Siobhan Isherwood and other Ward 3 councillors want to end greyhound racing at The Gardens.
Australia.- A motion calling for Newcastle Council to back the end of greyhound racing in New South Wales will be introduced at a council meeting on September 23. The proposal seeks a transition plan to end the activity at The Gardens.
Newcastle Greens councillor Siobhan Isherwood and other Ward 3 councillors will present the motion, which follows the Tasmanian Government’s announcement of a transition plan to see the activity phased out in the state by 2029.
Isherwood wrote on Instagram: “The Greens are asking Council to stand up for greyhounds and put pressure on the State Government to establish a transition plan for the track at The Gardens. Greys deserve so much better than injuries, poor living conditions, and on-track or off-track death.
“Our community deserves to put the land at Birmingham Gardens to better use than the current facility for gambling and cruelty. A funded transition plan will ensure that the industry can close fairly and safely, with funding for re-training, support services for those with gambling addictions, and for the greyhounds that will need re-homing.”
The Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) recently criticised claims made by the Animal Justice Party (AJP) of NSW about greyhound welfare. The AJP had claimed that “every 20 hours in NSW a greyhound dies from racing injuries.”
GRNSW said: “GWIC’s figures confirm there is not a death from racing injuries every 20 hours in NSW which would equate to 440 deaths annually. In the past year there were two sudden deaths at a race meeting, 14 greyhounds humanely euthanised at a racetrack, and 44 greyhounds reported as euthanised by private veterinarian or having died off-track as a result of injury at race meeting.”
Siobhan Isherwood and other Ward 3 councillors want to end greyhound racing at The Gardens. Australia.- A motion calling for Newcastle Council to back the end of greyhound racing in…
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