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Covid 19 Breeding Moratorium
Kevin Lindsay United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 1420 Dogs 10 / Races 7 01 Apr 2020 15:32
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Breeding 'police' wave a 'stick at breeders' By Racing Post staff 5:04pm 1 APR 2020 THERE has been a very mixed industry reaction to the call from British and Irish welfare organisations for a minimum three-months moratorium on the breeding of greyhounds during the Covid-19 crisis, with welfare groups described as "the breeding police" by British breeders' chairman Liz Mort. Clarissa Baldwin and Suzie Carley, who respectively chair the Greyhound Forum and Irish Greyhound Forum, issued a joint-statement: Given the current Covid-19 pandemic, which we know has not yet reached its peak, we need to be prudent and prepare for the detrimental impact on the animal welfare sector. It is therefore time for all key stakeholders in the greyhound racing industry to agree not to add to the potential numbers of unwanted/abandoned greyhounds and for their governing bodies to seek and enforce this moratorium. Baldwin added: Along with all other sectors, animal rehoming charities are having to overcome extraordinary challenges both financially and operationally, we hope that in putting in place a moratorium on breeding/ mating will assist in protecting the welfare of greyhounds both in Ireland and in the UK. The GBGB, which along with the IGB and ICC, was copied in on a letter calling for the moratorium, yesterday said such a move would be prudent. Managing director Mark Bird said: Ive gone back to Clarissa and told her that we do not regulate the breeding of greyhounds. However we are supportive of greyhound breeders acknowledging the current global threat of Covid-19 and the fact that, from today, the GBGB is now making payments of 225,000 per month to help protect the current greyhound population, which includes puppies. It would therefore be prudent to pause further breeding programmes in the short term. However, the British Greyhound Breeders' Forum, has an entirely contrasting view with Mort commenting: This sounds like another of those ideas that are hastily put together without any real understanding of the greyhound industry. For breeds that are continually bred for puppy profit perhaps, but how many times do we need to say it, greyhounds, and that includes their breeding, are totally different from other breeds of dog. When the owner of a decent greyhound bitch is doing his research into which stud dog has the blood lines which would best complement those of his bitch, he is not thinking of a sales receipt in six to eight weeks' time, he is dreaming of the Derby the year after next. Yes, the racing industry is on hold, everyone in it is tightening their belts and it is difficult but we are looking forwards. It wont last for ever, the GBGB will get racing back as soon as it is deemed safe to do so and what we do not need down the line is a gap in the young dogs coming through. Breeders are not stupid, they know that by having a bitch mated they could be looking at rearing anything up to ten or 12 pups up to racing age, and if they feel they cant undertake this just now then they wont. They dont need the breeding police to wave a stick at them. If they have the space and resources to do so however, planning the next generation may be the one thing that keeps them sane in all this And what about the stud dogs? If these are put out of work too, what happens to them? Could we rely on these valuable blood lines being still available post virus or will they have been given the chop and sent to a comfortable sofa somewhere?
Michael Geraghty Australia (Verified User) Posts 4138 Dogs 14 / Races 15 02 Apr 2020 00:13
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"However, the British Greyhound Breeders' Forum, has an entirely contrasting view with Mort commenting: This sounds like another of those ideas that are hastily put together without any real understanding of the greyhound industry. For breeds that are continually bred for puppy profit perhaps, but how many times do we need to say it, greyhounds, and that includes their breeding, are totally different from other breeds of dog. When the owner of a decent greyhound bitch is doing his research into which stud dog has the blood lines which would best complement those of his bitch, he is not thinking of a sales receipt in six to eight weeks' time, he is dreaming of the Derby the year after next. Yes, the racing industry is on hold, everyone in it is tightening their belts and it is difficult but we are looking forwards. It wont last for ever, the GBGB will get racing back as soon as it is deemed safe to do so and what we do not need down the line is a gap in the young dogs coming through. Breeders are not stupid, they know that by having a bitch mated they could be looking at rearing anything up to ten or 12 pups up to racing age, and if they feel they cant undertake this just now then they wont. They dont need the breeding police to wave a stick at them. If they have the space and resources to do so however, planning the next generation may be the one thing that keeps them sane in all this And what about the stud dogs? If these are put out of work too, what happens to them? Could we rely on these valuable blood lines being still available post virus or will they have been given the chop and sent to a comfortable sofa somewhere?
TOTALLY agree with this and I'd take it a step further and say breeders need incentives right now to keep on breeding because they may well be forced to keep some pups they would normally have sold. With rampant job losses and financial unrest, the buyer numbers will reduce until the world regains certainty.
If the ptb don't put incentives in place I can see the gap being much more than three months...much more.
Those authorities who think stopping breeding is "prudent" need to really have a good hard think about it before it's too late. If they still can't see it, they shouldn't be where they are.
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