{"id":777013343,"date":"2024-02-21T08:28:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T11:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013343"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:49:20","slug":"calls-for-federal-inquiry-into-greyhound-racing-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/calls-for-federal-inquiry-into-greyhound-racing-in-australia","title":{"rendered":"Calls for federal inquiry into greyhound racing in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds says nearly 200 greyhounds were euthanised away from the track in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-  The Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds has called for a federal inquiry into the greyhound racing industry. It comes after a study showed that 120 greyhounds were euthanised on the track and 194 off-track due to racing-related injuries in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation also found that many of the euthanasias occurred a short time after dogs sustained injuries, some happening just days after the incidents.\u00a0According to ABC,\u00a0<strong>Joanne Lee<\/strong>, a spokesperson for the Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds, highlighted past instances where it was discovered that the industry had manipulated data on the number of deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Greyhounds Australasia<\/strong>, which represents the sector in Australia and New Zealand, defended the industry&#8217;s practices, stating that every greyhound death, on and off the track, is reviewed and recorded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the animal rights organisation\u00a0<strong>Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE)\u00a0<\/strong>in New Zealand called for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/calls-for-ban-on-greyhound-racing-in-new-zealand-after-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a total ban on greyhound racing in the country<\/a>. 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds says nearly 200 greyhounds were euthanised away from the track in 2023.<\/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 Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds is advocating for a federal inquiry into Australia's greyhound racing vertical, citing nearly 200 off-track and 120 on-track euthanasias in 2023 due to racing-related injuries. This development, alongside calls for a total ban in New Zealand by SAFE, intensifies regulatory scrutiny and highlights significant reputational and operational risks for the sector, despite Greyhounds Australasia's defense of its welfare measures and reported reductions in on-track euthanasia rates.","focusai_entities":"Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds, Joanne Lee, Greyhounds Australasia, Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE)","focusai_location":"Australia, New Zealand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"What specific changes to governance frameworks or B2B\/B2C licensing conditions could result from a federal inquiry into greyhound racing's animal welfare practices in Australia?"},{"label":"Market Contraction Risk","query":"How might increased public and regulatory pressure on greyhound racing in Australia and New Zealand influence capital allocation and investment strategies within the broader iGaming and sports betting verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777013343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013343","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=777013343"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013355,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013343\/revisions\/777013355"}],"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=777013343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}