11 greyhounds found dead on France-bound ferry

Bord na gCon has said it will work with all relevant authorities to ensure those responsible for the deaths of 11 greyhounds, on The Oscar Wilde Irish Ferries vessel to France, are successfully prosecuted.

Bord na gCon, the Irish Greyhound Board, said it was “deeply shocked and horrified” by the discovery of the remains in a greyhound transporter in Cherbourg, France.

“We understand from initial investigations that the Gendarmes Maritimes and Port Surveillance Platoon at Cherbourg discovered 11 greyhounds which had tragically died due to suffocation in transit,” it said.