7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing
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7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing
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Get Our News App 7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Has Been Shut Down And there are loads of dogs waiting to be adopted. posted on Jul. 7, 2016, at 5:02 a.m. Gina Rushton BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia 86% Of Students Are Worried About The Government's Plan To Deregulate Uni Fees by Alice Workman Connect With NSW premier Mike Baird has announced the state will “put an end to greyhound racing” after an inquiry found “illegal and unconscionable activity, including the slaughtering of tens of thousands of dogs.” AUNews Like Us On Facebook Follow Us On Twitter Subscribe to our RSS feed More News Multiple Injuries In North Carolina As Oil Pipeline Crews Destroy "Sacred Land" Vince Caligiuri / Getty Images NSW would be the first state in Australia to ban the practice but Baird stressed greyhound racing was “legal in only eight countries around the world”. Leslie Jones Has Returned To Twitter ‘Cause She Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghost More News “We will develop a strategy to work with the RSPCA to manage the welfare of existing greyhounds,” Baird said on Thursday. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/gone-to-the-dogs?utm_term=.fsDVEvzd9o#.kh26NdBMK5 Pagina 1 di 10 7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Has Been Shut Down - BuzzFeed News 05/09/16 07:37 Here’s what the report found. 1. The mass killing of greyhounds. Every Greyhound circa 2 mesi fa This Gorilla Is On The Verge Of Extinction Pope Francis Just Declared Mother Teresa A Saint *** Adopted! *** Our Saturday Senior is 11yo Jazzy. She'd love to share her best years with you. #Wacol #Qld 76 2 14 Facebook: EveryGreyhound Keith Vaz Refuses To Confirm He’s Quitting Home Affairs Committee Over Escort Claims “In NSW in the last 12 years… somewhere between 48,891 and 68,448 dogs were killed because they were considered too slow to pay their way or were unsuitable for racing,” the report found. “Apart from about 6% of the greyhounds [born] who have breeding value, the remaining dogs have no commercial value for the industry after their racing careers are over. Unless they are rehomed, they will probably be killed.” Armed Protesters Wait For Brock Turner’s Arrival At Ohio Home 2. The widespread practice of “live baiting”. Here’s How Sexual Assault Laws Are Changing In The US After The Bill Cosby Allegations A Priest In Florida Allegedly Stole More Than $50,000 From A Senior https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/gone-to-the-dogs?utm_term=.fsDVEvzd9o#.kh26NdBMK5 Pagina 2 di 10 7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Has Been Shut Down - BuzzFeed News 05/09/16 07:37 Now Buzzing Every Greyhound circa 2 mesi fa Here’s Everything We Know About That Bizarre Missing Family Road Trip Case “Very Right Wing” People Are Happiest With Their Sex Lives Stevie is a young girl, only 18m old. Gentle, relaxed, and ready to be a greyt pet. #Campbellfield #Vic To find out more: http://www.egreyhound.com.au/index.php… 88 7 Kylie Jenner Just Bleached Her Hair And People Don’t Know How To Feel 2 Facebook: EveryGreyhound Few Australians can forget the secretly filmed footage of greyhound trainers “blooding” their dogs with live piglets, possums and rabbits, a practice which has been criminalised for decades. Pick Which Of These Things Would Make A Better President The Old Cartoon That Would Have Outraged The Internet In 2016 ABC News @abcnews Follow Do You Know What All These “-Ology” Words Actually Mean? ICYMI, Greyhound Racing NSW board dismissed amid revelations of live baiting ab.co/1vXCPd3 10:10 PM - 18 Feb 2015 41 24 https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/gone-to-the-dogs?utm_term=.fsDVEvzd9o#.kh26NdBMK5 Pagina 3 di 10 7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Has Been Shut Down - BuzzFeed News 05/09/16 07:37 These Are All The Dudes Who Will Be On “The Bachelorette” Australia Police charged 37 people with animal cruelty last year after the ABC aired the confronting tapes including footage of a possum which was flung around a track 26 times at high speed until it had been split in half, barely held together by its spinal chord. But the report shows this practice is widespread. “A trainer, who admitted to engaging in live baiting, testified that about 10-20% of trainers engaged in live baiting,” the report found. 26 Ways You’re Not Using Your Microwave To Its Full Potential 3. The public has been deceived. Every Greyhound circa 3 mesi fa Choose A Noble Animal, Receive Some Sage Advice How Normal Are Your Disneyland Opinions? More Buzz *** Adopted! *** Rascal absolutely adores children. He's well-behaved, sociable, and ready to adopt! #Sydney 122 8 14 Facebook: EveryGreyhound “Greyhound Racing NSW had adopted a policy of deliberately misreporting the extent of injuries suffered by greyhounds at racetracks,” the report found. “The commission’s investigations uncovered evidence that Greyhound Racing NSW has engaged in the deliberate misreporting to the public of the extent of injuries suffered by greyhounds at race tracks,” the report said. “Further, GRNSW has also deliberately failed to make available to the public – and thus, in effect, concealed – information about deaths of greyhounds at race tracks, both as to fatalities during races and dogs that have needed to be put down by the on-track veterinarian as a result of catastrophic injuries suffered during a race.” 4. Rehoming efforts can’t keep up with the number of greyhounds who need to be adopted. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/gone-to-the-dogs?utm_term=.fsDVEvzd9o#.kh26NdBMK5 Pagina 4 di 10 7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Has Been Shut Down - BuzzFeed News 05/09/16 07:37 Every Greyhound circa 3 mesi fa * Adoption pending * #Darwin! Goldy is a delightful cat friendly girl, great with kids and other dogs, and ready to adopt! To find out more: http://www.egreyhound.com.au/index.php… 84 8 2 Facebook: EveryGreyhound “NSW presently needs and, without a dramatic reduction of the race meetings that it holds, will probably continue to need, 6,000 or more greyhounds to be [born)] each year to maintain its racing schedules,” the report noted. “However, the industry cannot, and will not be able to, find homes for somewhere between 50% and 70% of these dogs.” 5. The greyhound industry only cares about the greyhound industry. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/gone-to-the-dogs?utm_term=.fsDVEvzd9o#.kh26NdBMK5 Pagina 5 di 10 7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Has Been Shut Down - BuzzFeed News 05/09/16 07:37 Every Greyhound circa 3 mesi fa *** Adopted! *** Charlie has just come into care. He's cat tolerant, well mannered, and rather handsome! #Sydney 127 8 12 Facebook: EveryGreyhound “Sanitising the information concerning injuries and omitting information concerning the deaths of greyhounds was bad enough,” the report said. “It constituted a deception of the public on matters that the public was entitled to know.” The report agreed with this statement by the Working Dog Alliance: “GRNSW has only acknowledged its members and industry participants as stakeholders.” 6. Trainers had been employing so-called “muscle men” instead of qualified veterinarians. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/gone-to-the-dogs?utm_term=.fsDVEvzd9o#.kh26NdBMK5 Pagina 6 di 10 7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Has Been Shut Down - BuzzFeed News 05/09/16 07:37 Every Greyhound circa 3 mesi fa *** Adopted! *** Our Saturday Senior is Sarah, a real survivor, now ready for a loving home. #sunshinecoast 119 14 14 Facebook: EveryGreyhound “The commission’s investigations revealed that ‘muscle men’ – unqualified persons who hold themselves out as being able to treat injuries and illnesses of greyhounds – play an increasingly significant role in the greyhound racing industry in NSW,” the report said. “A muscle man will manipulate a dog, crack its back and there’s nothing wrong with the dog,” one trainer, who used muscle men, testified to the commission. 7. The industry is not capable of reforming. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/gone-to-the-dogs?utm_term=.fsDVEvzd9o#.kh26NdBMK5 Pagina 7 di 10 7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Has Been Shut Down - BuzzFeed News 05/09/16 07:37 Every Greyhound circa 3 mesi fa Our Sunday Special is shy Ben. He's come a long way but needs a very special home. #Brisbane To find out more: http://www.egreyhound.com.au/index.php… 106 4 2 Facebook: EveryGreyhound “It appears unlikely the issue of the large scale killing of healthy greyhounds by the industry can be addressed successfully in the future,” the report noted. “I feel much empathy for innocent trainers and those who will lose their job or hobby as a result of this,” Baird said on Thursday. “But we simply cannot and will not stand-by and allow the widespread and systemic mistreatment of animals. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/gone-to-the-dogs?utm_term=.fsDVEvzd9o#.kh26NdBMK5 Pagina 8 di 10 7 Horrifying Reasons The NSW Greyhound Racing Industry Has Been Shut Down - BuzzFeed News 05/09/16 07:37 Every Greyhound circa 3 mesi fa *** Adopted! *** Pretty miss Patches is a stylish gal, with a curious and cuddlesome personality. #Perth #WA 102 7 16 Facebook: EveryGreyhound NOTE: The author of this report is the daughter of Stephen Rushton, SC, counsel assisting the Commission. 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