No figures on greyhound deaths until end of 2020

A traceability system for Irish greyhounds "should be in operation" within the final three months of 2020. File Picture. 

Figures revealing the number of racing greyhounds which have died will not become available before the final quarter of this year, the sport's governing body has said.

The Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) earlier this year commissioned the design of a new traceability system for Irish animals in the wake of a highly-critical RTÉ documentary on breeding practices within the sport. Broadcast last summer, it alleged that mass culling of slow animals is prevalent in Ireland.