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Action Alert: Lismore Council

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  Below please find sample letter for you to send to the Lismore Council councillors who supported an increase in the number of races at the Lismore track   To copy and paste this letter, please print it as a pdf file first. Ideally, you will make your own personal changes for more impact. Email … Read more

How the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission is failing.

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    If you care about the way the government spends your tax money and if you oppose animal cruelty, please read this evaluation of the Queensland government’s Queensland Racing Integrity Commission created with 11 million dollars of tax payer money.   See the pdf file here: How the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission is failing … Read more

Greyhound Breeding Incentives to be reintroduced in Victoria – A Reform Backflip?

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  Following the 2015 greyhound racing live baiting expose, the discovery of several mass graves turned attention to industry “wastage” involving the killing of thousands of young and healthy dogs. http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2015/02/16/4178920.htm http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/some-of-the-55-greyhounds-in-mass-grave-may-have-been-beaten-to-death/news-story/240bad5d19ec5bdbb786d02ee44a0ac5 http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/mass-grave-images-show-keinbah-greyhounds-killed-in-groups-20160720-gq9qa3.html http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/greyhound-trainer-and-family-banned-over-mass-grave-20170815-gxwnbq.html   In July, 2015, Victorian racing minister Martin Pakula announced an end to the Breeding Incentive Scheme and emphasized animal welfare … Read more