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<p>The Government takes the welfare of all racing animals very seriously. We are working
closely with the main racing greyhound industry regulatory body, the Greyhound Board
of Great Britain (GBGB) to ensure it delivers on the commitments it made to the Government,
following the Government’s Post Implementation Review of the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds
Regulations 2010. This includes the annual publication of injury and retirement data
to improve transparency in the sport. The second set of annual figures were published
on 12 June 2019.</p><p><a href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gbgb-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/12085443/Final-2018-Stats.pdf"
target="_blank">https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gbgb-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/12085443/Final-2018-Stats.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>The annual publication of the injury and retirement data was accompanied by
an update on the progress made by the GBGB against their ‘Greyhound Commitment’. The
Commitment sets out an eight point manifesto on how the GBGB is aiming to improve
the welfare of racing greyhounds, and includes a commitment to ensure more greyhounds
are successfully rehomed at the end of their racing lives. The GBGB have also delivered
an independent welfare standard for trainers’ kennels and are also developing a UKAS
(United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited trainers’ licensing scheme for GBGB
trainers. The Government is also considering whether further regulatory changes are
required to protect the welfare of racing greyhounds used by professional trainers
not running greyhounds on GBGB tracks.</p><p> </p><p>To help ensure more funding for
greyhound welfare, on 10 January 2019, the Government announced a new funding commitment
from bookmakers worth an estimated additional £3 million this year to ensure the welfare
of greyhounds is protected and improved. We expect thousands of racing greyhounds
are to be better cared for as a result of this new deal. The commitment is set to
increase the total amount of funding from bookmakers to the British Greyhound Racing
Fund to an estimated £10 million this year.</p>
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