Greens Table Record-Breaking Greyhound Welfare Petition
It was a great honour to table a record-breaking petition condemning the brutal greyhound racing industry in Parliament today.
It was a great honour to table a record-breaking petition condemning the brutal greyhound racing industry in Parliament today.
Labor’s Shadow Racing Minister, Dean Winter, is pushing the new Racing Minister to entrench cruelty in the greyhound racing industry.
Once appointed by the Premier, the new Minister for Racing should release the report into Tah Bernard’s death.
Revelations Tasmania's top greyhound trainer has not held a kennel licence for a decade speaks volumes about this cruel industry and its lack of oversight.
There is a general unwillingness to openly and fairly acknowledge, and be critical of, poor culture that exists in parts of the industry.
On behalf of Greens, I’m proud to sponsor GREAT, Let the Greyhounds Run Free and Coalition for the Protection of Greyhound’s petition.
We've had locals contact us who are concerned, not only about animal welfare but also about the potential environmental impacts of this track.
Your expert, Professor David Eager, from the University of Sydney said in 2017 that straight tracks are the only way to go.
The table here talks about the number of horses that were euthanased and the number of horses that were deceased and how many were rehomed.
Harness racer, Gavin Kelly, who refused to carry a whip was, in fact, changed for refusing to carry a whip.