Greyhound Racing Programme

There was just a nod to rehoming in the programme on greyhound racing on Radio 4 this morning.

It did give an insight into the lives of the trainers, owners and bookies though. The programme is available on the listen again webpage on the BBC. (It's choice of the day at the moment, or look for "Lives in a Landscape" in the alphabetical listings. It should be available for a week).

It's well worth listening to if you want a flavour of greyhound racing without actually visiting the stadium.

I do think it's a bit of a shame that Alan Dein didn't spend a few minutes talking about one of the rehoming charities such as the Retired Greyhound Trust. There are two branches specifically dedicated to rehoming Walthamstow hounds - and I think the programme should have asked what happened to the hounds once the stadium had closed. Sure, he followed one of the trainers to Sittingbourne stadium, but not all of the dogs are racing elsewhere.