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NZ’s Leading Greyhound Trainer Makes Eight Retired Race Dogs Disappear Off the Face of the Earth – And Some People Wonder Why Racing is Being Shut Down

Just one day prior to NZ Racing Minister Winston Peters announcing that greyhound racing would be shut down, the Racing Integrity Board (RIB) handed down its ruling on rule breach matters involving the country’s leading trainer Lisa Cole. The decision highlights exactly why the new law criminalizing the killing of unwanted greyhounds is a grand […]

Animal Welfare Greyhound The Dogs

Death is Not the End – The SPCA Shelters Are

by : peterprofitracing2 weeks ago2 weeks ago

According to its recently released 2023/24 annual report the SPCA (New Zealand’s equivalent of the RSPCA) took 30 242 animals into their shelters last year. 16 071 were reunited with their owners or found new homes. The SPCA doesn’t say what happened to the other 14 171. That’s because they killed them. Yes that’s right, […]

Animal Welfare Jockeys

Jack Hill Assaults a Horse – And Gets Off With a Fine

by : peterprofitracing2 weeks ago

Offences such as this have the capacity to damage the image of the industry. Animal welfare must be at the forefront of thinking when a situation such as this arises – Judge John Bowman Victorian jockey Jack Hill pleaded guilty to having struck his mount Gen Zed twice with the open hand on the side […]

Animal Welfare The QRIC The Trots

Have a Head Butt Horse

by : peterprofitracing3 weeks ago

Gemma Hewitt’s runner in race 4 at Albion Park yesterday Kerbang had been a pest to rival driver Alanah Richardson all race. It had been sitting behind Richardson in the run following her helmet, and at times looked like it wanted to eat it. Richardson had gently tried to stop Kerbang from annoying her by […]

Animal Welfare Greyhound The QRIC

Putting Out Fire With Gasoline

by : peterprofitracing4 weeks ago

It is interesting that the QRIC saw the need to respond to today’s article in the Courier-Mail listing the on-track deaths of greyhounds compiled by the Coalition For the Protection of Greyhounds (republished on this site) by issuing a media release (published in full in story below) saying that the death statistics were not reported […]

Animal Welfare The Dogs

Unstructured Musings on Dog Racing, People, Deaths and Cars

by : peterprofitracing4 weeks ago

122 dead greyhounds. All of them lost their lives on the race track. Most of them were put down by the on-course vet. It’s a hell of a trail of death and destruction isn’t it? My family have all owned greyhounds. Many of my mates still do. I’m not sure how I feel about that […]

Animal Welfare Greyhound

122 Greyhounds That Died on the Track This Year

by : peterprofitracing4 weeks ago

Source – Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds. https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/qld-racing-watchdog-releases-disturbing-2024-greyhound-doping-deaths-data/news-story/1e4e1af14f4c7bd91aac421c2ca583fd 1 4/1/2024 Nandina Ipswich QLD Neck and hindlimb injury fall, home turn on-track vet 2 13/1/2024 Pick A Posy Warrnambool VIC fractured right hock breakdown, home turn on-track vet 3 15/1/2024 Oscar Orca Warrnambool VIC fractured left shoulder collisions, fall, first turn on-track vet 4 27/1/2024 […]

Animal Welfare Trainers West Australia

Roy Rogers the Equine Executioner – We All Shoot Our Racehorses in the Head When They Retire, He Says

by : peterprofitracing1 month ago1 month ago

Luvachat, murdered by Roy Rogers for no good reason at all The advertisement that you see below appeared on the website rehomearacehorse.com.au in November last year. Luvachat is the racehorse concerned. As you can see Luvachat is described as being a horse with a beautiful nature and kind disposition. He is also describe as having […]

Animal Welfare Integrity The Gallops Trainers West Australia

Four Young Horses Shot in the Head by Roy Rogers Because They Were Slow

by : peterprofitracing1 month ago

Roy Rogers, a handy man on the trigger who kills innocent horses without remorse These are the four young horses that WA trainer Roy Rogers killed by shooting them in the head. None of the deaths were justified. These horses weren’t sick or injured. None of them had a current racing embargo in place. They […]

Animal Welfare The Gallops Trainers West Australia

WA Trainer Kills Four Horses Without Cause and Only Cops a Fine – And He’s a Board Member of a Race Club!

by : peterprofitracing1 month ago

Western Australian gallops trainer Roy Rogers killed 4 horses. At least that’s what the Stewards report said. The word on the ground is that he actually killed 24. These horses weren’t injured or anything, not to the point that they had to be put down. They just weren’t much good, and Rogers didn’t want to […]