Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds
End greyhound suffering
The Greyhound Racing Act 2017 is failing to meet its stated aim of “high standards of animal welfare”. Too many young, healthy greyhounds are still being put down instead of being rehomed. UPDATE 7 SEPTEMBER: The NSW Government responded to our query as to why their website stopped accepting submissions a number of hours before … Read more
In yet another example of how the racing industry distorts the truth, Racing and Wagering WA (RWWA) has claimed an injury rate of 0.5% for 2018/19. When the Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds took issue with the formula used to determine these numbers, RWWA insisted that they were “fully transparent in respect to the … Read more
The NSW greyhound racing club of Taree celebrated its first TAB meeting in June 2020 with a scorecard of 21 injured greyhounds. The big day occurred on 17 June, with a “dress rehearsal” held on 3 June. At just these two race meetings, 15 greyhounds were injured while racing. A catalogue of pain The injury … Read more
This is a transcript of a talk given by CPG National President Dennis Anderson to the NSW Young Lawyers Animal Welfare Committee on 25 May 2020. Good evening everyone, before I cover the topics I have been asked to address I will explain how I became a greyhound activist. 3 years ago I adopted an … Read more
On 22 April 2020, a FOX-FM news bulletin stated that Greyhound Racing Victoria’s adoption arm, Greyhound Adoption Program VIC (GRV GAP), was no longer taking greyhounds for rehoming. CPG Victorian Director Julia Cockram was quoted as saying “if GRV can keep racing, it can keep rehoming”. The information in the news bulletins was based on a CPG News … Read more