Greyhound Welfare
RWWA Is Committed To Ensuring That The Best Levels Of Care Are Given To Greyhounds Throughout All Stages Of Their Lives, Through A Program Of Investment, Education, Monitoring And Regulation. When A Greyhound Retires From The Racing Industry, At Any Age, RWWA Will Aim To Ensure Every Healthy And Behaviourally Sound Greyhound Is Re-Homed.
The RWWA Holistic Greyhound Welfare Strategy looks at all stages of a greyhound’s life and documents the disciplines and controls required around these stages. The central disciplines that make up the strategy include:
- Controlling supply via greyhound breeding controls;
- Increasing demand for greyhounds as pets;
- Increased resourcing of the industry Greyhounds as Pets (GAP) program;
- Educating the Industry;
- Monitoring performance against key metrics;
- Tracking of all greyhounds at every stage of their life cycle;
- Regulation and policing of the industry; and
- Overarching governance to ensure that the animal welfare strategy is applied across all stages of animals lives.
BREEDING
Breeding greyhounds is no easy task as it requires extensive knowledge as well as complete dedication, as it incredibly time-consuming.
REARING
The early stages of a greyhound’s life are extremely important for their development and their early rearing environment is critical for building resilience.
RACING
RWWA has many rules and policies in place to ensure that the best levels of care are given to greyhounds whilst they are racing.
RETIREMENT
When a greyhound retires from the racing industry, at any age, the owner must aim to have every healthy and behaviourally sound greyhound re-homed.
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