18,000 Racing Greyhounds die? How can there ever be an 'acceptable' amount of deaths!
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Witnesses reported seeing the man pick up the dog and throw it into the freezing water in Hartlepool, County Durham, on 2 November. |
Ministers are considering tightening regulations on greyhound welfare as campaigners claim tens of thousands die needlessly and “disappear” each year.
The industry should be more open about numbers of deaths and injuries, officials at the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) said as MPs prepare to examine welfare guidelines this week.
Campaign group Greyt Exploitations says it has found that at least 40,000 greyhounds have been injured in the past 10 years on British tracks, and 18,000 have died.
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'Let's hope ministers are going to do more than 'consider' this has been going on for decades if they do nothing or an inadequate token gesture then it will continue to show the government is corrupt. We are a nation of animal lovers and our politics should reflect the view of the people'
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