Tasmanian Lethal Tracks, August 2025
Tasmanian Lethal Tracks, August 2025 This video shows the reality of Tasmanian greyhound racing. The incidents – many of which have been removed or edited from official race videos – show the inherent dangers of forcing greyhounds to run at high speeds on lethal tracks. The scenes include the death of famous greyhound Raider’s Guide, […]
Smoke and Mirrors – NSW
NSW Smoke and Mirrors – June 2024 Key findings Taxpayer funding is the second largest revenue source for Greyhound Racing NSW. NSW racing industry exaggerates employment figures by 13x. Greyhound Racing NSW spends 45% of revenue on prizemoney and 0.5% on animal welfare If the report is not displayed, click here to open it in a […]
Rehoming Review FY24
View Full Report While the industry claims progress, the data tells a different story: rising exports, surging third-party adoptions, and record-high euthanasia numbers reveal a system more concerned with image than outcomes. VIC Industry rehomer reports waitlists of up to two years Rehoming Review FY24 This review uses the industry’s own data to demonstrate that […]
Rehoming Review FY20
Rehoming Review FY20 This white paper provides the first insight into industry (the GAPs) versus non-industry rehoming across the nation at a time when the greyhound racing industry’s turnover has spiked due to COVID-era punting. If the report is not displayed, click here to open it in a new window. From here you can also download […]
NSW Government response to Drake Report
View Full Report CPG overview of the cowardly NSW Government response to Drake Report The NSW Government did not respond to any of the 65 Drake Report recommendations in the standard government response format ie by directly indicating acceptance or non-acceptance. Instead it suggested changes to the GRNSW Operating Licence. This is despite GRNSW currently […]
Lethal Tracks 2025
View Full Report Lethal Tracks 2025 In 2025, CPG analysed every stewards’ report in every state and the Northern Territory to provide a realistic picture of the suffering of greyhounds on Australian racing tracks. 287 greyhounds killed racing in 2025 119 were killed at the track 168 were removed from the track with injuries and […]
Racing Regulation – Queensland
Queensland Racing Regulation – September 2024 Key findings Decisions inconsistent with community expectations – attitudinal research clearly shows that the community expects wrongdoers to be punished when they transgress animal welfare requirements. Inadequate welfare data – information regarding the retirement, rehoming, euthanasia, and death of greyhounds is significantly reliant on self-notification by owners and trainers. […]
National Infractions Report Jan-Jun 2024
View Full Report There were a total of 368 recorded infractions nationwide. This included: 160 infractions for misconduct 80 infractions for animal welfare 128 infractions for doping. Crimes Against Greyhounds, Jan-Jun 2024 CPG has released the latest analysis of nationwide infractions and penalties in greyhound racing for the first half of 2024. This report marks […]
Smoke and Mirrors – Tasmania
Tasracing Smoke and Mirrors – June 2024 Key findings Taxpayer funding is the largest revenue source for Tasracing. Tasracing IER report exaggerates employment figures by 6x. Tasracing spends 83% of revenue on participant payments and 1% on animal care. If the report is not displayed, click here to open it in a new window. From here […]
Smoke and Mirrors – Queensland
Racing Queensland Smoke and Mirrors – February 2024 Key findings Taxpayer funding is the second largest revenue source for Racing Queensland Racing Queensland IER report exaggerates employment figures by 5x. Racing Queensland spends 79% of revenue on participant payments and 0.7% on animal care. If the report is not displayed, click here to open it in […]
Lethal Tracks 2023: NSW Edition
Lethal Tracks 2023: NSW Edition CPG produced this special edition of Lethal Tracks in response to a series of shocking revelations showing that misinformation and misreporting is rife in the NSW greyhound racing industry. The video below exposes the “myth” of safe racing as revealed by NSW official race videos. Please note this video includes […]
Racing Regulation – Victoria
Victorian Racing Regulation – October 2023 Key findings Poor regulation – self-regulation creates a conflict in an industry that must protect itself from reputational damage and bad press in order to secure ongoing funding and attract more gamblers. Decisions inconsistent with community expectations – attitudinal research clearly shows that the community expects wrongdoers to be […]
Racing Regulation – South Australia
SA Racing Regulation – October 2023 Key findings Greyhound Racing SA (GRSA) routinely prioritises continuity of racing over implementing sanctions that might deter breaches of the rules by other industry participants. GRSA’s doping control program is antiquated and predictable, which makes it easy to plan doping programs around race days. Greyhound welfare plays second fiddle to marketing and commercial considerations. […]
Racing Regulation – Tasmania
Tasmania Racing Regulation – September 2023 Key findings Serious lack of regard for, or investment in, the welfare of greyhounds in the Tasmanian racing industry. Alarming lack of information in relation to doping controls within the Tasmanian racing industry. The Tasmanian government continues to ignore the findings of government-initiated inquiries and reviews identifying problems and […]
Rehoming Review FY23
Rehoming Review FY23 In FY22/23, the national rate of greyhound breeding continues at four times the racing industry’s capacity to rehome via its GAPs. The racing industry has effected this change by: shipping hundreds of greyhounds to the USA, arranging adoptions with domestic police groups. In both cases, nothing known publicly about the rehoming fate […]
Lethal Tracks 2022
Lethal Tracks 2022 On average, in 2022, racing killed four dogs every week and injured 29 every day. Some of the dogs are killed at the track and many more are removed with serious injuries and killed later. CPG tries wherever possible to acknowledge the names and the tragic last moments of the dogs that are […]
Greyhound Rescue Survey
National Greyhound Rescue Survey 2021 A CPG survey found that the racing industry hands over most of its dogs in a neglected condition, despite welfare codes requiring the exact opposite. The survey gathered the observations of people from community-run greyhound rescue groups around Australia regarding the health and living conditions of dogs at the time […]
Rehoming Review FY22
Rehoming Review FY22 In FY21/22, the national rate of greyhound breeding continues to be about six times the racing industry’s capacity to rehome via its GAPs. Community rehoming leads the way in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. While the effort by volunteer-run charities is excellent, many of them are now under serious strain and some are […]
Lethal Tracks 2021
Lethal Tracks 2021 CPG has scrutinised official stewards’ reports and Freedom-of-Information requests to provide a realistic picture of the degree of greyhound suffering on Australian racetracks. More than 200 greyhounds were killed and over 10,000 injured in racing-related incidents in 2021. If the report is not displayed below, click here to open it in a new window. […]
Rehoming Review FY21
Rehoming Review FY21 The latest data for FY20/21 shows that the industry’s rehoming effort has flat-lined for the last three years, while community rehoming still leads the way in many states. If the report is not displayed, click here to open it in a new window. From here you can also download the report as a .pdf.
Lethal Tracks 2020
Lethal Tracks 2020 CPG analysed thousands of official stewards’ reports to produce new research: “Lethal Tracks 2020: track-related greyhound deaths and injuries”. This data is not collated and made available to the public by either government or the dog racing industry. If the report is not displayed below, click here to open it in a new window. […]