Unfortunatly, most of the people that pushed for change left or gave up and those in charge have been to gutless to make necessary changes required.
The stuff they have implemented the past 3 yrs needed to be implemented a decade ago and they failed.
While they have somewhat improved welfare, they still let trainers breed 100s of dogs by themselves which is ludicrous.
This wont go the same way it did in Aus either because GRNZ have killed the large majority of grassroot trainers out of the sport.
The industry had more than enough chances to up their game. But showed no balls when it came to getting rid of the cruel buggers, cheats and so on. Then just twiddling their thumbs for years when it came to dog welfare, safety and rehoming. Thanks very much to those that have helped with this demise NOT.
I'm buggered if I know how they are going to carry on while gradually easing out ? .. industry participants, owners and trainers are likely to just walk.
What about the purpose built tracks and facilities ? It's a logistical nightmare.
There is no incentive for anybody to carry on during a phase out. How on earth can they rehome the hundreds and hundreds of racing dogs, let alone the already retired dogs.
The government are going to have to contribute hundreds of thousands of taxpayers money to assist I would think.
Turn over comparison is very hard to work out these days. With bonus bets floating around.
Years ago if I put $50 to win on something and it ran 2nd the money was gone!
Nowadays on certain races run second and you get another chance with money back bonus bet. My point being when calculating turn over are clubs counting the $50 or $100?
Have to be Just Believe wouldn't it ? Nothing against Keayang Zahara , but would like to see her race against the best trotters , not just the age group and see how good she is
Terrible news for those involved, lots of people going to be without employment. Also indirectly will have an impact on petfood companys ect as well i guess.
Just out of interest will the nztab still take in greyhound racing from Australia?
Ka Ying Rising sold privately off a Levin jumpout. Ka Ying Glory also sold privately.
https://thestraight.com.au/rowe-on-monday-antino-ka-ying-rising-savaglee/
Some greyhounds are at the rehoming places for a year or more. They would be shot after a couple of weeks at the SPCA. NZ is a country that lies down to all sorts of minorities.
This is correct. The animal groups don't put the feet up and say "job done", they go "what next'.
I am actually surprised by the small number of greyhounds that actually race, 2,900. The country has 10,000s of people letting dogs breed that they cannot care for properly.
I do find it strange that the SPCA take the high road and start offering help to rehome these dogs once they get their way, considering they are already at capacity and have to euthanise thousands each year
Haha , and this prick gave our industry the money to build 3 A/W tracks , 2 faced prick .
Better hope the animal welfare groups never find out the true extent of the damage A/W's have done .
I really didn't think Winnie would actually do it, but eventually was passed with cross-party support.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/winston-peters-announces-greyhound-racing-ban-to-protect-dog-welfare/WOGNW5WPHBHSPPWT7RYXMHIAXI/
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