Just another Friday at the NSW dogs: deaths and major injuries

The facts got in the way of industry propaganda recently when another day of carnage showed the reality of greyhound racing.

The day after Greyhound Clubs Australia issued a fantasy press release, one greyhound was killed, five were badly injured, and 13 others were also injured at just four NSW race meetings.

Under a Greyhound Clubs Australia logo, the press release says that the dogs are “cared for by their owners just like they’d care for one of their children.”   

And there’s more: “tracks are the safest they can be”, and those “seeking the truth” should “visit a race meeting.”

Update: just a week later, on a Friday at Wagga Wagga, two dogs were killed in one race. Two Friday nights later, on 19 August 2022, 20-month old Dana Annie was euthanased at Wagga with a broken leg.

Let the stewards’ reports describe the truth of the tracks:

THE GARDENS – Newcastle, Friday 29 July 2022

– Gort the Gift – collided with another runner, fell, and retired from the race. Underwent a post-race Veterinary examination which revealed to have fractured its offside Scapula and was humanely euthanized.

– Federal Limit – back muscle, 60 days

– Cent West – hip support, 10 days

– My Brockie – Swelling to nearside shoulder, 7 days

WAGGA WAGGA, 29 July 2022

– Destini Firey  – shoulder, 10 days

– Reefton Splash  – whip muscle, 10 days

– Cawbourne Donna  – shoulder,  10 days

– Commission – whip muscle, 10 days

– Dana Annie  – quadriceps, 10 days

RICHMOND, 29 July 2022

– Mighty Ruler – severe lower back pain,  28 days

– Explosive Debt – hind foot laceration, 28 days

– Luxury Rocks – deltoid and lower back soreness,  14 days

– Zig Zag Banjo – radius ulna fracture, 90 days

– Good Odds Jeb – fore toe fracture, 42 days

– Baby Buttons – soreness to nearside bicep and lower back, 10 days

– King Of Sting – fore stopper pad laceration, 5 days

GOULBURN – 29 July 2022

– Time Chariot – shoulder, 10 days

– Rich Man’s World – hip support, 7 days

– Smell Like Beans – hind leg soreness, 5 days

WAGGA WAGGA – 5 August 2022

– Veracruz, broken back, euthanased

– Tiggerlong Fab, multiple compound fractures front leg, euthanased

– Impress Luckie, shoulder, 21 days

WAGGA WAGGA – 19 August 2022

– Dana Annie – multiple open compound fractures to foreleg, euthanased

– Desert Dream, monkey muscle, 21 Days

– Bam Bam Betty, thigh muscle, 28 Days

– Johnny Wagga, groin injury, 10 Days

– Garlano, shoulder, 10 Days

– Flying Falcon, spike wound to hind leg

– Go Bananas, split webbing forefoot, 21 Days

Image above shows Gort the Gift starting his last race