Famous Greyhound Track to Close by the End of the Year

Dog days over with racetrack turfed out by end of year

A historic greyhound racetrack will be shuttered by year's end as the housing crunch forces a government to...

Greyhound racing at Wentworth Park set for abrupt end

Almost a century of greyhound racing history will come to an abrupt halt in October when the sport makes an expedited exit from the iconic Wentworth Park race track, one year earlier than had been scheduled.

Famous greyhound track to close by the end of the year

Greyhound racing will soon be all but extinct in one major city as its largest track will be closed by year's end to make way for a major urban development.

Animal welfare charities are joining forces to call for an end to greyhound racing nearly 100 years after it was introduced to the UK.

A new report from the likes of Dogs Trust, Hope Rescue, Blue Cross and the RSPCA has found more than 4,000 dogs involved in the sport have died since 2017. The report, The Case for an End to Greyhound Racing in the UK,  documents the rise and decline of greyhound racing and outlines how welfare concerns are “pervasive and unavoidable” throughout the lives of the dogs involved. It has revealed 4,399 greyhounds involved in licensed racing have eit…