Only one in 10 Macau greyhounds adopted, while rest still languishing in closed canidrome
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While the Macau canidrome has been closed for months, 481 former racing greyhounds are still on site waiting to be adopted, or enduring rigorous quarantine requirements in a long-standing saga that seems to have no end.
Albano Martins, the president of the Macau animal welfare group Anima, said they were unable to reach a deal with the involved parties concerning temporary homes outside the canidrome for the greyhounds, so they are staying put.
There was originally a plan between Anima and canidrome owner Angela Leong On-kei – Macau lawmaker, businesswoman and fourth wife of casino tycoon Stanley Ho Hung-sun – to create a new centre to look after the dogs while adoptive homes were found, but it never came to fruition.
“There is no dispute now,” Martins said. “They are staying in the same place that they have been all the time. They were supposed to go out to another place, but that never happened.”
The canidrome was operated by the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Company Ltd, which is owned and controlled by Leong, who is also a lawmaker in the Macau Legislative Assembly.
