Don’t send our greyhounds to China

I AM writing to express both my concern and opposition to the proposal of the Irish Greyhound Board to send greyhounds to China.

Maurice Neilan spoke on RTÉ News on April 12 and stated that they planned to send over Irish people to China to look after the greyhounds. I am sure Mr Neilan must be aware that once Irish greyhounds are in China they are subject to Chinese animal welfare legalisation, which is non-existent. These animals already suffer enough in Irish racing as they are routinely killed when they are no longer fast enough.

The proposal to send them to a country that allows the skinning alive of animals should surely not merit even a consideration by the Department of Agriculture.