Australian racetracks are lethal for greyhounds with thousands killed and injured every year.
Racing causes pain, suffering and distress as greyhounds constantly collide, fall and collapse. See Australian track deaths and injuries for 2020 and 2021.Countries like the US are closing their remaining death tracks and taking action to have this abusive industry closed down. But in Australia, state governments continue to invest millions of dollars of public money into building new and unwanted tracks that ignore the industry’s own safety recommendations.
We need your help to oppose these dog-killing tracks.
Tasmanians have had enough of taxpayer-funded cruelty
In 2020, 10 greyhounds were killed on Tasmania’s racing tracks. And now the Tasmanian government is providing $8m in funding for another unwanted track.
Say NO to the Tweed racing track
Please let the NSW Government know we don’t want another dog-killing track. 38% more greyhounds have been killed on NSW tracks than for the same period last year.
The last thing Ipswich needs is a $40m racing track
The QLD government is planning to build a new $40 million dollar greyhound racing track in Ipswich. Yet again, they are sending the message that animal cruelty is OK by them.
Wentworth Park Protest
In July 2020, the City of Sydney Council voted eight to two to demand that the NSW Government “return Wentworth Park to the public”.