RSPCA

New blood is answer to reclaiming greyhound ‘social licence’

It was an ordinary Sunday, July 10, 2016, but a meeting of a few hundred people in Warners Bay may have been the final nail...

Greyhound racing in NSW hoisted on its own petard

The announcement by the Baird government that it will ban greyhound racing in New South Wales starting from the beginning of July 2017 is yet...

Mike Baird defends his decision to shut down NSW greyhound racing

NEW South Wales Premier Mike Baird has bitten back after being lashed with criticism since announcing the greyhound racing industry would be shut down within...

Greyhound racing to be shut down in New South Wales

THE greyhound racing industry in Australia is reeling, after New South Wales premier Mike Baird announced the systematic shut down of the sport in the...

Andrew Johnson disqualified over death & treatment of greyhounds

ON Sunday Racing Queensland (RQ) Stewards conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of the greyhound Gold Plated, a winner of three races...

Julie Edmondson avoids jail time over live baiting charges

GREYHOUND owner and breeder Julie Edmondson has avoided a jail sentence after being charged with a range of offences stemming from last year's live baiting...

Greyhound special commission tapers off – but to what?

THE Special Commission's second and presumably final public hearings ended last week along predictable lines. Long and often tortured questioning concentrated on who knew what...

GRNSW drop live baiting charges against trainers

EIGHT greyhound racing trainers alleged to have been involved in last year's live baiting scandal have had their inquiries dropped by Greyhound Racing NSW. Anthony...

Victorian participants slapped with animal cruelty charges

FIFTEEN greyhound racing participants have been served summonses by the RSPCA Victoria for alleged offences under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 (POCTAA)....

What are the RSPCA’s real motives?

DO you know the RSPCA balance sheet shows a total equity of $100 million, which includes cash, term deposits, a share portfolio and investment property....

Special Commission’s aims are still unclear

THE thing with the Special Commission is that you can't be sure what it is trying to do. Every so often, the big chief –...

Greyhounds Australasia has no substance in over-breeding document

This is a corporate failure of monumental proportions. Greyhounds Australasia, in circulating to state CEOs a supposedly confidential document about alleged over-breeding, has assumed it...

Barrister to conduct indépendant review into Keinbah trial track

JUST over a week after a Greyhound Racing NSW released its findings stating there was no evidence of misconduct in relation to animal welfare at...

Does politics rule greyhound racing?

Can a “right” be achieved by doing the wrong thing? Perhaps in Victoria. Leaving aside suspensions and disqualifications, the first real action from racing authorities...

The greyhound inquiry wash-up – so far

NATIONAL coverage: Nothing could be more helpful to the industry than the RIC recommendation that a consistent national approach would be better than six or...

Report from QLD Commission of Inquiry set to cause big changes

AN ALMOST terminal blow. That is how the final report from the Queensland Greyhound Racing Industry Commission of Inquiry has described the impact of the...

Newson claims that greyhound racing’s real problem is financial

THE live baiting saga is alarming enough but the bigger challenge facing the NSW greyhound industry is finding enough revenue to sustain operations, according to...

News wrap: Live baiting saga sees another four charged in QLD

FOUR people have been charged by Police from the Joint QPS/RSPCA Greyhound Inquiry Task Force following on from further investigations into the practice of live-baiting...

News wrap: Newson says animal cruelty will be stamped out

THE stand-in CEO of Greyhound Racing New South Wales, Paul Newson, has received an interim report from Deputy Police Commissioner Dave Madden into claims that...

Bundaberg incident dumb and embarrassing, but that’s all so far

THE actions at Bundaberg are obviously stupid, ill-considered, ill-planned and contrary to the laws of greyhound racing. But, so far, there is no evidence of...

Two charged after greyhound carcasses found

TWO people have been arrested and charged in Bundaberg, Queensland, after the shocking discovery of 55 greyhound carcasses in bushland earlier this week. A 71-year-old...

Greyhound carcasses found in Queensland bushland

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched by the RSPCA and police after no less than 55 decomposing greyhound bodies were found in bushland in the south-east...

In the Stewards room: Live-baiting trainer inquires to commence

GREYHOUND Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) announced on Friday that the inquiries surrounding suspended participants who are alleged to have been involved in the practice...

Racing Queensland suspends a further 23 trainers

A FURTHER 23 registered Queensland participants have now been suspended following on from the live-baiting scandal which has gripped the entire greyhound racing industry. The...

Too many cooks – and other matters

WIKIPEDIA may not always be completely reliable but on the subject of committees – a system which controls every aspect of Australian racing – it...