Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds
End greyhound suffering
The facts: Since 2021 rugby league player Ryan Papenhuyzen has been a paid ambassador of Greyhound Racing NSW and Greyhounds As Pets. He says: “Greyhound racing is a sport I love and know very well, and I have actually been a participant through ownership of a few racing dogs.” On 8 September 2023 he was … Read more
The second greyhound to die at the Richmond racing complex in four days collapsed after running on a supposedly “safe” track. Ten greyhounds have now died racing at Richmond’s two tracks – circle and straight – this year, despite $1.5 million having been spent on upgrading the NW Sydney facility and supposedly making it safe. … Read more
Greyhound welfare advocates have renewed their calls for an independent inquiry into NSW greyhound racing after serious injuries increased almost 30 percent and a young dog died from a broken neck on an upgraded “safe” racetrack. According to an analysis of stewards’ reports by the Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds (CPG), in the first … Read more
A four-and-a-half-year old greyhound drops dead straight after her race. Another two snap their necks while running for their lives. Six greyhounds, mostly older and all females, lost their lives racing in July 2023.
The South Australian drone video abuse case embarrassed the state’s premier by revealing the horrors of a greyhound racing industry that he supported. An angry South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas had clearly had enough of the industry’s falsehoods when he announced an independent inquiry into the sickening cruelty. “We were told that this type of … Read more