LUSH campaign - appeal for help in Scotland

We have received the message below from Greyhound Action Scotland:-

We are looking for people with rescue greyhounds to go along to one of their Scottish stores on Wednesday 13th October at 12 noon. for a press call

The stores are in the following locations:
EDINBURGH - 44 Princes Street  EH2 2BY
GLASGOW - 111 Buchanan Street G1 3HF
GLASGOW - 136 Sauchiehall Street G2 3ER
INVERNESS -23 High Street IV1 1HT
ABERDEEN - 81 Union Street AB11 6BD

One store in Glasgow and the Dundee branch are in shopping centres therefore no dogs will be able to access to these stores.

I would appreciate anyone intending on going along to any of the stores, let us know - greyhoundactionscotland@btopenworld.com   so we can try and ensure there is at least one hound in each store.

Alternatively you can confirm your attendance by using our facebook event link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163322240349372

Please feel free to crosspost/forward this email to anyone you know who may be able to come along.

Thanks again
www.greyhoundactionscotland.org.uk

Lush to launch greyhound protection campaign

Your support needed on October 13th!

We are delighted to announce that Lush Cosmetics is launching an in-store campaign "to highlight the cruelty that is going on in greyhound racing".

The campaign, which will run in more than 90 Lush stores throughout the UK and Ireland from October 11th - 17th, is aimed at helping Greyhound Action in our mission to educate the public about the problems with betting on greyhound racing and going to the tracks.

Lush, which operates a strict policy against animal testing and supports Fair Trade and Community Trade initiatives, has already staged many campaigns in support of animal and environmental protection and human rights issues (see http://www.lush.co.uk/articles/our_ethical_campaigns/introduction.html).

Lush's most important date and time for the greyhounds is Wednesday, October 13th at 12 noon, when the media will be invited to stores that are running  the campaign. Lush shop assistants will be wearing running numbers and carrying placards saying "Don't bet on it! Help end greyhound racing!" and customers will be invited to join in and try to win a small prize by participating in a human race. Where possible, Lush would also like rescued greyhounds to be present.

Lush stores that are running the greyhound campaign are as follows:-

Aberdeen, Basingstoke*, Bath, Belfast, Birmingham, Bolton*, Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Bromley*, Cambridge, Cardiff, Carlisle*, Chelmsford, Cheltenham*, Chester, Chichester, Colchester*, Cork, Coventry*, Crawley*, Croydon, Dartford (Bluewater)*, Derby*, Doncaster*, Dublin (Grafton St), Dublin (Henry St), Dudley (Merry Hill)*, Dundee*, Edinburgh, Exeter, Gateshead*, Glasgow (Braehead)*, Glasgow (Buchanan St), Glasgow (Sauchiehall St), Grays (Lakeside)*, Guildford, Harrogate, High Wycombe*, Hull, Inverness, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Kingston-upon-Thames, Lincoln, London (Chelsea - Kings Rd), London (Covent Garden)*, London (Liverpool Street Station), London (Notting Hill - Portobello Rd), London (Victoria Station), London (West End - Regent St), London (West End - South Molton Street), London (White City)*, London (Wimbledon), Luton*, Maidstone, Manchester (Arndale)*, Manchester (Market St), Manchester (Trafford Centre)*, Middlesbrough*, Milton Keynes*, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newry*, Northampton*, Nottingham, Norwich, Oxford, Peterborough*, Plymouth*, Poole, Portsmouth*, Preston*, Reading*, Romford*, Sheffield (Fargate St), Sheffield (Meadowhall Centre)*, Solihull, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley)*, Stratford-upon-Avon, Swansea, Swindon, Taunton, Telford*, Truro, Warrington*, Watford*, Windsor, Worcester, York.

Please try to get along to your nearest Lush store at 12 noon on Wednesday, October 13th to show your support and help make the campaign a big success. And, if you have rescued greyhounds, do try to take them along (where possible) to help show the public the beauty and gentleness of these wonderful dogs that are so callously abused by the racing industry.

Unfortunately, greyhounds cannot be taken to the stores in the list above that are marked with an asterisk (*), as these are located in shopping malls where dogs are not allowed.

For full addresses of the stores and to find those nearest to you, go to http://www.lush.co.uk/shop-finder

If you intend taking part on October 13th, please let us know (at info@greyhoundaction.org.uk or on 01562 700 043) and tell us which store you are going to, so we can give Lush some idea of the numbers of people and greyhounds that will be involved.

If you can't make it along to a Lush store on the 13th, but can do  so on other days during that week (with or without greyhounds), your support will still be appreciated, as each store will have hundreds of leaflets for distribution to customers and passers-by.

Lush Derby benefit gig for Greyhound Action (photo by Liam Joseph Halligan)     

In August the Lush Derby store put on a benefit gig for Greyhound Action and raised over £500 for our campaign to protect greyhounds. You can see more pics from this on their Facebook site at
www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=477655&id=504650570&ref=mf

Greyhound Awareness Week goes well

Many thanks to all of our supporters who took part in Greyhound Awareness Week (May 22nd - 30th).

Demo outside Hall Green Stadium, Birmingham during Greyhound Awareness Week

The Week gave an opportunity for all those concerned about the plight of greyhounds to educate the public about the mass slaughter of dogs caused by the greyhound racing industry, and street stalls, demos outside greyhound tracks and other educational events took place in various parts of the country.

What was particularly pleasing this year was the amount of media attention generated, with many of our supporters' letters being published in local newspapers and an extensive report on Sky News (see http://tinyurl.com/SkyNews-GAW).

The week ended with an exposé of cruel greyhound breeder Charles Pickering, following a Greyhound Action investigation (see http://www.greytexploitations.com/resources-and-reports/zigzag-stud-and-puppy-farm-suppliers-to-liverpool-university-a-the-racing-industry).

Exposed by the Sunday Express - greyhounds caged at squalid ZigZag Kennels