5/14/2026
Over 600 greyhounds have fallen during races in England this year alone. This is why Gamban are continuing to campaign for an end to greyhound racing in the UK.
Greyhound Watch has been created as a partnership between UK campaign organisations, Animal Aid and Shut Down Campaigns.
Thanks to the dedicated work of 30+ volunteer race monitors, they have identified over 2,000 greyhounds who have raced this year but not been seen for over a month since their last race and not reported as adopted or otherwise ‘retired’ from racing.
It poses the question, where are these dogs now?
Screenshot from Greyhound Watch.
There are only 16 operating tracks left in England as of May 2026, and Greyhound Watch reveals that each one has a very dark practice of hurting dogs with dangerous races and discarding them from the industry at an alarming rate.
Greyhound Watch also allows viewers to see actual footage of the hundreds of falls that have been documented by volunteer race monitors.
One such dog who has been identified through this process is Gothic Icon, who was knocked over during a race at Harlow Greyhound Stadium in January.
The replay of the race was, unlike most others, not made available online, and Gothic Icon has not been seen since. He was only 4 years old – where is he now?
Recent Falls captured on video:
Campaign Manager on Dog Racing at Animal Aid, Isobel McNally, says, “Greyhound racing is a barbaric pastime that chews up and spits out dogs at an alarming rate. Greyhound Watch shows evidence of that in a way that has never been seen before. It is time for the government to take notice and take decisive action to ban this horror show once and for all.”
Founder of Shut Down Campaigns, Norb Gordon, says, “With more than 30 volunteers, we have worked tirelessly to document falls, injuries, and dogs going missing from this industry already this year. With 1 dog killed on UK tracks roughly every 3 days – 123 in total, in 2024 – we know many of these dogs will have already been killed. This is unacceptable to the public, which is why the industry hides these incidents behind missing race footage and vague ‘retirement’ data. We are calling on the Greyhound Board of Great Britain to release track-specific death and injury data, including the names of the dogs who are killed on and off the tracks”.
Gamban is proud to be a part of the Greyhound Freedom UK coalition that is calling for an end to greyhound racing.
