According to the government figures obtained by the Greens, there were about 1600 racing greyhounds that were reported to have died in Tasmania over the last three years. This also included 500 others the cause being that they were not suitable for racing. 488 deaths were caused by injury while the other 400 got destroyed since they were not suitable for re-homing. This was shown in a document from the Department of Primary Industries. There were 9 dogs that were killed in as single day sometimes early in the year in North West, while other 30 dogs were killed on a single day in Launceston in 2013.

All retired greyhounds will be re-homed unless there are cases of health or behavioral issues. This is according to the greyhound racing committee announcement made on Monday. Andrea Dawkins the Greens MP reported that these figures were disgusting to look at. She stated that this kind of act was uncalled for. All the government officials were against the euthanizing of dogs. According to Mr Rockliff an adoption program is being funded for about $248,000 and they are looking forward to building an adoption facility. He also added that there are programs that are dedicated to the re-homing of greyhounds.

A 55% reduction has been noted in Tasmania over the last 12 months in matters relating to the numbers of greyhound being whelped. Premier Will Hodgman is confident that the number of greyhounds’ deaths will be reduced in future. He is confident that by 2019 all greyhounds will have a new home. Tasmania has objected the banning of greyhound sports as declared from next July. These NSW ban was put into to enforcement due to the increased number of killings, live baiting and animal cruelty. This was according to the ABC Four Corners report. There are a number of graves that have been found in New South Wales and Queensland in the recent weeks. These graves are believed to contain greyhounds’ remains.

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.

A year later after being caught in the live baiting investigation, humiliated greyhound racing trainers decided to speak out about their treatment.

Ron Ball, a legendarygreyhound racing trainer from Prenzelu at the South west of Brisbane is one of the 22 trainers who were given a warning by Racing Queensland. About 37 people were charged of animal brutality.

Mr Ball acknowledged that he was testing his dogs in February 2015 at Tom Noble’s property in South west Brisbane, where surveillance cameras were able to record a great number of live baiting incidents but Mr Ball claims not having seen them.

Mr Ball said he did not do anything wrong and he did not see anything wrong being done. He challenged the determination of the Racing Queensland Racing against him that led to his removal from the industry’s prestigious Greyhound Hall of Fame. Earlier this year, a decision was made to reduce his life ban to at least 10 years. However, Ball intends to take the case to the supreme court so that his name may be cleared.

“The whole issue has been distractive physically, mentally and financially. It has cost me approximately $140,000 and have received no income for 12 months and barred from every greyhound racetrack in Queensland. Not to mention, your character is being tarnished in the industry.”

91 year old Gatti also appealed for his life ban to be reduced to 10 years. Gatti said the industry ban has had a significant impact on him as long as finances are concerned.

Mr Gatti said, “ I used to get some good money from the dogs and now I am getting nothing. Instead, they are costing me.”

“ I have no money at all and to tell you the truth, I am unable to even pay my bills.”

Mark Townend, the chief executive officer of RSPCA Queensland said that the officers will continue to work with the police to investigate as well as penalize offenders.

Aging in greyhounds and horses can be fatal to the animals as their owners have no use to them. This mainly results in ending the lives of these animals that have their career coming to an end. Reports have indicated that over 15,000 dogs are killed each year when their career expires.

Animal wastage has been the prime welfare to all racing in the globe. There are however a number of greyhound owners and trainers who are conversant with the animal welfare. The killing of these animals has subdued in Australia as the NSW parliament select committee submitted a report that the killing claims conducted in three years up to 2012-2013 had gone down to 0.4%. There are a number of ways to reduce killing of greyhounds.

Restructuring races is one of these ways. Apparently, Australia can be in a position of re-homing about 2,000 greyhounds every year. This can be achieved from the 2014-2015 stats that showed that 834 adoptions were made.

Each year one out of four greyhounds retires. There are over 55,000 of these greyhounds in Australia. Rather than killing that one retiring dog, it could be more advisable to adopt it to families who like pet dogs. Generally, dogs can race for almost four years in their lifetime. This comes as the greyhounds need not be ridden, whipped or even made to jump obstacles in a race. They basically follow a straight line chasing a synthetic lure that is operated mechanically.

Back in 2009, the GRNSW took over the adoption role which saw more than 100 greyhounds adopted each year. This rose to several hundred as years went by. If at all the wasting of greyhounds is to be completely eliminated, the banning of these events must be eradicated for good. This will be the case incorporated by 39 states in the U.S.

The variation based on corporate model will involve the owners and trainers having their own breeding mechanism that would oversee the grey hounds take to the races three or four times in a year. This would eradicate the threats of career end threats and in turn would be fundamental in the elimination of wasting greyhounds.