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Racing dogs are being killed in large numbers, campaigners claim

Best-selling author Jilly Cooper is joining a high-profile call for a better quality of life for retired racing dogs.

Ms Cooper and actress Annette Crosbie will be at Downing Street on Thursday to urge the government to set basic welfare standards for greyhounds.

The League Against Cruel Sports says thousands of retired dogs are needlessly killed each year.

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The industry is self-regulating and says it is committed to animal welfare.

'Scandalous treatment'

Louise Clark from the League Against Cruel Sports said One Foot in the Grave star Annette Crosbie, along with Ms Cooper and others will be asking for an independent body to control dog racing.

"At the moment it is self-regulating and we worry that their interest is in covering up scandalous treatment of greyhounds," Ms Clark said, adding that an all-party parliamentary group called for the move in May.

The campaign by celebrities and the Le