Greyhound racing is to be outlawed in NSW from July 1, purportedly based on the findings of the McHugh report, commissioned after the airing of a Four Corners programme which depicted horrific scenes of live-baiting.
But in the aftermath of the show, just three out of the 4,400 trainers registered in NSW, were convicted of the barbaric practice of ‘blooding’ race dogs with animals such as rabbits, piglets or possums.
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