In 2018, a total of 1,000 greyhounds were murdered in Scotland, with a quarter killed from injuries on the track and 225 euthanized when they reached the end of their usefulness.
SOFIE JACKSON: ‘Greyhounds have tested positive for banned drugs including cocaine, according to official records. In total, 28 racing dogs at Shawfield Stadium in Glasgow have tested positive for drugs — including steroids, beta blockers and prohormones — since 2009. Many of the drugs are associated with performance-enhancing substances used by bodybuilders, but trainers have also admitted to giving animals beta blockers to slow them down and fix results. Five of the 28 positive doping tests were for cocaine, according to an investigation by the Sunday Post.
Cocaine can be fatal to dogs and causes symptoms such as hyperactivity, twitching and seizures. Last year, it emerged that a total of 1,000 greyhounds died — with a quarter killed from injuries on the track and 225 put to sleep when they reached the end of their careers and could be re-homed… Scottish SPCA superintendent Tom Gatherer told Daily Star Online that Shawfield “has stewards and vets present at each race to ensure standards are met”. But animal rights activists in Scotland are trying to get the sport banned…
“Unfortunately greyhounds are often treated as commodities by the racing industry and their welfare compromised,” a Forever Hounds spokeswoman said. “Figures released by the GBGB show that almost five thousand greyhounds are injured each year on the UK’s racetracks with hundreds of them dying as a result. “And those figures don’t even include the dogs racing on unregulated or ‘flapping’ tracks… “There is no place for animal cruelty in 2019 and the only way to ensure the welfare of greyhounds is to end this cruel sport altogether”.’ SOURCE…
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