Hi all,
I’m working on behalf of the RSPCA to raise awareness of their urgent campaign to protect racing greyhounds. We have a chance to protect racing
greyhounds from an uncertain future through legislation but need
thousands to send a letter to the Government by 22nd July so timings
are really tight!
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’.
We’ve set ourselves a target to get at least 20,000
people to respond by 22nd July – this is the government’s own deadline
for the close of their public consultation on the welfare of racing
greyhounds. The more people that respond to the government
consultation, the more chance we’ll have of influencing what goes in
the new legislation.
For example, just some of the aspects that we’re calling for the regulations to include would be:
- One system to track all greyhounds from cradle to grave
- One open access injury database
- Independent regular inspection of trainers’ and breeders’ kennels
- Greyhounds must be transported in cages which enable them to stand up, turn around and lie down comfortably
- Greyhounds to be humanely euthanased by a vet only if rehoming is not an option (e.g. extreme behaviour / irreparable injury)
- Vets to be specially trained and have financial independence
You can join the campaign here - Join the Race to Protect Greyhounds
The sooner we can reach 20,000
people, the more chance we'll have of protecting racing greyhounds from
cradle to grave. If we lose the race, so do greyhounds.
I hope you can help!
Thanks
Katie Houghton, on behalf of the RSPCA