Every year countless greyhounds around the world are exploited for profit in the name of entertainment and consequently sentenced to a brutal death.
In the UK alone, tens of thousands of dogs are disposed of every year by the British greyhound racing industry - because they fail to make the grade as racers or when their racing days are over.
About 25,000 greyhound pups are registered every year in the British Isles. The number bred is actually many thousands more than this,when taking into account pups that never get registered and those killed by breeders at a very young age.
Although most of these dogs are bred in Ireland, the majority are produced to supply the demands of the British greyhound racing industry.
Thousands of greyhound pups and young dogs are put to death because they fail to reach racing standards. We estimate that over 10,000 are killed annually in the British Isles.
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