Greyhound racing

We’re calling for an end to greyhound racing.

Adult black greyhound dog, outside in a field on a sunny day.

What’s the issue?

We believe Greyhound racing should be a thing of the past. Forcing dogs to run at speed around an oval track often causes injury. And sometimes, these injuries are so severe that the dogs are put to sleep.

Besides the risk of injury and death, many aspects of the Greyhound racing industry deeply concern us from a welfare perspective. Racing dogs are often:

kept in poor conditions with little to no enrichment
fed a poor diet
expected to race in extreme weather.

We also have serious concerns about the number of puppies unaccounted for between birth and racing registration. The industry often refers to these missing dogs as "wastage".

What we’re doing

All dogs deserve to live a full, happy life, free from the threat of injury or death. That's why we are calling for a phased end to the so-called sport.

Before campaigning against Greyhound racing, we worked closely with the racing industry for many years, trying to improve welfare conditions for dogs. But progress hasn’t been made quickly enough or on a big enough scale. It’s unacceptable that over 4,000 greyhounds have died since 2017, all in the name of entertainment.

We’re delighted that the Welsh and Scottish Governments have both voted to ban this cruel and outdated practice. We’ll now be working hard to make sure the rest of the UK follows suit.

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