Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Yesterday the New Zealand Government announced that it will phase out greyhound racing over a 20-month period, with racing to be banned by the end of July 2026. While this decision will obviously be bitterly disappointing and distressing for the participants and their families in the greyhound racing industry in New Zealand, the NZ government’s […]
One thing that has been largely missed amid all the hoopla and hype about the NZ Government’s announcement that greyhound racing will be shut down is a new law passed under urgency in parliament yesterday. The Racing Industry (Unlawful Destruction of Specified Greyhounds) Amendment Bill – now passed into law – makes it a criminal […]
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 […]
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, […]
One of the things we saw was when methamphetamine was found to be present in the dogs. It was called an accident by the industry when they came to select committee. I’ve reiterated that to industry again: that they actually should have said at the time, “No, that occurred and it wasn’t good enough and […]
This is the official statement by Greyhound Racing NZ about the Government decision to end greyhound racing GRNZ Chair Sean Hannan described the decision as a “devastating blow” to the industry, which has invested significantly in reforms. “We are extremely disappointed that the Government has not recognised the work the industry has done to address […]
2900 greyhounds in New Zealand will need new homes by 1 August 2026. What happens to the dogs if that number of people or families can’t be found to adopt them? I guess you will have to ask the SPCA that question. Let’s just hope there are 2900 Homer Simpsons out there. Otherwise the Kiwi […]
Six greyhound meetings have been run in Queensland so far this month. At the time of writing there is only one Stewards report that has been published for any of them. Official Stewards reports usually go up on the QRIC website shortly after the meeting ends, or on the next morning. Rarely are they delayed […]
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 […]
MEDIA RELEASE Monday, 27 November 2024 The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) is an independent statutory body that acts to both preserve the integrity of the industry and safeguard racing industry participants (human, equine and canine). Integrity, safety and welfare form the foundations of the QRIC’s purpose. As part of its safeguarding measures, the QRIC’s […]
