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GONE TO THE DOGS | What fate awaits retired greyhounds? |
Greyhound racing is fun, exciting and a great night out and has been going for 74 years. However, what the people who go don’t think about is what happens to the dogs after their racing life is over.
10,000 greyhounds retire each year due to injury, old age or they simply just don’t make the grade, and nobody knows where many of them go.
There are many responsible owners who take their dogs home, and trainers who give up precious kennels spaces for retired dogs, but the fact is that records are not always kept to show if this the case.
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Campaigning
Annette Crosbie is a dedicated campaigner for greyhounds |
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Actress Annette Crosbie, who’s got four greyhounds of her own, is one campaigner who wants things to change.
In theory, The National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) and the British Greyhound Racing Board (BGRB) keep records of what happens to the dogs.
Sadly, the reality is that many dogs are passed on from one owner or trainer to another and the industry loses track of where many of them end up.
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The BGRB and the NGRC have made a huge effort to deal with this problem.
They set up a charity, the Retired Greyhound Trust (RGT) which does sterling work re-homing greyhounds. But even they admit that the funding is just not enough to home every retired greyhound.
The RGT finds homes for about 2,000 dogs a year. Campaigners want to know what happens to the other 8000?
New Deal
The bookmakers make around one and a half billion pounds a year on greyhound racing |
The industry is currently battling with the bookmakers in an attempt to get more money for the information they provide about the dogs, known as form.
Currently the bookmakers take around one and a half million pounds from greyhound racing and give 0.4% of their turnover back and only on a voluntary basis.
40% of bookmakers choose to give nothing.
The New Deal will bring bookmakers' contributions in line with that from the horse racing levy board and will ensure that more money comes back into the sport.
Geoffrey Thomas, Chief Executive of the BGRB insists that if the deal goes through this extra money will be made available to the RGT and the welfare of greyhounds will improve.
However, the promise of New Deal money has been met with scepticism by campaigners who doubt that things will change that much.
With owners, trainers and promoters all wanting a bit of the pie, is the issue of welfare really given more than just lip service?
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Loving pets
The dogs are well treated when they are racing, but is the same level of care guaranteed in their retirement? |
Annette Crosbie of ‘One Foot in the Grave’ fame would say ‘No!’.
She is a dedicated campaigner on behalf of greyhounds, running greyhound welfare charity Greyhounds UK as well as newly appointed President of the League Against Cruel Sports.
Her point is that the industry is self-regulating, and until the control is taken out of the hands of the track promoters and bookmakers, the dogs will suffer.
It makes her even angrier that the dogs involved are the easiest, gentlest and forgiving animals. No matter how badly they have been treated, they will always become loving and trusting pets.
Of course, not everyone involved in the industry is insensitive to these dogs’ plight.
Jim believes that the welfare of retired dogs is the responsibility of all who work in the industry |
Jim, a trainer at Swindon has had up to fifteen retired dogs in his kennels taking up spaces which could be housing active racing dogs.
He sees it as part of his duty to the greyhounds to ensure they will have a good life when their racing days are over.
Even though the law and the licensing body insist that the responsibility of the dog is firmly in the hands of the owner, Jim sees it differently.
He believes that everybody who makes a penny out of greyhounds has a moral responsibility to ensure that the dogs are well cared for and spend their retirement in comfort.
Contacts
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If you would like to give a home to one of these dogs, here are some useful contacts:
Retired Greyhound Trust 0870 444 0673
Greyhound Rescue West of England 07000 785 092
Greyhound Compassion (N. Devon) 01884 254 727
Retired Greyhound Trust 0870 444 0673
Greyhound Rescue West of England 07000 785 092
Greyhound Compassion (N. Devon) 01884 254 727