Australian racing industry ‘failing miserably’ to rehome greyhounds as adoption flatlines

Welfare group says breeding numbers are still too high and surpass the industry's capacity to rehabilitate the dogs

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The rehoming of Australian racing industry dogs has flatlined in the last three years, according to research by the Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds.

Just over 2,000 dogs were rehomed annually by industry adoption bodies, a figure that has not increased since 2017-18, a CPG report found.

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