Ireland
Ireland has a great number of welfare issues surrounding all animals, but in some respects the fate for greyhounds and lurchers is much worse than other dogs.
Greyhounds
In Ireland, greyhounds are not often seen as household pets, but dogs used for racing, fast, tense, always muzzled and wholly unsuitable for domestic life, in other words a commercial business venture. It is extremely unlikely that an Irish family would home a greyhound as a companion. More...
Cruelty and abuse
Examples of some of the horrific cases of cruelty and abuse towards sighthounds. More…
Rescue perspective
The greyhound situation in Ireland is out of control, this is mainly due to the overbreeding of these dogs and the lack of regulation by the Irish racing industry. More…
Stray dogs
Ireland has a disproportionately worse stray dog problem than the UK. Despite having a statistically smaller stray dog population it is worrying because more dogs are killed in dog pounds in Ireland, compared to the UK. More…
Greyhound puppy auction
Report from an under cover investigation at a greyhound puppy auction in Dublin. More...
