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Life Saving Injury Scheme Scrapped
In 2019, in a bid to curb the number of greyhound deaths associated with greyhound racing in Western Australia, Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) introduced a scheme to provide financial contributions towards the surgical repair and rehabilitation of...
Economist’s review of the IER Report
We posted about the misleading RWWA funded IER report on greyhound racing in WA. Economist Sebastian Broadhurst reviewed the report and found that the WA IER racing industry report presents a series of misleading assertions and faulty analysis that aims to justify...
Economic misinformation fuels the WA Greyhound Industry
Generous taxpayer subsidies and a close relationship with Australia’s last state-owned betting Agency allows Western Australia’s greyhound racing industry to persist. This is despite declining popularity and mounting community outrage over animal deaths and...
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WA Government Questions Free The Hounds
From WA Government Estimates Committee, 12 June 2024: THE Estimates Committee Chaired by the Hon. Peter Collier MLC today held the third and final hearing to better understand the workings of the sport of greyhound racing here in Western Australia. Free The Hounds...
WA Government Questions Controlling Body
From WA Government Estimates Committee, 8 May 2024: THE Estimates Committee Chaired by the Hon. Peter Collier MLC today held a hearing to better understand the workings of the sport of greyhound racing here in Western Australia. The second Government Entity to appear...
WA Government Questions Greyhound Racing
From WA Government Estimates Committee, 8 May 2024: THE Estimates Committee Chaired by the Hon. Peter Collier MLC today held a hearing to better understand the workings of the sport of greyhound racing here in Western Australia. While it is unfortunate no independent...
Racing Reports
22 April 2024 Meeting at Cannington
Race 11 - Mixed 5/6/Country/520 (PBD) - Mixed 5/6 A post race veterinary examination revealed that BEE QUEEN had a right hock fracture and was humanely euthanised by the On Track Veterinary Surgeon. CHEETAH MAGIC sustained a right foreleg fracture in the catching pen...
21 April 2024 Meeting at Mandurah
STEWARDS ADVICE: Trainer Mr G Currie reported that POCONO who raced on Sunday 21 April pulled up with lameness in its right hock and won't be racing in the near future.Race Information Deaths 0 Fractures 1 Dogs Running 8 Distance 300m Race Replay [video...
20 April 2024 Meeting at Cannington
Race 11 - Grade 5/City/520 - Grade 5 A post race veterinary examination revealed that OROKONUI had a right hock fracture and has been stood down for 90 days. The greyhound was medically stabilised and then transferred from the racecourse to a veterinary hospital for...
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