

According to the Animal Welfare Act 2006: Section 9.
Duty of person responsible for animal to ensure welfare
2. (e) its need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.
“Greyhound racing is inherently dangerous. Greyhounds race at high speeds in conditions which make injuries almost inevitable.”
(Hansen 2017)
Every year in the UK there are just under 5,000 injuries recorded, resulting in the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of greyhounds with treatable injuries.
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Injuries |
4,837 |
4,963 |
4,970 |
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Greyhounds with injuries killed trackside |
257 |
242 |
207 |
Greyhounds killed as trainers/owners did not want to pay treatment cost |
370 |
175 |
123 |
Greyhounds with injuries killed for poor prognosis, away from track |
144 |
142 |
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Total Killed for injuries |
627 |
561 |
472 |
For over 40 years there have been many studies into racing greyhound injuries highlighting the damage the simple act of racing does to the bodies of greyhounds.