Location: Newcastle, NSW
Club: The Gardens Greyhound Club
Track: Oval, loam surface, circumference 443m
Radius of turns: 50m
Local Federal MP: Sharon Claydon (electorate of Newcastle)
Local State MP: Timothy Crakanthorp (electorate of Newcastle)
Local Mayor: Nuatali Nelmes
Supportive pro-racing media: Newcastle Herald (part of ACM partnership)
Number of racing deaths in 2020: 3
Number of racing injuries in 2021: 264 (including 48 major injuries)
The dogs lost in 2021 and 2020
12/03/2021, COSMIC WIND, fractured hock, catching pen, fall, slide into back gate
12/03/2021, FLAME OFFIAH, compound fracture of radius/ulna, collisions, back straight turn, fall
24/09/2021, PAPER KITE, compound + complete fracture of hock, home turn, collision, break down
25/09/2021, BINGO BALLS, compound fracture of radius/ulna, home turn, collision, fall
15/10/2021, WEFFALEE KELLY, collapse, collapsed in the catching pen post-race
19/11/2021, JILLIBY SKIPPY, compound + comminuted fracture of radius/ulna, collision, first turn, fall
4/9/2020, ARIA MULWEE, comminuted fracture of radius/ulna, carpus + metacarpus, collisions, first turn, break down
15/5/2020, CONIGLIO, severe lacerations to sternum, first turn, collisions, fall into rail
25/1/2020, SENOR MARINA, hock dislocation and fracture, back straight turn, break down
Scenes from the track
Disgusting,horrific and cruel. May those who own and race dogs and may those who keep this industry going by betting, Rot in hell.
Couldn’t agree with you more!
Such a powerful blog series. Thank you CPG for making it easy to share the truth about this vile industry and the true victims.
It’s WAY beyond time that ALL animals used for human entertainment are protected. Stopping these “events” is the only way.