GREY2K GETS UNDESERVED HONOR FROM CLUELESS GROUP

 

According to its website, Etsy for Animals (EFA), also known as Artists Helping Animals, is “a team of independent artists, craftspeople, vintage sellers and craft suppliers who are dedicated to providing charitable relief to animals by donating a portion of the profits from their shops to an animal charity of their choosing, and/or to EFA’s “Charity of the Month.”

 

Given that worthy mission, we’re guessing the folks at EFA thought they were doing a good thing when they decided to honor Grey2K USA as their “Charity of the Month” for September.  They know better now.

 

Members of the greyhound racing and mainstream adoption community were galvanized into action by the selection of Grey2K, an organization that provides no direct services to animals and meets virtually none of the criteria established by EFA for the organizations selected as Charities of the Month. Those criteria include:

 

 

The EFA support is clearly intended for organizations that provide direct services to animals. Grey2K doesn’t do that. The “Charity of the Month” supposedly puts the welfare, safety and wellbeing of animals first. That can’t be said of Grey2K, which has been known to stand by and videotape instances of improper animal care over a period of weeks, without reporting the offenses to any responsible law enforcement or regulatory authority, in order to create a media event.

 

And the only “public education” Grey2K provides is nothing more than political propaganda that distorts the record and misrepresents the facts.

 

Clearly, the well-intentioned folks at EFA were clueless about the real agenda of Grey2K USA. Next time, we hope they’ll direct their efforts to a legitimate charitable organization that actually provides hands-on care for the animals they claim to benefit.