Written question asked by Alex Mayer (Labour) on Thursday, 3 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 April 2025. It was answered by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) on Thursday, 17 April 2025 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
- Question
-
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the number of deaths of dogs in greyhound racing.
- Answer
-
Defra works with the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) to ensure greyhound racing is a safe as possible. Each year since 2018 GBGB has published data for the deaths of greyhounds from GBGB affiliated tracks and trainers. This data is published online at https://www.gbgb.org.uk/welfare-care/injury-and-retirement-data/
Defra monitors the figures published by GBGB for any identifiable trends.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 44199
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Animal welfare Death Greyhound racing Greyhounds
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2025-09-05 21:55:21 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2024-25/44199
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2024-25/44199
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2024-25/44199