These two boys are still on the allotment. Can someone please foster them.
There is a lot of bad stuff happening in the racing industry and the majority of it is down to the Greyhound Retirement Scheme and the rehoming centres who jumped on the bandwagon throughout Covid. The dogs were very desirable then with their £400 bond. Basically if you took a greyhound in and signed up to the the scheme you got £400 for every dog you took.
Now with no one adopting dogs, greyhounds are not only backing up in trainers kennels but in rescues too. Even other rescues have been messaging me trying to get greyhounds out of “all breed rescues” to make room for the little desirable dogs that they can rehome quicker.
The trainers, with retired dogs backing up and their income declining as they have less runners, what do you think they are going to do with their dogs.? It is happening, greyhound welfare is in crisis. There is a massive amount of neglect/cruelty and down right filth that the Greyhound Board of Great Britain are trying to keep under wraps.
It is absolutely shameful and probably no better than it was when I started.
Nathan and Hopkirk just need out and to be safe.
Deb
