Greens MP John Kaye calls for suspension of greyhound racing
DESPITE NSW Racing Minister Troy Grant announcing the board and CEO of Greyhound Racing NSW had stood down overnight, Greens NSW MP and racing spokesperson John Kaye has called for an immediate suspension of all greyhound racing.
Kaye welcomed Grant's removal of the GRNSW hierarchy and the admission self-regulation of the industry has failed, but said anything short of stopping all races would fail to prevent participants from profiting from alleged live-baiting activities.
“By refusing to suspend all greyhound races, Minister Grant is failing to stop the flow of blood money,” Kaye explained.
“He is allowing trainers and owners that have live-baited their dogs to continue to profit from their extreme cruelty.
“The live-baiting scandal goes beyond the handful of trainers exposed by ABC TV Four Corners. Any money now bet and won on a greyhound race has almost certainly been corrupted by live baiting.
“Trainers live-bait their dogs to give them a winning edge. All races must be suspended to stop these participants profiting from their unconscionable behaviour and the opportunity for any incentive for the practice to continue.”
Kaye said further investments were required to ensure greyhounds were properly catered for should there be a suspension of racing.
“Urgent action is needed to protect the welfare of the dogs whose owners and trainers have been caught live baiting,” he said.
“Disqualified from racing, these dogs face a bleak future.
“As a matter of urgency the Minister must direct the government-appointed CEO to allocate existing industry funds to rehabilitate and rehome dogs that have been brutalised by live baiting.
“If the Minister fails to prioritise the rehoming of dogs that have been blooded, he is perpetuating the animal welfare crisis.
“Greyhounds are typically gentle and friendly companions. It is criminal that GRNSW has allowed participants to train these dogs to maul defenceless animals in a despicable grab for greater profits.”
Kaye also commented on the announcement of a new taskforce, to investigate training methods used in NSW and to supervise the running of trial tracks and training establishments.
The taskforce is also set to ensure that GRNSW and other agencies, such as RSPCA NSW, are powerful enough to fully investigate any alleged animal welfare issues within the sport.
The taskforce will be headed by former High Court justice and eminent legal practitioner Michael McHugh AC, QC.
“Minister Grant's new inquiry should be open and accountable, in stark contrast to the body it is investigating,” Kaye said.
“The terms of reference would be published and the hearings should be open to the public wherever possible.
“It is critical that the panel consults with the organisations whose bravery and commitment to animal welfare exposed the abhorrent practices.”
Wake up you MPs there not all the same
Really nice that politics are now involved. Dick
What are we going to do with all the Greyhounds, Einstein?
What an absolute idiot. Why not suspend politics when they lie to and cheat the public!
And who is going to replace the 3 billion a year among all the other issues mr Kaye pull Ya head out of your ass and look at reality
That lyn white from animal lib was just interviewed on abc , she is urging the govt to suspend all racing aust wide, and that all greyhound that were “involved” in the live baiting scandal , not be returned to racing , they will go into a rehoming program , some woman in tassie has offered her 200acre property , to ne set up as up as a “reprogramming” facility
She said she has “backing” from “battler” trainers who support the temporary suspension of racing
Shane Mclellan
No Green MP No No No, there are too many clean trainers out there and this will give one of them a chance to win some money honestly
No it’s not JK.
More reactive statements to make themselves look good.
What a retarded non thinking remark,who’s the women in tassie who’s offered her property,I bet it’s the one that we gave her greyhound to rehome,an when we saw it next it was skinny as a rake an living in it’s own shit…what a joke
Crap
Ffs where are the pro facing people standing up for the sport
Tptb , better get there arses on media outlets quick smart and get into damage control
This is typical of the way society is going cant do this cant do that….yes what the trainers done sick cruel things but this is peoples livlihoods its alright for the do gooders in thier mansions they wont be effected
What greyhounds lol the dog dorak dessa was never there at tom nobles property u see he was injured in early nov long before the cameras were placed he has badly torn hip supports unlike to be able to race again but interesting that scummy 4 corners named him lol
So the innersent get hammered to..well done dick head.why don’t u deal with the people who are
guilty before u get to cocky.i don’t have grey hounds but great friends of mine do ,and it’s their passion, always done by the book same as alot of other people, why punish the people who do things rite…but I guess it takes ass holes to stuff up things for every body else…
The gallops drug their horses to win millions. The trots rig races to millions so if you shut one shut them all..
And interesting that no actual footage was shown of trainers in qld slipping dogs onto anything ?????? Have u people not smelt something wrong here??
John Kaye that is not gunna happen
Well john Kaye can go and $&&/ himself
Why hurt the owners and trainers that are doing the right thing because of some other dickheads doing the wrong thing if there going through greyhound racing go through the entire racing industry
Go fuck urself John kaye u utter wanker
fuck off too much money invovled
So thé innocent ones get tarnished with thé same filthy brush as thé rotten ones .what about u polies that lie and cheat ans bullshit everyday go ans piss off dickhead ans try and get thé aussies off de ath row u dick
Jenni when were the cameras placed at the trial track?, i know the date was on the video but i missed it
But does’t it apply to watching ?
Yes clare i know plenty , and of course the powers that be should be going into damage control, ,,,,,, ,someone needs to be flooding media (just like the animal welfare are)
Surely grnsw has a media liason officer , ??????
Well clare i haven’t seen anyone from grnsw etc , on telly putting a positive story out there and defening the sport
Ive just written to coles telling of my disgust that they had the gall to badger macro meats into stopping all sponsership of greyhound racing I encourage everyone to fight back as well and voice their displeasure and boycott coles woolworths and macro meats stand up to the anti pricks
Show of force is needed
They were placed on the 19 th nov
So your saying if you were in a bank while a robbery was taking place while you just stood there … your just as guilty too ??
Lets cancel the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games because they have drug cheats
JOHN KAYE YOU ARE A NARK !!!!!!!!!
Thank Fark someone’s finally said this!
Go and hug a tree
That will really be helpful to the greyhounds. Are they going to eat hay?
stop racing in tassie we will lose the breed… grow up australia
He is clearly a fukwit then isn’t he. Its retards like him in Parliament that are supposed to be running this country thats why its so fucked up. Idiot
John Kaye you sir are a fucking dickhead
Janette Clarke
Can see why your a polatition you r totally brain dead oops your a freebie close parliament down when you dickheads lie and give yourselves pay rises thousand work in this industry what will happen to them ??? Moron
Greens pushing extreme view again … The answer is an independent review of all tracks management trainers and facilities … Tougher penalties even jail time
Greens MP is a fucktard who’s only answer to everything is to ban it. Maybe we the public should ban stupidity from parliament ,then they all be sack for incompetence
The thing is Louise Ann Dittrich, dogs are breed to chase and catch prey,it is why they chase. The problem started wen the Greyhound Boards of Australia, decided that they didnt want even aHumanly killed Rabbit on the arm at trial tracks, Because it wasn’t a Nice look!!!!!! Bloody Idiots, I mean to say, the only people generally at race track trials are Greyhound People!!! You aren’t even allowed to put a rabbit that has been killed by a car on the Arm. So dogs now chase a stuffed toy!! Wif a squeaker in it, which many dogs have NO… Read more »
All Greys have prey drive they are hunting dogs … It’s the greedy owners who live bait or blood their pups n dogs to make then chase hard that need removing from the sport permanently … Time for Greyhound racing to enter the 21sr century or face a huge slump and revenue downturn at the tracks n TAB
I think that’s a fair call.
But as I say their is no outcry on Mexamatoese,Mass Poisoning and a Terrible Death, Nor is there a outcry on pig dogs.
Presumably cos the pigs are running in the wild and have a Sporting Chance against 4 dogs?
I’ve owned ex racer/ breeding bitch (drakette) … Had one of her pups broken in but dropped monkey muscle wouldn’t heal … I’ve fostered adoption greys for GRV … Taken “You Idiot” (the footy show race dog in the 90s) to local shows to promote greyhounds as pets etc … That was about 15 year ago now … I love the animal the athleticism the visual spectacle but not the abuse behind the scenes ignored by the regulators of this industry