Northumberland greyhound in UK called 'Dougie' found in Bedlington,
STILL ALIVE!!!! mutilated with ears hacked off to remove identifying tattoos, electrical tape was stuck to his back and legs. The sick individual(s) who did this obviously wanted 'Dougie' to suffer, therefore please take immediate action- this is yet another heinous crime to a racing greyhound-please be a voice today for 'Dougie' and all the other greyhounds who have suffered at the hands of the racing industry. We are now asking all our supporters national and international to please take the time to write to the following people.
Let's inundate them globally so they know the strength of feeling we all have and our love for the greyhounds and the need to protect them from further abuse and pain. please keep all correspondence polite
Please send a letter to the local papers- the Northumberland Gazette-
northumberland. gazette@northeast-press.co.uk
and the Morpeth Herald-
http://www.morpethh erald.co.uk/contactus.aspx
please use the feedback form in link above, once into the link please tick letters to the Editor, also please make your subject 'Letters to the Ediitor'. Name and address needs to be supplied.
In your letter please strongly urge the general public to come forward with any information relating to this crime by contacting the local Police and the RSPCA. The person(s) who committed this evil deed must be brought to justice. Please also mention that greyhound racing should be banned outright asking readers not to support it and that you have recently read other similar articles of immense cruelty to greyhounds in the last few weeks ie a greyhound was found stabbed to death with a breadknife in Sunderland, an ex-racing greyhound was dumped in Sittingbourne and then involved in a road traffic accident, also a greyhound was found drowned in a potato sack in the River Foyle in Ireland, a heartbreaking case of a greyhound who was pregnant with six pups, brutally killed with ears hacked off and dumped on wasteland in Iron Acton nr. Bristol, also a very disturbing case in Hartlepool of a greyhound found decomposed with ears hacked off, an emaciated greyhound found in Gloucestershire and a recent prosecution for a man who kept his racing greyhounds in concentration camp type conditions. Please ask readers to visit the 'Greyhound Action' website www.greyhoundaction .org.uk or the 'Greyt Exploitations' website
www.greytexploitati ons.com for more info on the plight of the racing greyhound.
The letters page is one of the most popular looked at pages in newspapers and so you will be educating thousands of readers!!! Go for it.
Please also email the RSPCA Enqserv@rspca.org.uk and ask them to take vital DNA from 'Dougie' to trace the bloodline of the dog therefore possibly finding out the previous owner, they do this in Ireland and obviously this is an Irish greyhound as both ears were hacked off as Irish greyhounds have tattoos in both ears as opposed to English bred greyhounds who only have the one tattoo.
Please email the Northumberland Police here- use this feedback form-
https://www. northumbria.police.uk/forms/ShowForm.aspx?&FormID=17&SessionID=11d5551b- 83cb-4b02-97ba-dd31c5ee005 7&title=Generall% 20Feedback&acdept=VP (providing your personal details is not mandatory). Please urge the Northumberland Police to do all they can to find the perpetrator of this appalling crime and impose the maximum prison sentence allowable.
Lastly please email the local MP Denis Murphy for Bedlington-
murphyd@parliament.uk Please ask Mr Murphy to do all he can to help justice prevail.
Greyhound Crusaders/SWAP team will endeavour as always to go on local radio to do an appeal to local people in Bedlington to come forward with any information leading to a prosecution, we will also be sending press releases out to local papers asking the same and writing to the local greyhound stadiums with a picture of 'Dougie' and an appeal asking punters to help identify the previous owner if they can.
If anyone has information relating to this crime please email us immediately in confidence at southwestanimalprotection@yahoo. co.uk or greyhoundcrusaders@ googlemail. com
Please read the article and view the video below, if you would like to make a comment please see the link below.
We hope and pray 'Dougie' finds his forever home soon and that he recovers from his terrible ordeal.
Many thanks
Greyhound Crusaders/SWAP team UK
We all make the difference, every voice counts
Video of 'Dougie'-
http://greytexploitations.com/latest-news
News article- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8017738.stm
Greyhound found with ears cut off
A RSCPA is investigation is under way after a greyhound was found mutilated in a "sickening act of cruelty".
The animal was found on a grass verge in Bedlington, Northumberland. His ears had been cut off and electrical tape was stuck to his back and legs.
He was taken to a veterinary surgery in Morpeth for treatment and is making a good recovery.
It is thought his ears were deliberately severed to get rid of identification tattoos.
'Unimaginable pain'
The RSPCA is urging anyone who knows who the dog once belonged to, or who may have seen or heard anything suspicious, to get in touch as soon as possible.
Inspector Ian Smith said: "This is a horrific and sickening act of cruelty.
"It is clear this dog's ears have been removed by a sharp implement, which must have caused him unimaginable pain and distress.
"Thankfully he was rescued early and taken to safety, else he easily could have died.
"We just hope someone will now come forward with vital information to help us discover what happened."
Please make your comment here-
http://www.bedlington.co.uk/2009/04/local-dog-found-with-ears-mutilated/#comment-9
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