Prison Pet Partnership

Prison Pet Partnership Celebrates Fifth Birthday

The Victorian Coalition Government has celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Prison Pet Partnership, a highly successful program using pet ownership to help rehabilitate and...

Napthine Claims Victorian Greyhound Racing Is Powering Ahead

Minister for Racing Denis Napthine has congratulated Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) on its success as the organisation reports strong wagering turnover, a major increase in...

Young Greyhound Participants Scholarship Announced In Victoria

Deputy Premier and Minister for Racing Rob Hulls today announced the Eric and Jan Wilson Scholarship, worth $200,000 over 10 years, to help young people...

Greyhounds As Pets Program Launched At Dillwynia Correctional Centre

Corrective Services Minister Phil Costa today launched a program for female prison inmates to retrain and socialise ex-racing greyhounds, preparing the dogs to become loved...

Greyhounds Go To Tarrengower Prison

Deputy Premier and Minister for Racing Rob Hulls has launched Victoria’s second Prison Pet Partnership program to help retrain retired greyhounds at Tarrengower Prison, Maldon....

Hulls Gives Victorian Greyhound Racing The Thumbs Up

The Brumby Government has congratulated the greyhound racing industry on an exceptional year ahead of tonight’s Greyhound of the Year award. Deputy Premier and Minister...

GAP’s Prison Pet Partnership Program Wins Community Award

The Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP) enjoyed one of its proudest moments at Corrections Victoria’s 2008 Community Work Partnership Awards in St. Kilda last week. The...

GRV Respond To Lewis Report’s Attack On GAP

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has responded to the Lewis Reports findings that the GAP Program is “too limited” and that almost half the greyhounds bred...

GAP Program Expands In To Jails

Retired greyhounds are being prepared for life as pets by in-mates at the minimum security Dhurringile Prison in Victoria’s north. The Prison Pet Partnership, an...