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Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) is announcing today that racing at its city venue, Wentworth Park, will be paused this week in response to the continuing COVID-19 situation in Sydney.
The Wentworth Park meeting scheduled for Wednesday, July 14 has been transferred to Gosford, and the Wentworth Park meeting scheduled for Saturday, July 17, has been transferred to Bulli.
GRNSW will reassess the situation later in the week to see if further meetings need to be moved.
It was after much consideration and following the latest COVID-19 update from the NSW Government and NSW Health, GRNSW decided that in the best interests of all participants and staff, to temporarily cease racing in the city centre.
Racing greyhounds will be electronically tracked for their entire lives as part of a new measure to ensure the dogs are not slaughtered and dumped.
Better Regulation Minister Kevin Anderson said the NSW government would spend $3.6million on the e-tracking of registered greyhounds.
This would enable the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission to track the location of racing greyhounds for their whole lives.
Racing greyhounds will be electronically tracked for their entire lives as part of a new measure
Stewards would also be able to electronically register dogs on race days. (This) will make a huge difference in protecting the welfare of racing greyhounds across the state and put an end to speculation that animals have disappeared, Mr Anderson said in a statement on Thursday.
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Subscriber only The injury report from the latest greyhound race meet at Casino sparked furious debate among readers about the sport, with some asking whether it should continue. Our story earlier in the week said one greyhound was put down and eleven injured at last week s meet. Some comments on social media called for the sport to be banned, while others pointed out the injuries were often as minor as an abrasion on a paw. Karen Lee said: Why the hell isn t this sport banned already! It sickens me . Mark Watson replied: If you don t like it don t watch .