After the cruelty in greyhound racing was exposed, one Australian lawmaker has stepped in to push for a ban of this game in New South Wales (NSW).
At the beginning of this year, there was a show on Australian Broadcasting Corporation that showed cruelty in the greyhound racing industry. It exposed the use of live animals as bait while training the greyhounds. This was an undercover task that was carried out by the Animals Australia and Animal Queensland.
The process involved in training the greyhounds entailed the use of live possums, piglets and rabbits that were tied on lures that would spin round the track as the greyhounds chased them. The dogs were provoked and bring them to lead ups in the race. There were pretty many saddening images of these animals being tortured, as well as kittens being used in the training of the greyhounds.
This investigation triggered a lot of public outrage and action is to be taken on people who are involved in the training. Many of these people involved are prominent people in the industry despite the fact that officials said that they do not tolerate such actions in the industry.
Among those implicated with the charges include a high ranking professional trainer, greyhound racing club president, a former steward who is the president of a peak body and a prolific trainer of greyhounds Australia.
What topped this investigation is the unearthing of a mass grave that has about 55 bodies of greyhounds in Queensland that are believed to have been killed before the investigation was aired. Greens MP John Kaye has come forward on behalf of the greyhounds and animals that were used in legislation to bring down the industry on concerns that there will be no regulations that will make this kind of inhumane acts to stop. He said that the greyhound racing industry will always bring animal cruelty as long as it involves gambling and profits.
This new Greyhound Racing Prohibition Bill 2015 will cease greyhound racing in New South Wales (NSW) by January 2016. It will also dissolve its regulatory body and offer all its assets to the Minister for racing in a venture to rehabilitate and re-home all dogs that were affected.
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Tags: animal cruelty, greyhounds, greyhounds Australia, NSW
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