Racing Queensland hits seven trainers with show-cause notices

A DAY on from the screening of the Four Corners investigation into live baiting in greyhound racing, the hits keep coming for the besieged industry.

Authorities in the three states affected by the scandal tried to present a united front amid a climate of anger and disgust over the acts of cruelty by greyhound participants in footage presented by the ABC.

There were widespread calls for life bans for anyone found guilty of live-baiting offences and a push to prevent trainers accused of serious offences from transferring dogs into the care of others so they could continue racing.

Other developments included:

  • In Queensland, seven trainers – Tom Noble, Reg Kay, Debra Arnold, Tony McCabe, James Harding, Michael Chapman and Greg Stella – were issued show-cause notices as to why they should not be warned off Queensland racetracks for life. A further six were stood down by stewards.
  • In NSW, trainer John Thompson was added to the list of those stood down, bringing the number in that state to six.
  • In Victoria, a former Greyhound Racing Victoria integrity and racing operations manager was identified as among those in attendance as live baiting was employed at the Tooradin trial track.
  • NSW and Victorian industry awards nights set down for Friday have been postponed, as has an awards night in Queensland.
  • Federal politician Andrew Wilkie has called for greyhound racing to be suspended nationally.

    • The Racing Queensland board met at Deagon on Tuesday afternoon and six trainers were added to the list of those stood down. “The other six trainers also remain suspended and their greyhounds suspended pending the outcome of the investigation,” chairman Kevin Dixon said in a statement. “Those individuals are Stephen Sherwell, Gerri Crisci, Anthony Hess, Steven Arnold, Mick Emery and Samantha Roberts.”

    Dixon said it had also been decided Reg Kay would be removed from the Queensland Greyhound Hall of Fame.

    GRV has resolved to suspend any greyhound trained and/or owned by the 10 persons suspended by the board, on Friday, February 13, in relation to live baiting. The dogs will reportedly not be able to race until investigations into the allegations are completed.

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    16. Kyleigh 1080 is not banned; you do have to have a special permit to purchase it though.DEPI use it in our national/state parks every year for vermin control; when I drove across the Nullabor a few months ago, there were warning signs almost all the way about the 1080 (they do air drops of it, so it’s “everywhere”)

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    18. thanks kerri dalziel thats why four corners didnt reply its a government thing just like four corners and the ABC that would be double standards and a to set rule typical of the media that was the point i was trying to make from the start but got attacked from thenarks

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    26. Whatabout all the roo shooting we do in this country…and we still have the hide to put the animal on our flag and coin…fuck off..

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