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Running isn't racing | Does a greyhound love to run or race?
A greyhound loves to run. Running across a field and racing around an oval track aren't the same thing, and greyhound racing depends on us not noticing the difference.
Nadine talks to three people working to end the sport about what it looks like from the dog's side: the falls, the kennel hours, the breeding, and what happens to a greyhound who stops winning.
They trace how one country after another has banned dog racing, and why Britain, 100 years on, has not. Norb runs Shut Down Campaigns, Isobel campaigns with Animal Aid, and Emily Lawrence campaigns with the League Against Cruel Sports.
On 25 July 2026, they march in London, a century to the week after Britain's first greyhound race, to end greyhound racing for good.
Links mentioned in this episode:
League Against Cruel Sports report: https://www.league.org.uk/media/filer_public/c5/5c/c55c246b-78d9-4205-bddb-10f8f2ef445c/uk_report_final_32326_digital.pdf
The AI investigation into racing records (University of Melbourne): https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/greyhound-racing-says-its-transparent,-so-we-used-ai-to-check-dog-by-dog
Inside the kennels (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deKUhm4ZQYI
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By Nadine BurzlerA greyhound loves to run. Running across a field and racing around an oval track aren't the same thing, and greyhound racing depends on us not noticing the difference.
Nadine talks to three people working to end the sport about what it looks like from the dog's side: the falls, the kennel hours, the breeding, and what happens to a greyhound who stops winning.
They trace how one country after another has banned dog racing, and why Britain, 100 years on, has not. Norb runs Shut Down Campaigns, Isobel campaigns with Animal Aid, and Emily Lawrence campaigns with the League Against Cruel Sports.
On 25 July 2026, they march in London, a century to the week after Britain's first greyhound race, to end greyhound racing for good.
Links mentioned in this episode:
League Against Cruel Sports report: https://www.league.org.uk/media/filer_public/c5/5c/c55c246b-78d9-4205-bddb-10f8f2ef445c/uk_report_final_32326_digital.pdf
The AI investigation into racing records (University of Melbourne): https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/greyhound-racing-says-its-transparent,-so-we-used-ai-to-check-dog-by-dog
Inside the kennels (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deKUhm4ZQYI