Dr. David McGrath:

I think Ms McCann is right. I do not think it is really an issue with greyhound breeders. I cannot imagine how many bitches in the country breed nine litters. The vast majority of bitches breed zero litters and the majority of those that breed have three litters or less, I would say. This is probably coming to the greyhound domain from other areas of dog breeding. I do not think it is an issue. I would be very interested to know from the Irish Coursing Club how many greyhound bitches actually bred an eighth or ninth litter last year. I imagine it would be in the single figures.