The RSPCA says – “Greyhounds should not be exported to other countries for racing.”
Despite years of effort by the industry itself, the federal government still allows greyhounds to be exported to destinations with gruesome animal welfare records.
Sending dogs to grim deaths, Crikey,
23 September 2021
The Australian greyhound export trade has a long and bloody history. For many years, Australia was the biggest exporter of greyhounds with many going to countries with little or no animal welfare protection. It has always been a practice condemned by the RSPCA.
While the numbers now leaving this country are lower, what matters now is whether the new Federal Government will:
Here is the latest information from the federal agriculture authorities on greyhound exports (scroll down to the greyhound data) Read more here
- close the loophole that still allows greyhounds to be shipped without a greyhound passport and finally do what the racing industry has been requesting for many years – here you can read about the games being played,
- ban greyhound exports,
- check whether our greyhounds are being shipped on to countries with a history of animal cruelty via midway points like the UK and New Zealand – no data on this is available, yet the practice still continues, see this story and the boxed story on this page.
Here is the latest information from the federal agriculture authorities on greyhound exports (scroll down to the greyhound data) Read more here