Mr. Pat Herbert:

I will interject because I knew the Chairman would go down this road. I do not accept that there is mass culling of pups in this country. I fundamentally do not accept that. The traceability system and our increased care and welfare programme have addressed many of the issues. I am not saying there were not issues in the past but we have made significant inroads. I have mentioned before that we are not a perfect industry. We have made considerable inroads in the area of care and welfare. It is no accident that it is the chief focus of our current board. It is also the chief focus of the strategic plan to which the chairman alluded earlier on. It is to the forefront of this. If this is industry is to have any longevity, let there be no doubt among the members, the clear war chest of the industry has to be the care and welfare of the greyhounds in this country.