Animal Welfare

Greyhound Industry Reform Panel report to be released on Thursday

New South Wales participants are waiting with trepidation to find out the future direction of the sport as the Greyhound Industry Reform Panel prepares to...
Thirty Talks & Zabdon Ferrari

Logan greyhound track plans officially scrapped

QUEENSLAND greyhound racing has been dealt a blow with plans for a new track in the south of Brisbane canned. The 10 hectare block at...
Industry update

Suspended sentence for cutting off dog’s tail with no pain relief

A VICTORIAN greyhound trainer will spend no time on the sidelines after being found guilty of amputating his dog’s back in 2015. Jason Formosa fronted...

Wilson admits EPO doping, claims GRV officials failed to act

A GREYHOUND trainer at the centre of the Lara raids has explained his motives for teaming up with Animals Australia to expose alleged widespread drug...

Double agent spills beans on Animals Australia greyhound sting

A ROGUE Animals Australia operative, who is a trainer in Victoria, has shed light on the circumstances surrounding the Lara raids last week. At a...

What do we know about the NSW greyhound industry reform?

TWO months have been and gone since Premier Mike Baird’s famous backflip on the New South Wales greyhound industry. That’s two months since a grassroots...

Shooter and Fisher Borsak says Pearson is clutching at straws

SHOOTERS, Fishers and Farmers Party MLC Robert Borsak has slammed the Animal Justice Party’s Mark Pearson for his last ditch attempt to bring down the...

Spokesperson fails to shed light on Reform Panel’s work

NO further details have been released on the Greyhound Industry Reform Panel after Australian Racing Greyhound contacted the Department of the Premier on Wednesday afternoon....
Nationals Leader John Barilaro

Barilaro elected new Nationals leader unoppossed

MONARO MP John Barilaro has been elected as the new NSW Nationals leader unopposed at a party room meeting on Tuesday morning. It follows the...

Stewards wrap: No charges for Sarkis relating to rabbit carcass

GREYHOUND Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) stewards have made the decision to not lay any charges against registered greyhound trainer Harry Sarkis following the discovery...

GRV rewards its safest track with second weekly meeting

GREYHOUND Racing Victoria has introduced a second weekly race meeting at the safest track in the state. The Healesville Greyhound Racing Club has been rewarded for...

An explanation of GRV’s proposed rule changes

GREYHOUND Racing Victoria (GRV) has announced a suite of proposed rule changes with the aim of improving animal welfare outcomes. The proposed rules are aimed...

Members of the Greyhound Industry Reform Panel released

THE names of the five person panel assigned with reforming the NSW greyhound racing industry have been released. Known as the Greyhound Industry Reform Panel,...

What has the greyhound industry learned from the ban?

IT has been a tumultuous year for the sport of greyhound racing in New South Wales. Things seemed to be looking up following on from...

Premier’s office says Reform Panel will consider breeding caps

A SPOKESPERSON from the Department of Premier and Cabinet has failed to acknowledge the breeding cap of 2,000 greyhound pups born per annum is off...

Letter to the Premier contains figures not seen by the industry

GREYHOUND breeding in New South Wales could be reduced by more than 80 per cent on its 2014 figures over the next four years, casting...

Breeding set to be a major focus of Industry Reform Panel

FORMER New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma has spoken out on the future of the greyhound racing industry. Iemma’s statements come as he prepares to...

Scott addresses objectives of Greyhound Industry Reform Panel

Update: NEW South Wales Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers Association (GBOTA) CEO Brenton Scott says the industry has not been locked into a strict 2,000...

Foley on ban backflip: the right result for the wrong reason

NEW South Wales opposition leader Luke Foley has welcomed Premier Mike Baird’s decision to reverse the controversial greyhound racing ban. Foley has been a vocal opponent...

What social media had to say about Mike Baird’s ban reversal

TUESDAY, October 11, 2016, will go down in the history books as a monumental day in Australian politics. It is a day when public, media...
Amanda Ginn

Ginn says the grief caused by ban will never be forgotten

GREYHOUND trainer Amanda Ginn choked back tears as she described the relief she felt when Premier Mike Baird announced his controversial ban on the sport...

Greyhound racing has won the battle, but the war is not over

THE greyhound racing ban is done and dusted. For now. When Mike Baird officially announced the backflip at noon today, collective cheers could be heard...

“We were wrong on greyhound ban” – NSW Baird Government

PREMIER Mike Baird has apologised to the good people within the greyhound racing industry. The apology from the NSW premier come during a press conference...

NSW greyhound racing ban overturned by Cabinet

GREYHOUND Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) released a statement on Wednesday in support of the NSW Government’s decision to overturn the greyhound racing ban. The...

Borsak says ban needs to be overturned, not extended

SHOOTERS, Fishers and Farmers Party MLC Robert Borsak says postponing the ban on greyhound racing is unacceptable. His statement comes as several news sources claim...