Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:08 pm on 4 June 2024.
Jane Dodds
Liberal Democrat
2:08,
4 June 2024
Good afternoon, Prif Weinidog. It's not a surprise to many that I wanted to just say a few words on this issue, and I'm grateful to my colleague Altaf Hussain. I do understand totally that you're not able to prejudge any outcome in relation to the consultation period, but just to say a little bit about my dog, Wanda, she is—[Interruption.] No, I won't go into that. She and the previous dog that I owned, the previous racing greyhound, were both very traumatised by racing. Wanda, in fact, ran her last race in October of last year—it was her forty-eighth race in four years. I very much hope that the consultation period will mean that we have a phased ban on greyhound racing.
My question to you is this—hopefully we'll have that outcome—what will you do to secure the safety and protection of greyhounds that are on the racing track in Caerphilly, to ensure that they are protected during that period? Diolch yn fawr iawn.
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