Re: Greyhound racing banned in NSW from 1st July 2017
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:55 pm
ACT have announced they will also follow...
Q. wrote:What happens to all the greyhounds in NSW?
cracka wrote:Hopefully Baird has the balls to speak out against live animal exports but I doubt it.
Brodlach wrote:Booney wrote:Estimates are 1000-1200 direct jobs with around 6000-8000 people having a share or owning a dog.
Thought it would be far more than that, that surprises me. Is that just metro or regional as well?
stampy wrote:no racing at all in nsw today, is that a protest?
stampy wrote:no racing at all in nsw today, is that a protest?
MAY-Z wrote:For me this is a very short sighted, easy decision.
$90 million is generated by the greyhound industry in NSW back to the state government. This money will no longer be generated.
10,000 people are employed by the industry (through direct and indirect employment). obviously this will increase unemployment and welfare payments.
If the NSW government don't need the $90 million and the health and safety of the dogs is their priority, what should happen is this.
the $90million per year should do this.
1) Employ a greater number of stewards and investigators to actually try and punish the offenders, not the entire industry
2) Build some expansive retirement kennels for all the greyhounds which aren't taken in the Greyhound adoption program. This will mean more builders are employed and once the kennels are up and running more people will be employed to ruin the kennels.
Doing the above will achieve so many great outcomes for everyone (except those who do do the wrong thing, or those with ulterior motives) basically better animal protection and more jobs
1) More employment with the new stewards and investigators
2) Saves up to 10,000 industry jobs
3) Creates more infrastructure projects through the building of the retirement kennels
4) Creates more jobs through staffing the retirement kennels
5) Less live baiting/animal cruelty with the extra scrutiny of the new stewards and investigators
6) No deaths of the dogs that are apparently slaughtered due to not being fast enough
7) As more dogs are alive more vets, dog food etc is needed so that will create more jobs in the economy
Dogwatcher wrote:
SA Government said they're not considering anything similar. And why would they?
Dogwatcher wrote:My understanding is that the SA Greens are going to ask for an investigation in SA.
Apparently there are elements of the Libs sympathetic to this.