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A trainer in New Zealand is in trouble after feeding racing greyhounds meth in order to improve their performance, Golf Digest reports. The trainer was disqualified after panelists found out about the drug abuse, the New Zealand Herald reported.
Trainer Angela Helen Turnwald received $4,000 after her dog finished first at the racing track in November 2020.
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Judicial Control Authority for Racing (JCA) panel chairman Warwick Gendall QC said of the incident, “Methamphetamine is a potent central nervous system stimulant which poses significant animal welfare issues and the level of Amphetamine (as it metabolised from Methamphetamine) in the sample was particularly large.”