Local animal protection group Anima President Albano Martins said yesterday there is just one month left to get the about 650 greyhounds out of the kennels owned by Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd when the racetrack closes down for good on July 21.
Martins went on to say, “We [Anima] sent our first letter to the DICJ [Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau] in March 2012 asking for a meeting with the Canidrome. We [Anima] had two meeting with DICJ [officials] and the Canidrome one on March 15 and the other on March 26 of that year. Mainly the meetings were about the Canidrome giving retired animals to us so we could put them up for adoption.
Anima President Albano Martins (centre) holds up a sheaf of letters sent to the local government since 2011 flanked by Shirley Tam Ka I, Anima executive committee member (right), and Zoe Tang, a board member of the animal protection association, during a press conference at Anima’s offices in Rua do Campo yesterday. Photo: Lesley Wells
