19/09/2023
As a Greyhound owner for over 24 years, we are distressed and dismayed that so many Greyhounds are exported for racing and breeding to countries with little or no animal welfare safeguards. The fate of the dogs is often too horrific to describe here, or imagine. Please consider supporting Senator Mehreen Faruqi's bill to ban the export of Australian Greyhounds for commercial, racing or breeding purposes. As Mehreen writes: The tide of public opinion has turned against racing - it is only a matter of time before this violent spectacle of a sport is remembered as a shameful chapter in our nation's history.
Between 2016 and 2022, 1,528 greyhounds were exported overseas from Australia. The current ineffective rules that regulate greyhound export for reasons such as breeding, racing, and other commercial purposes, means that these animals are frequently at risk of serious cruelty, neglect, and abuse. On....
