The Coalition is organising a pre-election rally in NSW opposing the use of tax payer money to support the cruel and corrupt greyhound racing industry. Please put the time and date in your calendar and print out or share our information flyer far and wide. Thank you! See flyer here: Rally flyer... Continue Reading →
Recently the Greyhounds Owners Trainers and Breeders Association (GOTBA) has called on their members to counter animal welfare advocates’ arguments against greyhound racing. In issue 36 of Greyhound Monthly Victoria, GOBTA state “Participants need to know facts such as that Victorian greyhound racing supports close to 3,000 full time equivalent positions (FTE) in Victoria alone.”... Continue Reading →
Please find our new factsheet about greyhound racing at the link below. Please print and distribute as widely as you can. The more we educate people about the realities of the industry, the quicker it will die. See it here: youbettheydie-flyer-vs (1)
See the article in our Puppy Love magazine on pages 36 to 39. https://issuu.com/puppylovemagazine/docs/puppylovemagazine-issue02-winterwar?fbclid=IwAR3jpajwzX_awl_4_v_FD5vrRRw9bUhrudVR91_AZee6J1hf2liElmvDmCU
An evidence-based industry ban followed by a politically motivated reversal. In June 2016, following a year long, comprehensive NSW Commission of Inquiry into the New South Wales (NSW) greyhound racing industry costing hundreds of thousands of tax payer dollars, 80 recommendations were made. The top recommendation was to shut down industry [1]. Based on... Continue Reading →
The 2016 NSW Commission of Inquiry report volumes 1 to 4 are being attached here - for safe keeping. They are no longer easily accessible on the NSW government website. The links for Volumes 1 to 4e are below: Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-1 Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-2 Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-3 Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-4a Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-4b Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-4c Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-4d ... Continue Reading →
Injury Severity Classification is as shown in Table 1 below, as cited in the report. 1st Quarter Report According to the first quarter report, out of 254 race meetings across NSW at TAB and Non-TAB venues, 4,520 dogs raced a total of 19,556 race starts. On average there were 4.3 starts per dog in... Continue Reading →
Key Findings In 2015, nearly one million Australians regularly gambled on horse and dog racing. Most race bettors were men, and aged between 30 and 64. Some 400,000 experienced one or more gambling-related problems. Forty-one per cent (41%) of all regular race bettors (403,000 adults) experienced one or more gambling-related problems In a typical month,... Continue Reading →
When the QRIC published their first Annual Report in 2016/2017, the CPG reported on the disappointing lack of transparency including the failure to provide basic information such as the number of pups bred, dogs racing and track death and injuries. Once again, QRIC’s 2017/2018 annual report lacks this information. What’s most alarming though, is the... Continue Reading →
