Dungarvan Animal Matters and Welfare Information

04/09/2026

Bizarrely, and there’s simply no explanation for it, some within the dog killing greyhound‘industry’ claim this is all lies!!

Department of Agriculture figures show that the Irish greyhound racing industry is still killing young, unwanted dogs on an industrial scale

Shocking new figures obtained by greyhound advocacy group Greyhound Action Ireland (G*I) via Parliamentary Questions show that TWO THIRDS of the racing greyhounds born between 2021 and 2024 who have remained here and have been retired from the track are already DEAD! The oldest of these dogs would have just turned five and a half, the youngest one and a half. Greyhounds can live to be 14 years old.

Figures provided by the Minister for Agriculture show that as of 8th May this year, 8,414 (66%) of 2021-24-born dogs are reported dead on the Rasaíocht Con Eireann Traceability System (RCETS). A further 1,608 dogs born in 2021-24 who lived to 12 weeks of age were unaccounted for on this date, bringing to 10,022 the number of dogs born between 2021-2024 and still on the island of Ireland who are dead or unaccounted for. The fate of the 16,042 dogs born in this period who were exported will never be known.

Equally depressingly, just 2,811 (22%) have been homed. For every dog homed, 3 are dead!

For full details see: https://greyhoundaction.ie/greyhound-traceability-in-ireland/overview-of-dogs-born-2021-2024/

These newly obtained figures show that the mass culling of unwanted racing greyhounds is going on at the same rate as was exposed in 2019 RTE Investigates documentary Running for Their Lives. This broadcast caused an outpouring of public revulsion when it revealed that thousands of otherwise healthy young dogs were being killed every year because they couldn’t run fast enough – dogs referred to in the industry as ‘wastage’.

In the wake of the RTE broadcast, Greyhound Racing Ireland put in place a traceability system which it claimed would prove that the greyhound racing industry was not responsible for the mass culling of healthy dogs. The traceability system has, in fact, done the opposite. The industry’s own figures prove beyond doubt that nothing has changed in Irish greyhound racing – thousands of young dogs are still being killed every year!

In addition to the thousands of dogs killed every year because they are no longer useful to the industry, hundreds more are killed while racing. In 2024 and 2025, a total of 400 dogs died on the track, while 17 more were killed while trialling.

Since the RTE broadcast in 2019, the greyhound racing industry has received over €130 million from the Exchequer. The Irish greyhound industry could not survive without this state funding.

Greyhound Action Ireland is renewing its call for the public funding of greyhound racing to be phased out over the next three to five years.

“The Irish state is, essentially, sponsoring the killing of dogs on an industrial scale,” said Nuala Donlon, spokesperson for Greyhound Action Ireland. “This would not be tolerated were it happening to any other breed of dog. It should not be tolerated in the case of greyhounds,” Ms. Donlon said.

Find out more on the Greyhound Action Ireland website
https://greyhoundaction.ie/department-of-agriculture-figures-show-that-the-irish-greyhound-racing-industry-is-still-killing-young-unwanted-dogs-on-an-industrial-scale/

ACTION ALERT

Please join the "Ban Greyhound Racing" protest on Saturday 12th September 2026 (5.15pm to 7.15pm) outside Shelbourne Park Stadium, South Lotts Road, Dublin, D04 W5C3.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3139802376217300

Don’t go greyhound racing. Tell the leaders of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Sinn Fein to stop supporting funding to greyhound racing and back a ban on this dog-killing gambling activity.

Micheál Martin TD
Leader, Fianna Fail
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Tel: 01 619 4000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michealmartintd/
X: http://www.twitter.com/

Simon Harris TD
Leader, Fine Gael
Telephone: 01 281 3727
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeputySimonHarris
X: http://www.twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD

Mary Lou McDonald TD
Leader, Sinn Fein
Tel: (01) 727 7102
Email: [email protected]
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MaryLouMcDonaldTD
X: https://twitter.com/MaryLouMcDonald

Please sign and share the petitions

Irish Government: Stop Giving Millions of Euro to Cruel Greyhound Racing
https://www.change.org/p/irish-government-stop-giving-millions-of-euro-to-cruel-greyhound-racing

GAA: Stop club fundraisers at greyhound tracks
https://www.change.org/p/gaa-stop-club-fundraisers-at-greyhound-tracks

Tell Gain Pet Nutrition to Stop Sponsoring Greyhound Racing
https://www.change.org/p/jimtracy-glanbia-ie-tell-gain-pet-nutrition-to-stop-sponsoring-greyhound-racing

Watch RTE’s award-winning “Greyhounds Running For Their Lives” documentary
https://youtu.be/ZYTb2qBjlMM

SEE ALSO

89 greyhounds killed at races in first 7 months of 2026
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1377244911214774&set=a.603523135253626

04/09/2026

One pound for all of County Tipperary. But the dogs inside have zero visibility. Here's why that needs to change.

Years ago, when the dog shelter operated in Kilsheelan near Clonmel, the community stepped in where the shelter couldn't. A page called North Tipp Pound Dogs was created by dedicated volunteers. Members of the public were allowed to visit, photograph the dogs, and share them online.

That visibility saved lives.

Then the pound moved to Nenagh. The doors closed to public access. The photos stopped. The visibility vanished.

Now there's one facility serving the entire county—but no way for the community to see, share, or help the dogs inside.

That has to change.

A social media presence for the pound's dogs isn't a nice-to-have. It's essential. And it's absolutely achievable with community support.

✅ Community support is an asset
✅ Evidence-based advocacy to help the dogs in our community
✅ Building bridges to make visible the invisible

If you care about these dogs, it's time to make them visible again.

03/09/2026

💔 THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE 💔💔💔💔
Yesterday, our MLHR Cork team was called to Banduff, Cork, after a report of a poor foal with a severely broken leg.💔💔💔💔💔
What we found was heartbreaking.
This poor baby had been chased, along with other horses, for nights by people on quads, apparently for their own amusement. 😡😡😡😡
The result was a terrified, injured foal left suffering with a devastating injury.
By the time we arrived, there was nothing we could do to save him.💔
We had to call a vet, and then arrange for his body to be taken away.💔
But when we entered the field with the An Garda Síochána, we discovered three more horses in an appalling condition.
They were severely emaciated and desperately weak.💔💔💔
We stayed until around midnight, working alongside the Gardaí and our vet to get a mare, her foal and another mare to safety. Our vet treated them, but they are still not out of danger.💔
One of the hardest things to witness was a mother struggling to care for her baby while she herself was starving.💔💔💔
💔 This is suffering that should never have been allowed to happen.

We are incredibly grateful to the Mayfield Gardaí for their help, support and compassion. But this cannot simply end with rescuing the survivors.💔
That little foal suffered.
The other horses were suffering right in front of people.💔💔😡😡
And our team is left carrying the heartbreak of knowing that one innocent life could not be saved.💔💔
We now face the veterinary bills, the cost of removing the body, and the ongoing costs of caring for the three horses we managed to save, costs that fall on a rescue organisation because someone else chose to be cruel or failed to provide proper care, just not giving a damn 😡😡😡😡

How many more horses have to suffer before something changes?
What is happening in Banduff?
What is happening across this country?
Animal cruelty and neglect cannot become something we simply accept as normal.
We are asking for your support, but we are also asking you to speak up.
Contact the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Contact your Minister. Contact your TDs. Ask what is being done. Ask for stronger action. Ask for accountability.
Because these animals have no voice.
We have to be their voice.
We could not save that precious little foal.
But we saved three others.
And now we want justice for the one we lost, protection for the three fighting to survive, and change for every animal still suffering in silence.
Please donate, help, spread the word 💔💔

https://donate.mylovelyhorserescue.com/one-off/

💔 Enough is enough 💔💔💔💔

02/09/2026

I’m pretty sure no one on this page is one bit concerned about the small amount of drugs and cash etc.
What is of interest is the seizure of animals. These ‘raids’ shouldn’t even be necessary because the LAW applies EQUALLY to every single person in this country. There are NO exemptions, exclusions or excuses written into the AHWA 2013, the COD 1986 or the Control of Horses 1996. None, not one.

If people want equality, then they should rightly have it. But some people want to be allowed to operate beyond and above the law.

It’s waaaay past time for the authorities to take action against animal cruelty, en masse - regardless of who claims ownership.

02/09/2026

Yes

01/09/2026

Can you help us reunite this beautiful dog with its owners drop us a message or give us a call 058 23824 if you know him/her or are the owner.

01/09/2026

A local rescue or any rescue can only take so many from the pound, they cannot take them all, as much as they might like to. And so, those left behind remain unseen and unheard.
These dogs need and deserve VISIBILITY.
✅Community support is an asset
✅Evidence- based advocacy to help the dogs in the community
✅Building bridges to make visible the invisible