{"id":777038248,"date":"2026-02-20T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777038248"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:13:17","slug":"greyhound-racing-victoria-marks-30-years-of-greyhound-adoption-program-at-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/greyhound-racing-victoria-marks-30-years-of-greyhound-adoption-program-at-parliament","title":{"rendered":"Greyhound Racing Victoria marks 30 years of adoption programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The GAP initiative has rehomed 20,000 retired racing greyhounds to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV)<\/strong> celebrated the 30th anniversary of its Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP)<\/strong> with an event at Parliament Gardens this week. Political representatives attended along with industry stakeholders and community partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launched in 1996, GAP has facilitated the rehoming of approximately 20,000 retired racing greyhounds so far. During the event, GRV chair Tom Salom described the programme as a benchmark for welfare standards <\/strong>within the racing sector, and said that structured regulation and sustained funding have played a central role in its development. He added that GAP\u2019s evolution reflects broader industry efforts to strengthen transparency and accountability around animal care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new video outlined the lifecycle of a Victorian greyhound, from early development and racing to retirement and adoption,. Victoria\u2019s Racing Minister Anthony Carbines<\/strong>, Shadow Racing Minister Tim Bull <\/strong>and former Premier Denis Napthine <\/strong>were among those in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> New Zealand Green Party pushes for ban on greyhound betting<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The GAP initiative has rehomed 20,000 retired racing greyhounds to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777038251,"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 Victoria (GRV) celebrated the 30th anniversary of its Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP), which has successfully rehomed 20,000 retired greyhounds. The program is lauded as a benchmark for welfare standards, underscoring the racing sector's commitment to structured regulation, sustained funding, and enhanced transparency in animal care, with key political and industry stakeholders in attendance.","focusai_entities":"Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV), Tom Salom, Anthony Carbines, Tim Bull, Denis Napthine, New Zealand Green Party","focusai_location":"Australia, Victoria, New Zealand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.75), investor_analyst (0.88), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GAP Regulatory Framework?","query":"What specific regulatory frameworks and funding mechanisms underpin GAP's success, and how are these integrated into GRV's broader governance structure to ensure sustained compliance and accountability?"},{"label":"Social License Impact?","query":"How does the success of GAP influence the social license to operate for other regulated gambling verticals, and what are the implications for future legislative reforms concerning animal welfare in racing?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,23876],"tags":[289,24590],"class_list":["post-777038248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-social-news","tag-australia","tag-greyhound-racing-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038248","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777038248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777038259,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038248\/revisions\/777038259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777038251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777038248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777038248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777038248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}