Do you agree with Wales banning Greyhound racing

I am not sure about the racing itself, but I am more concerned about how the animals are trained and cared for. Allegedly, many are kept very badly, treated merely as commercial assets. Greyhound and whippet breeders sometimes unwittingly hint at that by saying ex-racing dogs are not suitable as domestic pets. There are also allegations many dogs suffer serious accidents in racing.

The incident you cite was probably isolated but casual cruelty still abounds across all animal ownerships, right down to pet owners abandoning their animals any old where; or people releasing wild animals in the countryside in vanity "re-introductions" that ignore basic ecology. Even many dog owners who adore their pets and would not dream of hitting them or letting them eat chocolate, don't seem to appreciate that dogs do not have human intellect. (The cynic might say, indeed, some owners are dimmer than their dogs.)

The idea of using animals for mere entertainment is slowly fading.

Bear-baiting and cock-fighting were swept away long ago though illegal cock-fighting still occurs.

Dolphinaria are of the past, and zoos are designed with much more respect for the animals than they used to be.

Fewer circuses use animal acts.

In the UK, deliberately cruel hunting of wild animals for mere "sport" or other needless reasons is highly illegal: this covers of foxes by hounds, badger-digging, hare-coursing, snares or other traps, random "game" shooting of birds, or poisoning of raptors by surprisingly but often genuinely ignorant game-keepers. Restricted, licensed shooting of bred game-birds is still allowed but there are people wanting that banned too.

So I am not surprised at this Welsh Government move. Whether it will spread to the rest of the UK only time will tell, but I would not be surprised if it does.

Eventually even horse-racing may be ended too, but that will require considerable public support I don't think exists at present.

Yes. Times are changing. The zeitgeist of the world is changing: people don't find animals performing for our pleasure entertaining anymore. That goes for circuses and aquarium parks where animals are made to do undignified things to please a crowd.

@Jimbo7 🤔well i hope you are wrong with this as no dog or pet should be treated in such a way . dog are not just just racing animals they are pets and mans best friend too

Of course. 💯 percent!

( I wasn't aware that Wales was a hotbed for greyhound racing.)

P.S. It ought to be banned everywhere.

Ah, now I know why the Wales are banning Greyhound racing, they are tired of seeing the dogs in the seas with them.

Any animal racing is abusive to the beasts used in the race honestly.

Seems fairly pointless since the dogs can be taken to race in England.
I wasn’t even aware we still had any greyhound tracks.

If they are banning it, I agree. I never liked that, racing an animal to the ground for human ego. No thanks

i dont think banning the racing would stop that. its the owner thats cruel.. like horse racing. ya put them in a nice place to live out the rest of there life

Surely it would have been better to better regulate it than ban it outright?

What do they think less scrupulous owners are going to do now they have no way of making money from the dogs?

Yes

Like they used to do to horses