Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
You have to wonder whether the NZ Government has properly thought through the knock on effects of the shut down of greyhound racing on the gallops and trots? I doubt it. The Wanganui and Manukau dogs race on stand alone tracks, but the other four greyhound venues all race inside either trot tracks (Cambridge, Palmerston […]
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 […]
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 […]
Watch the 4 in the race below, the dog in the blue rug. It can’t win can it? Wrong. Bugger me. How the hell did that get up?
The QRIC have placed an interim suspension on the trainer, owner and breeder licenses of prominent QLD greyhound identity Peter O’ Reilly after his greyhound Get Carter threw a positive swab to the banned substance Hydrocortisone when running third in a heat of the Queensland Sprint Championships at Albion Park in August. It’s an outrageously […]
