A new report from the likes of Dogs Trust, Hope Rescue, Blue Cross and the RSPCA has found more than 4,000 dogs involved in the sport have died since 2017.
The report, The Case for an End to Greyhound Racing in the UK, documents the rise and decline of greyhound racing and outlines how welfare concerns are “pervasive and unavoidable” throughout the lives of the dogs involved.
It has revealed 4,399 greyhounds involved in licensed racing have either died or were put to sleep since 2017, with 1,514 euthanised trackside, while over 38,000 injuries have been recorded between 2017 and 2025 alone.
Commercial racing will soon remain legal and commonplace only in England, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Australia and the USA.
Carol Marshall is from Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare which is dedicated to re-homing former race dogs.
She says their waiting list is always long.
