The main reason why the Baird government is facing accusations of being undemocratic is because they are fast tracking the passage of the controversial legislation meant to ban greyhound racing through NSW Parliament. The legislation is due to be introduced to the upper house on Wednesday by Liberal MP Duncan Gay who has successfully sought to make the government’s Greyhound Racing Prohibition Bill as urgent. According to Labor Peter Primrose this move is an embarrassment since the copy of the legislation was made available 10 minutes before parliamentary proceedings. He added that proceedings in parliament have been abused. He complained that they had not being given time to go through the bill.

A maximum fine of $11,000 will be charged to those caught organizing a greyhound race after July next year. This will also warrant a one year jail term according to the proposed new laws. An administrator who will be in charge of winding up the greyhound industry by July 1^st next year will be appointed by the government. In the meanwhile the administrator will also manage the affairs of Greyhound Racing NSW. They are yet to set an exact date to end greyhound breeding. Luke Foley says that he will reverse the ban if he is elected come 2019. He is also opposed to the idea that those affected by the bill will not be compensated. He added that banning greyhound racing would affect the livelihood of too many people.

Mehreen Faruqi who is part of the Greens promised that she would do all that it takes to make sure that the racing tracks and public land that belonged to Greyhound Racing NSW would remain unsold. She was happy that the government was planning to ban the sport. There are some three MPs who are from Baird government that are not in support of the bill but will not either vote against the government. Fishers and Farmers Party, Labor, the Shooters, and the Christian Democrats’ Fred Nile are against the government but with the Greens’ support the bill will have safe passage to the lower house. There will be continued discussion on the legislation late on Wednesday night.

A five-year contract has been signed between Betting data and media services distributer, SIS and the Irish Greyhound Board (IGB). The contract’s main purpose is to collect and dispense greyhound’s racing materials to online and retail gambling operators. SIS’ low latency streaming website will be used in the distribution of Irish greyhound racing to new regions all over the world. The contract will also include international streaming rights. SIS at the moment delivers over 30,000 bags races annually, with the new agreement there will be over 1,500 races that will be covered at flagship IGB tracks such as Mullingar, Tralee and Youghal.

Greyhound Operations Manager for SIS, Gordon Bissett stated that they has been doing their best with the IGB and their customers to develop a dependable gambling product from Irish greyhound racing track for the last five months. He also added that he was delighted that they were working together in developing Irish greyhound racing both in their domestic market and in other new territories. With the Irish greyhound program growing consistently, there will be additional broadcast opportunities that will be advantageous to both retail and online gambling operators that will be supported by the new greyhound product.

With the addition of Irish greyhound racing, SIS will become the most inclusive in the market. The manager also said that their low latency platform will open up numberless global opportunities for their customers. IGB has also benefited from Irish greyhound racing market-leading streaming capability. The CEO of the Irish Greyhound Board, Geraldine Larkin stated that they were making a very important step in increasing awareness on the coverage of Irish greyhound racing both internationally and in the UK. He also added that technologies such as streaming would be used to make known their top level product to new audiences.

In addition to greyhound racing horse racing and a majority of other sports, SIS has added a lot of programs to its already growing platform. Various deals such as UAE horse racing, BAGS international greyhound racing and a five-year contract with Racecourse Media Group for picture and data rights have been made in the recent months.  These have been an addition to their 34 UK racecourses such as Epsom, Aintree, Cheltenham and Ascot.

Saturday night will be the last day Tucson Greyhound Park will host its final live dog race. The Greyhound Park has been in existence for 72 years. Placement of 400 dogs has been taking place since greyhound racing was banned in Arizona. Tucson Greyhound Park has over 440 dogs in January and after the governor in Arizona cancelled dog racing earlier last month there was increase in determination to transfer the dogs. With the help of Mary Freeman who is a founding member of Southern Arizona Greyhound Adoption the dogs have been able to find themselves new homes.

Mary Freeman states that about 160 dogs have been moved to Arizona and some of them have been moved to California. She also said that there are a number of dogs that will be transferred to Oregon earlier in the week and they will be sent to different places. Some of the dogs have been sent to Texas in New Mexico. With the help of TGP Freeman has been able to ensure that the dogs are securely placed in homes. Rumour has it that some of these dogs will be sold to hunters but Michael Racy who is a spokesman for Tucson Greyhound Park has come forward to deny the claims.

He said that such a rumour was very upsetting and that there was no evidence to prove that was actually happening. The dogs are under the protection of kennels and around 270 will be adopted. 150 dogs up to 170 will also be in a position to race in the four states that are open to greyhound racing. Even though not all dogs have been placed in homes, Freeman says that her organization is fully dedicated to dogs. She said that victory is when the dogs will be placed in homes and that she had hopes that every dog would find shelter. There has been a website placed online for supporters who would love to help in terms of medicine and shelter for dogs. This is because Southern Arizona Greyhound Adoption still needs medical and shelter expenses.

Finally the Greyhound Derby winner for 2016 will be made known this coming Saturday. What remains uncertain is exactly which of the remaining 48 contestants will be the crowned the winner. The competitions held last Saturday brought life in every possible way through the various emotions. This was one of the more straightforward restorations of the Derby. Ballymac Matt, who is the Irish Derby winner, was required to deliver the first crucial moment; as he came flying out of the traps to record a figure of 28.05 with Droopys Latina following closely behind. Kelly Macari’s dog which was eliminated in the opening round last year proved that the race was just a bad day at the office and the bookmakers certainly ran for cover.

Lenson Panda ran down the back straight to the enthusiastic encouragement of the crowd. This made the time seem so short. Unbelievably, the joy did not last for a very long time as Lenson broke a pawn, and the well-loved Jaytee Spartacus consigned himself to elimination as he cannoned into the afflicted runner. Lenny Ponder’s dog has however gone through a successful operation on his afflicted pawn and will be able to go through another day. Just like Premier Fantasy who came years before him, he left the Derby with the impossible question of what could have come out of the race. Lenson Sanchez won the race in the last second, as associates were trying to gain a spot of consolation. However, the crowd was glued to what was happening behind them.

Jaytee Jet was stopped short at the first turn making him lose all his balance and he found himself almost off the track. He was forced to join Badmoonrising on the line for disqualification. Farloe Cody was evicted on Tuesday but a run-off was not needed as both runners justly took their places in the drum. Eden the Kid pushed himself to the ante-post preference for the Derby after he succeeded on Thursday evening. He has made several changes on his running style since he covered the finals last year but he has not stopped liking Wimbledon. He is due to meet up with Droopys Roddick for a meeting on Saturday.

There have been nine Irish dogs progressing to the stage, where Jaytee Dutch did not seem to have a chance at qualifying. The most famous greyhounds in training is the Oaks winner, where Mark Wallis bitch secured her place in the third round. Only three will qualify to Tuesday’s quarter-finals.

The new legislation which is soon to be signed by Governor Doung Ducey will lead to the end of American’s notorious Greyhound parks. The Tucson Greyhound Park in Arizona will be the 39^th park to be shut down thus banning them from carrying out the cruel malpractice. Christine Dorchac who is the president of Grey2K USA announced that they had been working on the legislation for over 10 years. She said this on the Arizona Daily Star, and also referred The Tucson Greyhound Park as a death trap for dogs.

The Greyhound forces dogs to endure very harsh conditions. They do this for the sake of leisure and earnings. The dogs were not allowed any social contact or adequate medical care. They used to live in crates for over 20 hours a day, with inadequate space. The crates also did not have proper air conditioning. The dogs had awful mouth sores and parasites since they were always muzzled. The living environment was also very unbearable making it very easy for infectious to spread. The extreme temperatures in the cages caused very many dog deaths over the previous years.

Greyhound racing has not been attracting the public as much as it was in the past. This is because the public became aware of the inhumane practices that were being carried out on these animals. There was a decline of over 68% of the total amount gambled on Greyhound racing between 2001 and 2013. This was according to statistics carried out by Grey 2K USA. The closing down of the Greyhound racing by Arizona has steered a lot of excitement. There are over 300 to 400 dogs awaiting adoption. The animals are being sort for forever homes. The Arizona Greyhound Rescue is looking to train for the service dogs’ position through the Heartfelt Hounds program.

There is a rescue program for dogs that is found by going to the Grey 2K USA page. They also have a Facebook page that advocates for the rights of these suffering racing dogs.

Claims that 24 greyhounds are being taken to China have brought various protests from Animal rights activists. The dogs are believed to have been transported by ferry from Ireland to Manchester and will be flown to China on Thursday evening. This is a report from the campaigners from the group Caged North West. However, M.E.N has said that there are no planned cargo flights to China from Manchester on Thursday.  This statement does not seem to stop the activists from believing that the 24 greyhounds will be transported from Manchester to Germany and finally to Macau in China where they will be used for greyhound racing or slaughtered for meat.

The animal rights activists came forward to announce that the greyhounds while in China are required to meet certain standards failure to which they are slaughtered. The activists also claimed that they captured a Transportation van at Lymm services in Cheshire which was carrying the greyhounds. A video tape showing people putting dogs in consignments at night has been leaked though the loading area is yet to be identified. The activists had been at Manchester Airport before dawn awaiting the cargo but no transport vehicle was identified. Word reaching the protestors is that there are no planned cargo flights to China from Manchester on Thursday.

Michael James, 35, who is among the first founders of Caged North West stated that they received news that 24 greyhound s were coming from Ireland to Manchester. They were transported on a ferry from Holyhead. He also added that they were able to capture the vehicle carrying them at Lymm services. They were expected to be taken to China. Michael stated that the issue was highly sensitive and that every country including Australia had banned the greyhounds transport to China. He said that if a dog failed to come either in first to third position in greyhound racing in China they were killed. They are also sold as meat which is illegal.

He added that they planned to do whatever it took for them to ensure that no do was transported. They were around 40 activists in the airport keeping watch the whole night but the numbers reduced to 7. The Manchester Airport spokesman said that there had been a group of protestors protesting peacefully on the airport premises. He however assured people that the airport operations were not disrupted.