The facts got in the way of industry propaganda recently when another day of carnage showed the reality of greyhound racing.
The day after Greyhound Clubs Australia issued a fantasy press release, one greyhound was killed, five were badly injured, and 13 others were also injured at just four NSW race meetings.
Under a Greyhound Clubs Australia logo, the press release says that the dogs are “cared for by their owners just like they’d care for one of their children.”
And there’s more: “tracks are the safest they can be”, and those “seeking the truth” should “visit a race meeting.”
Update: just a week later, on a Friday at Wagga Wagga, two dogs were killed in one race. Two Friday nights later, on 19 August 2022, 20-month old Dana Annie was euthanased at Wagga with a broken leg.
Let the stewards’ reports describe the truth of the tracks:
THE GARDENS – Newcastle, Friday 29 July 2022
– Gort the Gift – collided with another runner, fell, and retired from the race. Underwent a post-race Veterinary examination which revealed to have fractured its offside Scapula and was humanely euthanized.
– Federal Limit – back muscle, 60 days
– Cent West – hip support, 10 days
– My Brockie – Swelling to nearside shoulder, 7 days
WAGGA WAGGA, 29 July 2022
– Destini Firey – shoulder, 10 days
– Reefton Splash – whip muscle, 10 days
– Cawbourne Donna – shoulder, 10 days
– Commission – whip muscle, 10 days
– Dana Annie – quadriceps, 10 days
RICHMOND, 29 July 2022
– Mighty Ruler – severe lower back pain, 28 days
– Explosive Debt – hind foot laceration, 28 days
– Luxury Rocks – deltoid and lower back soreness, 14 days
– Zig Zag Banjo – radius ulna fracture, 90 days
– Good Odds Jeb – fore toe fracture, 42 days
– Baby Buttons – soreness to nearside bicep and lower back, 10 days
– King Of Sting – fore stopper pad laceration, 5 days
GOULBURN – 29 July 2022
– Time Chariot – shoulder, 10 days
– Rich Man’s World – hip support, 7 days
– Smell Like Beans – hind leg soreness, 5 days
WAGGA WAGGA – 5 August 2022
– Veracruz, broken back, euthanased
– Tiggerlong Fab, multiple compound fractures front leg, euthanased
– Impress Luckie, shoulder, 21 days
WAGGA WAGGA – 19 August 2022
– Dana Annie – multiple open compound fractures to foreleg, euthanased
– Desert Dream, monkey muscle, 21 Days
– Bam Bam Betty, thigh muscle, 28 Days
– Johnny Wagga, groin injury, 10 Days
– Garlano, shoulder, 10 Days
– Flying Falcon, spike wound to hind leg
– Go Bananas, split webbing forefoot, 21 Days
Image above shows Gort the Gift starting his last race