Agility World  -  A better life for Retired Greyhounds

The RSPCA is calling for a better life for racing greyhounds. Every year at least 10,000 greyhounds are retired from racing. The fate of many of these greyhounds is unknown and huge numbers simply 'disappear'.

 An inquiry, carried out this year by the Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare (APGAW) revealed: 

• • a minimum of 13,478 greyhounds bred for racing are considered 'surplus' to the industry in England and Wales each year.
    

  • at least 4,728 greyhounds in England are unaccounted for each year - these are presumed to be killed by the age of three or four - when their racing days are over.
    

  • at least a further 2,478 British-bred pups selected for greyhound racing each year never make it to the track - and are also unaccounted for. The Retired Greyhound Trust (which is largely funded by the industry) rehomes just 3,500 each year. About 1,500 more ex-racing greyhounds are rehomed annually by animal welfare charities, as well as others going to private homes.Deserved retirement
    We are calling for all greyhounds - at the end of their racing career - to be retired to a home that will give them a good quality of life for the remainder of their natural lifespan and that this should be financed and managed by the greyhound racing industry.

  Take Action!
  

If you want the government to introduce regulations to protect the welfare of racing greyhounds - go to www.greyhoundpetition.org and sign the petition now