The greyhound racing industry is incapable of reform.

The greyhound racing industry is founded on the exploitation and ‘wastage’ of these gentle dogs. In NSW, the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission (GWIC) was established as an independent regulator to protect the welfare of the greyhounds, and oversee the integrity of the NSW greyhound racing industry. One of their functions includes overseeing compliance, enforcement, investigations and disciplinary actions involving NSW Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) participants and issues within the industry. Animal Liberation has continued to monitor GWIC’s Final Disciplinary Action Decisions, and despite GWIC’s presence as a regulator, the industry continues to demonstrate that it is incapable of reform and has a deep-rooted culture entrenched in the suffering and cruelty of racing greyhounds who are confined, conditioned and commodified for gambling profits.

NSW greyhound industry’s own regulator records 167 charges between January to the end of October, 2024.

What are the Final Disciplinary Action Decisions? Final Disciplinary Action Decisions refer to the ultimate judgments, sanctions, and penalties imposed by GWIC on greyhound racing NSW participants that have been found to breach the rules, regulations, or ethical standards that apply to greyhound welfare or racing integrity.

These decisions can encompass a range of disciplinary measures, including but not limited to warnings, fines, suspensions, or lifetime bans from participating in any greyhound-related activities.

Breakdown of GWIC’s Final Disciplinary Action Decisions from January to the end of October 2024.

18 of these charges relate to Trevor Rice and his 'retiring' greyhounds to third parties and rehoming organisations, without prior approval from GWIC to do so, making false statements to the commission about the location of 4 different greyhounds, and heartbreakingly, 4 charges relating to causing the deaths of greyhounds - Big Prince, Double Take, Itchy McCaw and Diva's Dream by "using an object to cause severe damage to the cranium of the greyhounds”.

4 of these charges relate to Collin Wasson arranging the killing of greyhounds- Aston Shaker, Unnamed greyhound, Qatar Angel and Pennyroyal Tea.

1 of these charges relate to Casie O’Neil for ‘using anything containing animal material as a lure’ and 1 charge for possessing anything containing animal material which could be used for the purpose of being a lure'.’

Kaylee Bool is the most recent GRNSW participant to be given a life time ban by the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission (GWIC) after being charged with eight violations under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 (POCTA), and convicted in the Tamworth Local Court on 14 December 2023.

The offences included:

• Committing an act of cruelty upon an animal;

• Failure to provide veterinary treatment to an animal;

• Failure to provide proper and sufficient food, drink and/or shelter to an animal; and

• Failure to provide adequate exercise to an animal.

Prohibited substances found-

Meloxicam, Theobromine, Caffeine and it’s metabolites Theophylline, Paraxanthine and Theobromine, Ketoprofen, Cobalt at or in excess of the the threshold of 100 nanograms per millilitre, Recombinant Human Erythropoietin, 5ß Androstane-3α, 17ß-Diol, Arsenic at or in excess of the threshold of 800 nanograms per millilitre, Carprofen, Dexamethasone, Phenobarbitone, Arsenic, Gabopentin, Lignocaine, Ethylestrenol, Guaifenesin, 3-Hydroxylignocaine, Bethanidine, Mitragynine, 7-Hydroxymitragynine Cimetidine, Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, Hydroxyamphetamine and Hydroxymethamphetamine.

You can read more about some of the prohibited substances detected in NSW racing greyhounds here: Doping in the NSW greyhound industry — Animal Liberation | Compassion without compromise

You can review GWIC's Final Disciplinary Action Decisions for the 2023 period here.

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