'over 10,000' is the estimate by Greyhound Action: I have seen much higher figures quoted, in fact - but I very much hope those are wrong. That estimate is based on the number of pups registered each year, the retirement rates, and the numbers given by the Retired Greyhound Trust for successful rehomings.
The industry says 500 - 1,000 retired greyhounds are put to sleep, ISTR - but then they didn't know about this guy, and can give no details of where the extra dogs have gone, so it's hard to believe that number.
Every greyhound is registered and tracked with a unique ID number tattooed in the ear, and the entire database is publicly accessible and online: given that it seems incredible that they cannot produce publicly checkable put to sleep figures.
Here is Mollydog's database entry, in case you are interested: http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?d=I+feel+great . Occasionally I torture myself by looking at the records for her brothers and sisters and wondering why they almost all stop in 2001. I really, really hope they all got adopted by people who never updated the database...
As they have the records they should be able to give some answers but I suppose they probably don't want to.
I'll ask my friend if she has updated Tommy's records.
Greyhounds are such lovely animals- and this comes from someone who is not normally keen on dogs.If they have to be put down it should at least be done by a competent person using the most humane method. But then that might show up on their figures and spoil the image.....
£10.00. I doubt if a vet would charge an awful lot more than that.
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Date: 2006-07-17 01:25 pm (UTC)The industry says 500 - 1,000 retired greyhounds are put to sleep, ISTR - but then they didn't know about this guy, and can give no details of where the extra dogs have gone, so it's hard to believe that number.
Every greyhound is registered and tracked with a unique ID number tattooed in the ear, and the entire database is publicly accessible and online: given that it seems incredible that they cannot produce publicly checkable put to sleep figures.
Here is Mollydog's database entry, in case you are interested: http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?d=I+feel+great . Occasionally I torture myself by looking at the records for her brothers and sisters and wondering why they almost all stop in 2001. I really, really hope they all got adopted by people who never updated the database...
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Date: 2006-07-17 06:06 pm (UTC)As they have the records they should be able to give some answers but I suppose they probably don't want to.
I'll ask my friend if she has updated Tommy's records.
Greyhounds are such lovely animals- and this comes from someone who is not normally keen on dogs.If they have to be put down it should at least be done by a competent person using the most humane method. But then that might show up on their figures and spoil the image.....
£10.00. I doubt if a vet would charge an awful lot more than that.