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Dubbo entertainment: watching a dog running on a broken leg Under the sign saying “We love our dogs”, ten greyhounds suffered injuries at one Dubbo race meeting held on 3 July 2021. Injuries ranged from cramping to a broken ankle. It’s the third-highest race meeting total in NSW this year, after Richmond (13 injuries) and … Read more

Two-year old Crown Sally was running in Race 1 at Sale VIC on 27 June 2021. Entering the home straight, the stewards’ report states that she “pulled up” and “failed to finish the race.” The on-track vet could find no injury. Stewards, however, “discussed the frequency of racing of Crown Sally with the trainer”. As usual, … Read more

Thirteen young greyhounds were killed on the racetracks of Australia in June 2021, according to publicly-available stewards’ reports. This number doesn’t include those dogs with significant injuries taken from the tracks and later euthanased. Some of these we will discover; others will remain buried within the racing industry’s layers of obstruction. List of 13 greyhounds’ broken bodies … Read more

The racing industry has an infinite variety of ways of inflicting pain on greyhounds. Take these two. At Geelong on 22 June 2021, Aston Elliot was found to have “paresis” after he failed to finish the race.  Two days shy of his second birthday, he was given a 14-day stand-down. At Bendigo on 23 June … Read more

The difficult existence of racing greyhounds has come into sharp relief with the passing of Firefly Jen from a heart attack. On June 19, 2021, Firefly Jen passed out at the finish line in Kempsey, New South Wales. She was four years and three months – old for a racing greyhound. Despite only participating in … Read more