Even in a pandemic, state governments won’t stop greyhound racing. Is this essential? On the tracks, there are deaths and anguish.
Time to Shout’s death at Wauchope, New South Wales, on August 7 after being struck by a faulty lure appears “essential.”
Additionally, it’s a necessary service because, during the same Wauchope race meeting, Heathcote Rams had to deal with a broken hock, Callaway Beach with a sprained hock, Zippy Poppy with a dislocated toe, and Dashing Mary with a toe and calf muscle problem.
At a track that’s been “upgraded to TAB standards”.
Additionally, on Saturday in Dubbo, New South Wales, Agent Ben broke his hock, and three other dogs were hurt. Does the race footage show spectators without masks?
Nine greyhounds were hurt at three race meets in Victoria, which is the same story as elsewhere.
Following “intense discussions” with Greyhound Racing SA, the SA Government has lifted a Covid-19 restriction on racing.
Has comparable campaigning occurred in Victoria and NSW, where three greyhounds have already perished while racing in August?
An “essential service” only if you value money above human and dog lives.
Images show (from left): Val Ali cartwheels at The Meadows, Annie Rocks falls at Richmond, Time To Shout with the Wauchope lure that will kill him.
(Note that Val Ali is yet another dog where stewards “queried the frequency of racing of the greyhound”)
The Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds (CPG) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to ending greyhound racing as a terrible sport for dogs. CPG thinks people deserve to know the realities of greyhound racing because of its brutality, and those state governments should modify their rules addressing greyhound care.