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Dave


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It's estimated that 30,000 Greyhounds cease racing each year in the UK and Ireland, the NGRC can account for around 2,000 of them rehomed by the RGT.....and the rest?...



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Doesn't bear thinking about Dave.


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That's scary. I had no idea it would be so many

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Thats nothing Jane - the actually estimated numbers are that approx 90,000 GHs are bred for racing each year in the UK alone - but only 30,000 of them make the tracks....

so 60,000 are unaccounted for even before they reach 2yrs old!

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That's so distressing to hear, but I think more people need to hear it.

I must be so naive, I had no idea the numbers were so huge. That's really hit a nerve with me, I just didn't know the scale of it all.

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Some hounds are euthanised humanely... Some are not!


Some surplus dogs, or ones not making the grade, are exported to Spain and other EU countries where they have a really tough time... check out the websites for Galgos if you can bear it. Warning - this is not for the squeamish! 


The really lucky ones end up in rescue centres where they at least have a chance of finding a home. But it would be interesting to know what percentage of the 60,000, as Suzanne says, get to a rescue centre in the first place.


That is why organisations like GAL are so important and vital to the lives of the dogs we love - and why the racing industry has to do much more for the dogs that are retiring AND the ones that don't make it in racing.


Christine


 



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