Retailer joins greyhound racing fight

COSMETICS retailer Lush will launch a campaign against greyhound racing tomorrow by inviting people to take part in a "human race" outside its shop in Princes Street.

The store will also plaster its window with a giant image of racing greyhounds and the slogan Don't Bet On It.

Lush Campaigns Manager Sean Gifford said: "The greyhound industry has a lot to be ashamed of.

"Thousands of greyhound puppies are killed every year because they are too slow or shy for the tracks.

"Dogs that do become racers face an uncertain retirement when they become too slow at the age of four or five.

"A report has estimated that at least 4,728 dogs disappear from the tracks every year and that the majority of them are slaughtered.

"The greyhound industry treats dogs as profit making machines, but we see them as sensitive, intelligent animals."