Chamber and committees

Retirement from the GBGB?

But the greyhounds might then move on to unregulated sport somewhere else.

Mr Brignal, have you ever had greyhounds that have had a racing career at GBGB-regulated tracks race at your track?

No cases have been brought forward.

How many such cases have been brought forward?

I may come back in later, convener.

Okay, but how do you monitor that? Mr Brignal, you are saying that you think that it is rare, but do you have data on where these dogs come from?

You do not have data on how many ex-GBGB racers have raced in the past at Thornton and how many are racing now. It is a perception that—

It is difficult to explain the words that you have written there. You are saying that euthanasia is a humane process.

I want to go back to the nub of the argument that the petitioners are raising and the veterinary evidence that the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission reflected on, which is to do with the nature of a dog racing at 40mph around an oval track. As I understand it, the GBGB is doing research into track design. This might seem like a daft question, but are you doing research into straight tracks rather than oval tracks?