In some cases, greyhounds are deemed to be useless once they have passed their top speed and many owners and breeders are not keen to hold on to them. In Ireland, they are not seen as pets, which is evidenced by the fact that only 80 greyhounds per annum are adopted into Irish homes. It is of concern that in Ireland 14,000 greyhounds disappear completely off the radar. I must stress, however, that these are not all registered racing greyhounds.

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