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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

The premier of the Australian state of New South Wales has called for a ban on greyhound racing. The ban would take effect 1 July 2017. It must be approved by the state parliament and may be challenged in the courts.

The announcement comes in the wake of an ABC documentary which showed the use of piglets, opossums and rabbits as live bait for greyhounds, and an official inquiry into the matter. The report from the inquiry said that up to 20% of trainers engaged in live baiting and that between 48,000 and 68,000 greyhounds were killed in the past 12 years because they were too slow, a practice known as wastage. It also said (quoted from Daily Telegraph story, not directly from the report):

trackside stewards routinely concealed information about deaths and injuries to greyhounds and that GRNSW [Greyhound Racing NSW] “sanitised” information that became available to the public.

The RSPCA and PETA Australia expressed support for a ban.

coverage:

• The Australian [theaustralian.com.au]
• Daily Mail [dailymail.co.uk]
• Sky News Australia [skynews.com.au]
• AAP via Yahoo7 News [yahoo.com]
• BBC [bbc.com]
• Herald Sun [heraldsun.com.au]
• The Daily Telegraph [news.com.au]

further information:
GRNSW press release [grnsw.com.au]

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