Greyhound racing causes significant welfare harm through injuries, deaths, and post-career abandonment. A global movement toward banning racing is gaining momentum.
Greyhound racing welfare failures are well-documented: track injuries including broken legs and spinal injuries, overbreeding with surplus dogs killed when not selected for racing, and long-term kennelling that prevents socialisation. The global trend is unmistakably toward abolition — the USA has eliminated racing at speed, Australia continues reducing tracks, and UK tracks are under sustained advocacy pressure. Greyhounds themselves are exceptionally gentle and adaptable dogs who rehabilitate rapidly when given appropriate post-racing care. The adoption movement has successfully rehomed hundreds of thousands of ex-racing greyhounds into loving homes.