Dangerous and past its sell-by date

THESE findings are worrying but not at all surprising.

Greyhound racing is an exploitative sport advertised as light entertainment.

In a sport so heavily linked to profit and betting it’s not a shock to see the worst in humans come out.

In recent years, the sport has suffered repeated blows to its reputation.

There is a rise in recognition as to what is and is not acceptable for society.

I would argue greyhound racing is a sport – like bullfighting – that is no longer acceptable.

It is vital that newspapers like The Sunday Post expose issues like this and I congratulate them for their work.

This investigation points to serious and dangerous practices in the sport.

Primolut can be prescribed for racing dogs but that should only be done by a vet.

Buying them off the man in the street is anything but safe – or legal.

Vets are medically trained and know when and how to prescribe them – if at all.

These are pharmaceutical medicines and should not be handed out like sweeties by dodgy trainers.

The same applies to Intravit.

There could be a host of reasons that the shots are not suitable and dangerous.

Other practices that have been exposed are also dangerous.

Overfeeding racing dogs to change the outcome of a race, for instance, can be as dangerous as drugging them.