“The greyhound has a long and distinguished association with Ireland and played a major role in the life of the early Celts,” writes Marion Fitzgibbon of Limerick Animal Welfare. In stark contrast, today Irish greyhounds are “treated as disposable commodities,” she adds. They lack the usual protections afforded to household pets because this particular breed is classified as commercial livestock."
“The greyhound has a long and distinguished association with Ireland and played a major role in the life of the early Celts,” writes Marion Fitzgibbon of Limerick Animal Welfare. In stark contrast, today Irish greyhounds are “treated as disposable commodities,” she adds. They lack the usual protections afforded to household pets because this particular breed is classified as commercial livestock."
