Seriously, the demonstrators are highlighting the festivals' association with greyhound racing and the gross abuses of the unfortunate dogs exposed by RTE Investigates.
Birmingham City Council's planning committee voted by nine to two against plans to demolish the greyhound racing stadium and build 210 homes on the site.
Greyhound racing began in the UK in 1926, since then thousands of greyhounds have been and are still destroyed every year once they are retired from racing, average age three or four years old.
AS SOMEONE whose livelihood depends upon the greyhound racing industry, Stephen Rea, director of the Greyhound Racing Association, could hardly be expected to have a balanced view of Greyhound Action's attempt to cast a more searching light upon the stark realities of greyhound welfare.
This event is regarded as the most prestigious on the greyhound racing calendar and, with pounds 100,000 of prize money on offer, the owners will be hoping their dogs can stay in contention.
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