Media release: Hidden statistics – Qld greyhound racing deaths and injuries – first half of 2019

Official figures show 33 greyhounds died and 567 were injured on Queensland tracks for the period January to June 2019, announced the Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds (CPG) today. CPG spokesperson, Matthew Stephen, said collated injury data is not made available in Queensland, as occurs in other parts of Australia. Individual Racing Qld stewards’ … Read more

SUBMISSION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON ANIMAL CRUELTY LAWS IN NSW

Below is a summary of the Coalition’s submission to the select committee on Animal Cruelty laws in NSW.  Following that is the full submission with three attachments in .pdf format. The Coalition’s National President Dennis Anderson has been invited to present to the committee at 2pm on 13 February 2020 at the Parliament of NSW. … Read more

Tasracing Annual Report Analysis

    Thank you Fran Chambers, Let Greyhounds Run Free for submitting your report to us. The industry report can be found at: https://tasracingcorporate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Tas-Racing-Annual-Report-2019.pdf Fran’s analysis: It is a depressing report. It’s all about money – to ensure that the Government and Industry’s greed ensures that forcing animals to race brings in more and more … Read more

So what is going on with Dapto Greyhounds Now?

  NOTE: If anyone wants to go to the court case today, it is at 10am and here are the details – https://onlineregistry.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/content/court-lists#/detail/20190035071719954545Hearing/   GRNSW and the Dapto Agricultural & Horticultural Society (DAHS) were back in court yesterday, and a member of the Coalition attended the hearing to try to find out what the hell … Read more

No Loyalty. Winning big didn’t save him.

Lochinvar Marlow was a champion greyhound who won his owner Clare Gordon and trainer Robert Smith a total of $184.945 but that was not enough to save him from being exported to the Canidrome hellhole where he died. Read about his story here: GLM6_lochinvar marlow