In 2024 and 2025, many greyhounds were injured on Irish tracks.
Greyhound Action Ireland is condemning new greyhound welfare courses at the Technical University of the Shannon as a cynical PR exercise by Greyhound Racing Ireland.
The group believes the industry is responsible for large-scale overbreeding and the injury and death of hundreds of dogs every year.
Traceability data shows that of over 12 thousand 4 hundred greyhounds born in 2021, more than two-thirds of those remaining in Ireland are already dead or unaccounted for.
In 2024 and 2025, hundreds of greyhounds were injured on Irish tracks, with many put down by on-site vets.
The advocacy group is arguing that no welfare course can fix an industry that is incompatible with animal welfare and sustained only by public funding.
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