Greyhounds suffer thousands of injuries on Australian tracks every year. Bone fractures are common as are muscle injuries. Over-exertion can lead to stress-related injury and post-race collapse.
Racing also continues to be deadly for greyhounds. Young, otherwise healthy, greyhounds die on the track or are put to death at the end of the race.
Details of all 2022 on-track greyhound deaths and injuries are provided below. This information is drawn from publicly available greyhound racing stewards’ reports.
NSW is the only state to regularly publish the number of dogs who are killed off-track as the result of a racing injury. However, they do not provide names or euthanasia details for the dogs. Freedom of information requests have provided details of some dogs killed off-track in other states and these are included in the total below..
Track related deaths
Track related injuries
Danica Spolly was the first greyhound killed on Australian tracks in 2022. She died the cruel and unnecessary death experienced by so many racing greyhounds. Young dogs colliding on lethal turns, falling and fracturing their legs. Then killed because they are no longer a money-making proposition.