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Those underlying issues are greyhound deaths, injuries, and the occasional meth-doping scandal.
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Seven greyhounds have been killed and 282 injured on racetracks across Aotearoa so far this year. Time and again, the industry argues that it loves these dogs. I would hope that anyone who loves their dogs would have learnt from nearly 20 years of broken legs and ankles, ruptured stomachs and trauma that, just maybe, they should stop doing the same thing over and over again. Because we’ve been here before. In 2013, the ‘WHK report’ made a slew of recommendations to improve animal welfare. Then in 2017, with disconcert from the broader racing industry, former High Court judge Rodney Hansen QC produced yet another report.
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