{"id":777013114,"date":"2024-02-13T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013114"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:04:52","slug":"calls-for-ban-on-greyhound-racing-in-new-zealand-after-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/calls-for-ban-on-greyhound-racing-in-new-zealand-after-deaths","title":{"rendered":"Calls for ban on greyhound racing in New Zealand after deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The animal organisation SAFE says there have been 5,051 injuries and six deaths this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- The animal rights organisation <strong>Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE)<\/strong>\u00a0is urging New Zealand to ban greyhound racing. Criticism has escalated in recent weeks following\u00a0the deaths of two greyhounds during race days in Christchurch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SAFE says that since the racing season began in August, there have been 5,051 injuries, 65 fractures, and six deaths. The industry argues that the number of injuries and fatal accidents has decreased compared to previous years due to welfare measures taken. The euthanasia rate during races has decreased from 67 in the 2018\/19 racing season to seven in the last two seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will Appelbe<\/strong>, head of investigations at SAFE, said greyhounds continue to suffer and that injuries are commonplace. It&#8217;s not the first time that SAFE has called for greyhound racing to be banned. A year ago,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealands-government-urged-to-fully-ban-greyhound-racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the organisation made the call<\/a>\u00a0when a greyhound died after suffering severe injuries during a race at South Auckland\u2019s Manukau Velodrome on December 29, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has not commented, but during his 2023 election campaign, prime minister,\u00a0<strong>Christopher Luxon<\/strong>, said greyhound racing should be banned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The animal organisation SAFE says there have been 5,051 injuries and six deaths this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777003546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The animal rights organization Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE) is intensifying its call for a ban on greyhound racing in New Zealand, citing 5,051 injuries and six deaths this season, including two recent fatalities in Christchurch. While the industry asserts improved welfare measures have reduced incidents, SAFE maintains greyhounds continue to suffer. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has previously expressed support for a ban, indicating potential future legislative action.","focusai_entities":"Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE), Will Appelbe, Christopher Luxon","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Christchurch, South Auckland, Manukau Velodrome","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Precedent Impact","query":"What are the potential cascading regulatory implications for other racing verticals and the broader iGaming sector in New Zealand if greyhound racing is banned?"},{"label":"Operational Risk Assessment","query":"How might this escalating animal welfare scrutiny influence the social license to operate for other land-based and online gambling operators, necessitating enhanced ESG governance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154],"tags":[23911,233],"class_list":["post-777013114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777013114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013142,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013114\/revisions\/777013142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777003546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}