JessicaJones

Most national newspapers have reported on the state of the industry in the last few years. The case of David Smith, who was exposed by the Sunday Times in 2006, was the start. He was revealed to have killed an estimated 10,000 ex racing or unwanted greyhounds over 15 years. It’s still going on now. The lucky ones get rehomed or stay with their owners/trainers. The unlucky ones get discarded. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brit-greyhounds-raced-collapse-boiled-11630624

It’s sad that some people think it’s acceptable to use dead and injured greyhounds as collateral damage to support the speedway. This is nothing to do with CAGED. Most national newspapers have reported on the horrors of greyhound racing now. Yes, not all owners/trainers etc etc but there are far, far too many who don’t care about their animals unfortunately - as the recent case of Clive Elliott showed. For a nation of dog lovers, it is remarkable that we are only one of 7 countries in the world now that allows greyhound racing to continue. Greyhounds have been around for thousands of years and only raced for about one hundred. The breed will not die out if racing stops. Speedway is important to the town so it would be great if other uses for the stadium could be found that support the speedway but allow the (loss making) greyhound racing to end.