Who’d Have Thought? Animals Bred For Gambling Severely Mistreated & Then Discarded

AFTER reporting revealed that 2,800 greyhounds born in Ireland in 2021 are now dead or unaccounted for, a growing number of people are shocked to learn an industry that exists almost solely to provide Asian betting firms with something to profit off might not have animal welfare at its core.

“I’m sorry I refuse to believe those involved in running race tracks with attendances in the single digit figures, staging early morning races scheduled to suit Asian betting markets, would not have the dogs best interests at heart,” said one member of the public.

Available data from the year 2021 states that 1,951 of the 7,135 animals registered as still being in Ireland were reported as being deceased, leading some to call for a doubling of funding to the greyhound industry.

“Maybe if politicians allow themselves to be lobbied even more intensely by those who benefit, they could give the industry more than €19 million a year they already do, as an incentive to avoid the 60% increase in dog deaths on tracks like they’ve experienced in the first six months of this year,” said one punter.

“I’d go one step further, with Ireland only winning a handful of medals at the Olympics what’s the point? Take Athletics Ireland funding, which is only the amount of current greyhound industry funding and just buy more greyhounds for these trainers,” shared another solution seeker.

Elsewhere, Irish greyhounds recently found to have been exported to India to be put to work in cruel ‘sports’ where they are forced to chase motorbikes on busy roads have said that while the weather is nicer in India, it’s the same old mistreatment they had at home.

“What’s the worst that could happen we have our TD pals on speed dial whereas the public would have to look up their email addresses HERE to write about their concerns,” shared one relaxed greyhound industry figure.