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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

Greyhounds continue to suffer in Victoria. The passing of Fine Edition, a Warrnambool greyhound, two days after racegoers raised safety concerns, has drawn attention to this. On June 21, 2021, a two-year-old named Fine Edition died in Warrnambool. The on-track vet euthanized her after she slipped and clashed with other dogs at the home turn, … Read more

After the death of a juvenile greyhound, the Murray Bridge racecourse in South Australia has become one of the most dangerous in Australia. Murray Bridge has joined the list of the second-deadliest tracks for greyhound racing, behind Gawler (SA), Richmond (NSW), and Wagga Wagga, with four fatalities this year (NSW). With seven deaths in 2021, … Read more