22 greyhounds killed racing in March 2025

Image shows 21-month-old Untenable falling at Dubbo on 8 March. He suffered a fractured elbow and compound leg fracture and was killed by the on-track industry vet. Untenable‘s career had lasted only 5 days.

Greyhound tracks continued to kill dogs throughout March 2025. One track, Albion Park in Queensland managed to kill three greyhounds from one race meeting. At least a further 15 greyhounds were injured during March and then killed in the days following, and so conveniently for the racing industry not counted as “track deaths”.

Veteran Josie’s Jewel was running in her 61^st race at Shepparton in Victoria on March 3. The tiniest greyhound in her field, she survived the race only to suffer “an incident” in the catching pen and fractured her radius and ulna. Josie’s Jewel was only a few days off her third birthday when she was killed by the on track vet soon after her race.

On March 5 another veteran greyhound Video Referee collapsed in the catching pen after his 55^th race. The heaviest in race 6 at the Meadows track in Victoria, he was running last when he put on a life- ending effort to eventually come 3^rd in the 600 m race. Video Referee died in the catching pen where he lay and his autopsy later revealed he died of “acute cardio-respiratory failure”. He was literally raced to death having been competed over the same distance only four days earlier. Video Referee was a week short of his third birthday when he died.

Untenable, just a puppy at 21 months old, fell in his second race at Dubbo on March 8. He fractured his off side humerus as well as an excruciating compound fracture of his “nearside foreleg”. On the race video he can be seen falling as the field rounds the corner to the home straight. As the camera stays on the winning post, a woman wearing a red shirt can be seen starting to run onto the track and then the top of the track buggy is seen presumably making its way to the stricken dog. Untenable was killed by the industry vet soon after. His “career” had lasted only 5 days.

On March 13 at Albion park in Queensland two year old Grace Burgess came 2^nd in her race before slamming into the catching pen gate and breaking her neck. She lay dead on the track. Grace Burgess had been forced to race 22 times. At the same race meet a further two greyhounds fractured their respective hocks and both are now listed in the Fasttrack database as “retired (deceased)”. Three dogs killed in one meet. Let that sink in.

Three year old Midnight Kuna was in a collision in race 7 at Cannington track, Western Australia, on March 19. She fell in the back straight and “failed to finish”. Her fall is captured on the race video, she goes down at speed, legs flailing. According to the stewards report she suffered a left wrist dislocation as well as a broken ulna. Midnight Kuna was killed by the industry vet soon after this, her 51^st race.

Tiny Paw Felicity, just 22 months old, fell in race 1 at Ballarat, Victoria on March 20. She was the tiniest greyhound in her race, weighing in at a mere 23.9kg and it was only her second race. She had run last in her first race and this time she fell turning into the home straight and fractured her right radius and ulna bones. On the race video the track looks wet and slick. She can be seen falling and flipping over. Paw Felicity the sits on the track, gets to her feet and looks around for help. Her trainer and her owner, both well known for despatching injured greyhounds without hesitation, had her killed by the on track vet. Poor Paw Felicity’s “career” had lasted just seven days.

Two year old Out Of Control was checked and fell at the first turn at Ipswich, Queensland the very next day. The race video depicts what could be described as an “out of control” demolition derby with multiple greyhounds colliding and ricocheting off each other in the first few seconds of race 1. Out Of Control was one of them, fell and “failed to finish”. She had suffered an injury to her “near foreleg”. The on course vet killed her soon after. Out Of Control had raced only three times which is unusual considering she was two and a half years old.