanghai wildlife park. We then knew we had to look into greyhounds being exported to China, and by then the other groups had began to distance themselves from us.
We found chinese breeding databases with evidence of Irish and British greyhounds in China.
We have been continuing to bring reports of Irish, British and US dogs held in China, and began working with rescue to recover dogs.
We received rude messages from foreign groups claiming they knew about the exports in 2011.
It begs the question, if they knew, why did they not bring it to the attention of the public?
2 dogs, an Irish and a British raced greyhound have since been brought back to the UK.
This is 100% evidence that dogs were being shipped to China for many years before and at the time when we were asked by other groups not to discuss the dog meat trade.
There were negative remarks made by international and British groups due to one of the dogs costing a considerable amount of money.
We are aware the money was paid for the dog under the knowledge that this would bring 100% evidence home that greyhounds are being shipped to China. This dog remains the strongest piece of evidence against the industry exports and has confirmed our findings are correct, and in return he has a beautiful home and most importantly is now safe from being slaughtered for his flesh. He was sadly very emaciated and had to have all his teeth removed.
Greyhounds are also now being found in Chinese slaughterhouses (some proven to be the offspring of dogs exported for breeding) just as we sadly suspected for many years earlier.
To our dismay, misinformation continues to spread amongst the anti racing movement claiming racing is illegal in China. Greyhound racing is fully legal in China. Gambling is not legal but many tracks have been raided for illegal gambling.
Irish TDs have recently failed to introduce laws of a whitelist to try and reduce the exports.
In desperation we approached the GBGB, the greyhound racing industry regulators.
We asked that all greyhounds remain in the countries where they are bred and raced, being retained within Ireland and Great Britain.
The GBGB recently made a public announcement in the Greyhound Star, agreeing to work with Caged Nationwide based on preliminary inquiries made to Defra.
We initially asked the GBGB, that all exports are made illegal, and sanctions applied, with exception of dogs being transited between Ireland and Great Britain, as the British government recently announced they have no intention to ban racing.
Once again, individuals have been encouraged not to support us. Malicious articles and misinformation is being circulated on social media forcing us almost into closure.
We understand that the GBGB is probably the most hated organisation by all anti racing groups, but we are also aware that there can be no ban of exports without their cooperation.
We have since had a committee meeting and can announce that Caged will continue to campaign independently and will not bow down to slander.
The founders of Caged will withdraw their presence from social media, and will work to strengthen the campaign from behind the scenes, in research and development of the campaign.
Our team will be managing all posts on social media and will represent us as necessary.
We apologise for any confusion caused to all good advocates who support our work. We hope you appreciate our explanation.
All negative comments on Caged social media FB page, shall in future not be responded to, to avoid further conflict.
Thank you
A divide in the anti racing movement has been gradually exacerbated over the past 3 years.
The first event occured in 2016 when Caged intercepted 24 greyhounds on their way to Hong Kong
Caged received a pm tipping them off about the export
A handful of other indivuduals were also tipped off and had conversed with Caged as what should be done, but they were unable to physically act so Caged took on the responsibility of tracking down the exporters with the help of a few advocates.
Then came the biggest media storm since 2006. Photos and videos of what Caged had produced were brought to the publics attention.
Due to the pressure created by the media storm, the dogs were later returned to Ireland.
A brief speech was later delivered by Caged at an Irish anti racing protest. Caged chose not to mention any names of the other people who were tipped of, in fear of reprisals from the exporters, and instead offered them to announce their social media involvement themselves.
A couple of individuals took offence in that their names were not mentioned, and this began the divide.
Caged gave an interview to the MEN and spoke about laws in China, bringing up the dog meat trade.
It was clear to us, that if dogs were being shipped to Hong Kong that they could easily end up in Mainland China, as it neighbours Hong Kong.
Other anti groups claimed that there was no evidence of greyhounds in Mainland China or the dog meat trade.
Caged insisted that there was a very high possibility.
This caused arguments to break out between international groups on social media. Caged agreed not to mention the dog meat trade again.
Following this everyone tried to get along, until misinformation was shared via online articles by other groups claiming they had carried out the interception. On being asked to correct the information as it did not make sense, it was refused and instead turned into an altercation.
It was then that we began receiving messages about groups advising people not to trust us.
Other individuals began to turn on us claiming we were shamelessly fishing for donations when we posted links to our website information relating to greyhound abuse.
It was in 2017 when Caged visited China with a rescue group to discover dozens of greyhounds being held in Shanghai wildlife park. We then knew we had to look into greyhounds being exported to China, and by then the other groups had began to distance themselves from us.
We found chinese breeding databases with evidence of Irish and British greyhounds in China.
We have been continuing to bring reports of Irish, British and US dogs held in China, and began working with rescue to recover dogs.
We received rude messages from foreign groups claiming they knew about the exports in 2011.
It begs the question, if they knew, why did they not bring it to the attention of the public?
2 dogs, an Irish and a British raced greyhound have since been brought back to the UK.
This is 100% evidence that dogs were being shipped to China for many years before and at the time when we were asked by other groups not to discuss the dog meat trade.
There were negative remarks made by international and British groups due to one of the dogs costing a considerable amount of money.
We are aware the money was paid for the dog under the knowledge that this would bring 100% evidence home that greyhounds are being shipped to China. This dog remains the strongest piece of evidence against the industry exports and has confirmed our findings are correct, and in return he has a beautiful home and most importantly is now safe from being slaughtered for his flesh. He was sadly very emaciated and had to have all his teeth removed.
Greyhounds are also now being found in Chinese slaughterhouses (some proven to be the offspring of dogs exported for breeding) just as we sadly suspected for many years earlier.
To our dismay, misinformation continues to spread amongst the anti racing movement claiming racing is illegal in China. Greyhound racing is fully legal in China. Gambling is not legal but many tracks have been raided for illegal gambling.
Irish TDs have recently failed to introduce laws of a whitelist to try and reduce the exports.
In desperation we approached the GBGB, the greyhound racing industry regulators.
We asked that all greyhounds remain in the countries where they are bred and raced, being retained within Ireland and Great Britain.
The GBGB recently made a public announcement in the Greyhound Star, agreeing to work with Caged Nationwide based on preliminary inquiries made to Defra.
We initially asked the GBGB, that all exports are made illegal, and sanctions applied, with exception of dogs being transited between Ireland and Great Britain, as the British government recently announced they have no intention to ban racing.
Once again, individuals have been encouraged not to support us. Malicious articles and misinformation is being circulated on social media forcing us almost into closure.
We understand that the GBGB is probably the most hated organisation by all anti racing groups, but we are also aware that there can be no ban of exports without their cooperation.
We have since had a committee meeting and can announce that Caged will continue to campaign independently and will not bow down to slander.
The founders of Caged will withdraw their presence from social media, and will work to strengthen the campaign from behind the scenes, in research and development of the campaign.
Our team will be managing all posts on social media and will represent us as necessary.
We apologise for any confusion caused to all good advocates who support our work. We hope you appreciate our explanation.
All negative comments on Caged social media FB page, shall in future not be responded to, to avoid further conflict.
Thank you
