Ban cruelty at Crufts say protestors outside NEC

PROTESTORS arrived at Crufts at 10am today bearing banners and signs and wearing animal masks.
About 12 had gathered ten minutes later, but Dave from Nottingham said there would be a total of 30 by mid morning.
They secured signs to railings bearing statements on the health of certain breeds, although the some of the sentiments lost credence thanks to poor spelling. Cavalier was Cavaliar but, strangely, syringomyelia was correct. Trying to spell the clinical term for bloat was also beyond them, as was respiratory. The Bloodhound and the Bulldog were among other breeds mentioned.
Those present promised a peaceful protest with, they said, no attempt to get into the halls. There were far more police officers in evidence than the other three days of the show, apparently tipped off that the demonstrators would arrive between 10am and 11am. Just inside the main doors a sniffer dog was working a line of cases and bags.
Dave and Sheryl said they belonged to an animal rights coalition.
“We are peaceful people but we’re here because of dog cruelty,” Dave said. “We’re going to put up silly signs because that’s the best way to get our message across.”
One of those signs read, ‘The Kennel Club is Darwin’s nightmare’.
“People should stop breeding dogs, because it just means they all go into shelters where they are put down,” Dave said.
“It wasn’t just the documentary (Pedigree Dogs Exposed) that made me come here. We’ve been unhappy about the situation for a long time. Dogs are not fit for the function they are meant to do. All the Kennel Club is doing is scoring Brownie points. They’re not making any real changes.”
Does Dave have a dog? “No, my family are allergic,” he said.