Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare is Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV)’s first and overriding priority, on and off the track and during all stages of a greyhound’s life from birth to retirement.

GRV’s General Manager for Animal Welfare, Dr Gavin Goble, is a senior veterinarian with many years of experience in greyhound racing and senior management positions in various animal-based organisations.

He leads a rapidly expanding team of highly motivated greyhound-centric people who are focused on six key areas:

1. Inspectorate: trained and authorised officers who inspect greyhound facilities offering support and advice, and monitor greyhound safety and wellbeing at trials and race meetings
2. Re-homing: management of the highly successful Greyhound Adoption Program  and other related initiatives such as working with other re-homing organisations
3. Education: provision of education, training and advice for participants
4. Strategy and Policy: development of a ‘Whole of Life’ welfare strategy which will deliver animal welfare policies, programs and projects for the industry
5. Research: driving research and data analysis on all aspects of greyhound welfare
6. Veterinary Support: investigation of how GRV can support participants’ access to first class veterinary care both on and off the track

All functions are data and evidence-based and significant efforts are being put into collecting and analysing data on greyhounds through their entire life cycle.

For more information on Greyhound Care, click here.