In response to numerous exposés about animal cruelty and illegal activities in the greyhound racing industry, successive governments have commissioned inquiries. However, these expensive taxpayer-funded reports have resulted in little real change.
Governments often use these inquiries as a shield to hide behind until public sentiment has moved on. What really matters is what governments do with the findings of these inquiries.
If they do nothing (and they frequently do), a lot of time and money has been wasted, and it’s business as usual for the racing industry.
Just about every state and territory (apart the ACT where racing is banned) is in the process of carrying out an inquiry into greyhound racing or has done so in recent years.
Almost every greyhound industry inquiry ever held in Australia has recommended breeding caps, but state governments have failed to act and consequently there is a greyhound rehoming crisis across Australia.
