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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.

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Breeding greyhounds is no easy task as it requires extensive knowledge as well as complete dedication, as it incredibly time-consuming.

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The early stages of a greyhound’s life are extremely important for their development and their early rearing environment is critical for building resilience.

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RWWA has many rules and policies in place to ensure that the best levels of care are given to greyhounds whilst they are racing.

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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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