Greyhound racing starts as a gamble and for many dog’s ends in tragedy. Each year, around twenty thousand greyhounds in Australia are bred in the hope of finding a fast runner. But not every dog is suited to the racing life. The methods used in greyhound racing are inhumane and cruel. Blood is on the hands of each and every person who lets this disgusting practice continue on, turning a blind eye to this foul act that some call a “sport”. The greyhounds who make it onto the racing track are put at a significantly high risk of sustaining horrific injuries, such as broken limbs or head trauma, during racing and as well as training. Up to two hundred dogs are reported injured during the races each week. Some even die from cardiac arrest due to …show more content…
Seven thousand pups and younger dogs never even make it onto the track, and thousands of them who are 'retired' are killed simply because they are too slow to win the race. Many insiders say that unwanted puppies are sometimes even drowned. Off the track the lives of these dogs may not differ at all. They are often being kept in small cramped pens or kennels for the majority of their lives and only being released for training or to race. Most greyhounds are muzzled when at “home” and may develop muzzle sores because of this. These dogs are hardly ever kept as companions and only used as items to make some quick cash from betting. Information from greyhound rescue groups indicates that many of the rescued greyhounds have been badly underfed, possibly because they’ve been kept on restricted diet to be at a lean racing weight in order to win that first place. Once not fast enough to win races, a greyhound’s career soon comes to an end. Normally their natural lifespan would be twelve to fourteen years, but very few even get to live till that age. Nine out of ten dogs born into the industry never get to live out a full life and most of them are killed before their fifth birthday. A huge majority will be killed once they have served their