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The love the pups receive as they grow to become race dogs

The Care the racing greyhounds receive at home and at the track

The Safety measures in place at tracks to improve standards

The Cuddles given to, and by, all greyhounds in their forever homes

Greyhounds are given the best possible care at every stage of their lives; as tiny babies, through their rearing, schooling, racing and retirement.

The Greyhound Board of Great Britain invests a huge proportion of money available to them in ensuring welfare and safety standards are forever improving both at tracks and at trainers’ kennels.

Greyhounds make perfect pets and in recent years 93% or more of greyhounds find their forever homes when they retire. We will continue to work together to get that figure to 100%.

Breed Education Hub

A greyhound racing at the track

Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of greyhounds while at the track

An enormous amount of time and effort goes into ensuring everything at the track is as safe as it possibly can be for the greyhounds that race there and that their welfare is paramount. That covers everything from a safe racing surface and surrounding areas, all mechanical aspects of the operating system and conditions in the kennels that the dogs are housed in before and after their races.

Racing Welfare| 3 min read
The passport of a racing greyhound and the level of detail tracked for each dog

Greyhounds are the most closely tracked breed in the country

An indicator of the level of protection greyhounds have, is that they are the only breed specifically named in the Animal Welfare Act 2006. As potential racing dogs they are tracked from birth, through racing to retirement.

Racing Welfare| 4 min read
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Welfare Analysis

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Understanding track injury data

The Greyhound Board of Great Britain publishes annual track injury data. The vast majority of all reported injuries relate to slight muscle sprains or minor cuts. We look at the numbers and explain the context.

Welfare Analysis| 3 min read