National Greyhound Rescue Survey 2021
A CPG survey found that the racing industry hands over most of its dogs in a neglected condition, despite welfare codes requiring the exact opposite.
The survey gathered the observations of people from community-run greyhound rescue groups around Australia regarding the health and living conditions of dogs at the time of rescue from trainers and owners.
The rescue groups reported that most dogs arriving at kennels were in poor condition and that some were unable to walk up or down stairs, had untreated wounds from track racing and weren’t socialised for rehoming.
The report provides information on the survey background and format, together with the consolidated results and supporting comments. Most images in the report were kindly provided during 2021 by community-run rescue groups around the country with some other images sourced from veterinary references.
If the report is not displayed below, click here to open it in a new window. From here you can also download the report as a .pdf.