Greyhound racing deaths in July 2024
Seven young greyhounds were killed on Australian tracks in July this year, with more killed away from tracks after suffering fractures in their races.
Madeline Burton
10 greyhounds killed racing in March 2024
My Gal Cookie suffered an horrendous and life ending spinal injury. Blinkin’ Blue fractured his fibula, tibia and his Achilles tendon. Charos Max, Let’s Go Merv and Rocamadour each suffered “catastrophic” fractures. All were killed by the on track vets in March 2024.
For the record: NSW greyhound racing industry is not meeting its rehoming targets
A new CPG white paper provides the first insight into how industry rehomers (GAPs) are performing compared to community-run rescues. The research shows just how badly the NSW racing industry is failing to meet its responsibility for rehoming greyhounds. In an article published by Guardian Australia on 20 October 2021, Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) rejected … Read more
A Kinder lutruwita/Tasmania for Animals – Tasmanian Greens Policy Platform
by Sarah Wilson The Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds (CPG) welcomes the recent Tasmanian Greens policy platform promising to end greyhound racing in Tasmania. The announcement includes an allocation of $2 million over four years to phase out the greyhound racing industry in the state. This would bring Tasmania into step with the ACT, … Read more
The death of Wagtail Sage – how WA injury recovery schemes are failing greyhounds
by Free the Hounds, greyhound welfare advocacy group based in Perth, Western Australia Trackside euthanasia in WA has significantly decreased over the past couple of years due to the introduction of two injury schemes. The schemes mostly cover dogs who’ve sustained fractures to either the hock or foreleg. One scheme provides financial support to the … Read more