The Social Dangers of Allowing Greyhound Racing to Continue.
There is an established research base showing a predictable relationship between cruelty to animals and aggression towards humans. This has been referred to as “The Link”. See Gullone (2012). Animal cruelty happens for a number of reasons. These can include achieving some desired end (e.g., live baiting so that dogs run faster). For the perpetrator, […]
Contact details for racing ministers around Australia: Please contact them now!
Yesterday, 28th September, 2015 was a day we need to remember. We also need to remember the date that started the significant scrutiny being placed on the Australian and New Zealand Greyhound racing industries – that date was: 16th February, 2015. Both dates are significant because they have demonstrated once and for all that […]
Free at Last by Lynn Kargol
Racing days are over Thought the pain would go away But soon I learned a different fate Was headed straight my way He reached his hands into my cage And pushed me out once more I glanced at all my weary friends As he led me out the door It hurts to walk; it hurts […]
Letter to Victorian Racing Minister – Martin Pakula
Dear Hon. Pakula, I am writing to express my absolute horror upon finding out that you have created a fund to prop up the racing industry. With almost weekly discoveries of horse and/or greyhound doping or cheating of other sorts and following clear evidence of torturous animal cruelty in the greyhound racing […]