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New Qld Greyhound Rules of Racing In early 2024,  Racing Queensland asked for feedback on new Local Rules of Racing.…

Image: Two-year-old Shirl’s Rocket was the first dog killed in 2025. She suffered catastrophic leg and spinal injuries. According to…

In 2023, across Australia, more than 300 dogs were killed and 11,604 were injured due to racing. The greyhound racing industry destroys…

Clearly, if the racing industry had nothing to hide, it would release animal welfare data freely on a quarterly basis…

While every state has greyhound welfare standards of some kind, they aren't necessarily well enforced.

The RSPCA has long specified wide-ranging regulatory standards for the greyhound racing industry which state governments have failed to implement.

The RSPCA says that due to the racing industry breeding thousands of pups for racing each year, dogs are unavoidably…

CPG collates its death and injury data from publicly released stewards’ reports in order to provide the only national data…

After appalling cruelty to greyhounds exposed by activists, this inquiry was established and found extensive regulatory failings in the SA…

The risk of greyhounds developing heat illnesses significantly increases in temperatures above 31C.

In 2015, Four Corners broadcast shocking footage of live rabbits and possums being tortured and ripped to pieces in order…

Her racing trainer took her to a local vet to have her euthanased four days after this terrible injury occurred.

Greyhound racing is a brutal industry that causes the deaths and injuries of thousands of dogs every year. Despite the…

Community rescue groups reported the majority of greyhounds that come into their care display signs of stress and are fearful…

Owners and trainers in Australia can legally over-race greyhounds. This places racing dogs at risk of serious injuries, including fatal…

To be safe, greyhounds must be tracked for the whole of their natural life.

The Australian greyhound export trade has a long and bloody history. Will the new new Federal Government finally take ban…

2021 independent report finds that NT greyhound racing "does not have adequate policies and procedures in place to ensure best…

Research has shown that children forced to witness or participate in acts of animal cruelty can suffer serious psychological consequences.

SAI extracts the uterus through an incision made in the dog's belly, then injects semen directly into the horns of…

Greyhounds suffer thousands of injuries on Australian tracks every year. Bone fractures are common as are muscle injuries. Over-exertion can…

Following a string of ongoing issues with Tasracing and the Office of Racing Integrity, the Tasmanian state government announced an…

CPG's rehoming updates provide the only collated data on how the dog racing industry's rehoming arm (GAP) in each state…

Around the world, the greyhound racing industry uses the concept of 'starts' to present its injury and death statistics.

Following the NSW government decision to ban greyhound racing, there was an enormous amount of misinformation generated by the racing…

All surveys of the general population regarding public attitudes to greyhound racing show most Australians do not want greyhound racing…

Tabcorp should work with its industry partners to make beneficial changes for racing dogs and horses.

"among the 3.2% who bet on greyhounds, the average age is not quite 41—younger than the average Facebook website visitor,…

According to the latest reports, Australians are the biggest gamblers on earth, losing more than $24 billion in 2017/18.

Australia is one of only eight countries in the world with a commercial greyhound racing industry — but it's by…

Published research shows most Australians feel strongly that penalties for animal abuse are too low and this also applies to greyhound…

There is a constant oversupply of greyhounds in Australia as the industry breeds far too many dogs in the hope…

Not every dog is suited to racing. Around 40% of the 12,000+ greyhounds bred in Australia each year are surplus…

Evidence demonstrates that most greyhounds are kept under inadequate conditions that fail to meet their physiological, behavioural and social needs.

In 2018 the Sydney Morning Herald reported that greyhounds test positive for drugs 10 times more than horses at races.

Greyhound racing is built on the sacrifice of young, healthy greyhounds when they fail to make money for the industry.

In 2017, the University of Technology, Sydney found that “Approximately 80% of all catastrophic and major injuries were caused by…

The most catastrophic injuries occur when greyhounds collide at speed of up to 68km per hour, particularly at track bends…

Despite evidence of systemic animal cruelty, the industry was given a chance to reform.

Live baiting usually involves attaching a small, helpless live animal to a lure which is then hurled around a track…

The marketing of greyhound racing as "family friendly entertainment" is a very cynical and dangerous ploy by the racing industry.

RSPCA Australia considers that there are significant and entrenched animal welfare problems inherent in the greyhound racing industry.

Many greyhounds across Australia are fed on a diet of knackery meat. This meat is unfit for human consumption and…

Once advised of the problems that are part of greyhound racing, a host of companies have declared they will ensure…