A GAPing hole in the industry

CPG’s research shows the Australian dog racing industry is performing poorly on re-homing compared to the effort made by impoverished community-run rescue groups.

These white papers provide a unique insight into industry (the GAPs) versus non-industry rehoming across the nation.

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"One of the greyhound racing industry’s most expensive efforts at legitimisation, rehoming programs for ex-racing dogs, is being overwhelmed as the industry ramps up overbreeding, leaving volunteer non-industry rehoming services to shoulder the burden of dealing with the industry’s “wastage”.
Bernard Keane
Crikey, 24 Nov 2023

A GAPing hole in greyhound rehoming - FY22/23 Update

In FY22/23, the national rate of greyhound breeding continues at four times the racing industry’s capacity to rehome via its GAPs. The racing industry has effected this change by:
   – shipping hundreds of greyhounds to the USA,
   – arranging adoptions with domestic police groups.
In both cases, nothing known publicly about the rehoming fate of these ex-racing dogs because the industry releases no data.

Community rehoming still leads the way in many states. While these community rescue groups are desperately stretched beyond capacity, all state governments give millions of taxpayer dollars to the racing industry against the wishes of voters.

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A GAPing hole in the industry – FY2022-23 final

A GAPing hole in greyhound rehoming - FY21/22 Update

In FY21/22, the national rate of greyhound breeding continues to be about six times the racing industry’s capacity to rehome via its GAPs.

Community rehoming leads the way in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. While the effort by volunteer-run charities is excellent, many of them are now under
serious strain and some are at crisis
point.

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A GAPing hole in the industry – FY2021-22 final

A GAPing hole in greyhound rehoming - FY20/21 Update

The latest data for FY20/21 shows that the industry’s rehoming effort has flat-lined for the last three years, while community rehoming still leads the way in many states.

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A GAPing hole in greyhound rehoming – FY20/21 Update

A GAPing hole in greyhound rehoming

This white paper provides the first insight into industry (the GAPs) versus non-industry rehoming across the nation at a time when the greyhound racing industry’s turnover has spiked due to COVID-era punting. If the report is not displayed below, click here to open it in a new window. From here you can also download the report as a .pdf.
A GAPing hole in the industry – greyhound rehoming in Australia

Greyhound Racing NSW rejected a number of the findings in this white paper saying that FY20/21 had been a “record year for rehoming”. Click here to read the CPG response.