Greyhound Racing New Zealand rejects criticism from animal welfare groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
New Zealand.- Greyhound racing in New Zealand is once again in the spotlight following two deaths in less than a week. The animal rights organisation\u00a0Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE)<\/strong>\u00a0has renewed calls for a nationwide ban. However, Edward Rennell<\/strong>, Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ) CEO denied industry negligence and said animal welfare was a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an interview with the TV show AM on Wednesday, he noted a decline in race-day euthanasia rates and efforts to mitigate serious injuries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Racing minister Winston Peters<\/strong> is set to announce the government’s decision regarding the future of greyhound racing be that maintaining the status quo, implementing stricter regulations, or outright closure of the industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Other countries where greyhound racing remains legal are Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the US and Mexico. It is legal in Vietnam, but there are no active tracks. The track in Macau discontinued races in 2018. SAFE has been calling for a ban in New Zealand for some time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Greyhound Racing New Zealand rejects criticism from animal welfare groups.<\/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":"Greyhound racing in New Zealand faces a critical juncture as the government reviews its future following renewed calls for a ban by animal welfare groups due to recent fatalities. Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ) defends its welfare standards, citing declining euthanasia rates, while the Racing Minister is poised to announce a decision ranging from maintaining the status quo to implementing stricter regulations or an outright industry closure. This situation highlights significant regulatory and social license risks for the sector.","focusai_entities":"Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ), Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE), Edward Rennell, Winston Peters, AM","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, Ireland, US, Mexico, Vietnam, Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Assessment","query":"What specific economic and social impact assessments are being conducted by the New Zealand government to inform the decision on greyhound racing's future, and how do these balance industry employment against animal welfare concerns?"},{"label":"Precedent for iGaming?","query":"How might the regulatory precedent set by New Zealand's decision on greyhound racing influence future governmental approaches to social license and operational compliance for other regulated gaming verticals, including iGaming, within the APAC region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777016154","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\/777016154","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=777016154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016157,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016154\/revisions\/777016157"}],"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=777016154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}