Luke Azzopardi’s life has been built around greyhounds for five decades. He’s well aware of the latest controversies.
Former premier Mike Baird stunned the industry when he banned greyhound racing. Labor watched on and will not follow his lead despite more damning revelations.
The NSW greyhound industry was unable to reform itself when it was given a second chance eight years ago. It has now been exposed for further failing to meet community expectations of how to treat animals.
Chris Minns says greyhound racing will continue in NSW,but has promised an investigation into allegations of systemic animal welfare issues.
The former chief vet at Greyhound Racing NSW has claimed that the industry is barbaric,immoral and unsustainable,and leaders are inflating the number of re-homed dogs.
On the same night the NRL dealt with Ezra Mam being called a “monkey”,form comment for a dog named Ezra Man running at Maitland read “Go bananas!”
The state government is considering ripping up the Coalition’s plan to close the dog track in inner-city Glebe and convert the site into public open space.
At the age of 13 I was turnstile operator at the local dog track. The job introduced me to nepotism,betting and an eclectic cast of characters.
One of the men implicated in the animal cruelty scandal more than eight years ago has finally had his penalty handed down by the sport’s regulatory arm after he told them he wanted to return one day.
If I can ever get Albo to focus on something serious for even a moment,I’ll suggest the least he could do is fix up that horrible greyhound export thing.
The surging popularity of online gambling in international markets has been linked to a significant rise in greyhound track deaths and injuries in NSW.