Protest the Million Dollar Chase

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘆𝘀?

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗦𝗪 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 ‘𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻’.
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: Friday 18 October 2024
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 5pm (TBC)
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Wentworth Park, Glebe

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.

Rally with us and join a compassionate army of paw and people power.
Banners and corflutes will be available for protestors to hold on the night, and we encourage you to bring along your own signs for the greys.
Greyhounds and all dogs are welcome, all dogs must be on lead and suitably restrained by their human handlers.
MC – Kobi Shetty. Greens MLA and Member for Balmain.

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀:
Speaker #1 – Lynda Stoner, CEO, Animal Liberation
Speaker #2 – Kylie Field, NSW Director, Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds
Speaker #3 – Abigail Boyd, Greens MLC & NSW Animal Welfare Spokesperson
Speaker #4 – Emma Hurst, Animal Justice Party MLC
Speaker #5 – Alex Greenwich, Independent MP & Member for Sydney
Speaker #6 – Mehreen Faruqi, Greens Senator & Federal Animal Welfare Spokesperson
Chant Leader – Darren Brollo, Animal Liberation Newcastle
This will be a lawful and peaceful protest, with NSW Police approval and safety marshalls in place.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁:
GRNSW’s Million Dollar Chase is advertised as the world’s richest dog race and has been running every year since 2018 at Wentworth Park, one of Australia’s deadliest racetracks.

In 2023, three greyhounds were seriously injured as protestors and advocates watched on in horror; two dogs suffered from fractured legs and one sustained a lacerated neck. These three dogs were transported to an industry vet, shockingly 45 minutes away. To the industry, this was just another day in a gambling-fuelled, brutal sport.

The greyhound racing industry is on its knees and we plan to keep it there. In May, we published images of the dangerous conditions at GRNSW’s GAP NSW Wyee facility, as well as images of injuries to greyhounds sustained from the conditions. This facility was temporarily shut down by GRNSW for repurposing as a ‘holding facility’ for more greys to be exported under the “Aussie Mates in the States” program.

Last week, we accessed the report from the former GRNSW Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Alex Brittan, with damning allegations of misconduct, animal abuse, under-reported deaths, and inflated numbers of rehomed greyhounds. We will not forget Jazzie and Carey’s stories who both died in transit. Jazzie suffered and died in agony and alone.

The gambling fuelled greyhound racing industry has always been engulfed in scandals involving animal cruelty and serious wrongdoing. While the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry’s damning June 2016 McHugh report into the Greyhound Racing Industry in NSW was a catalyst, following ABC’s exposure of live baiting and greyhound exports to China, similar scandals have festered for decades.

Despite government intervention and the publicly paid GWIC, the industry continues to demonstrate its inability to reform, and the government continues to fail all regulation attempts while greyhounds continue to suffer and die and millions of dollars of public money is wasted.

The industry repeatedly tells us that tracks are safe, and animal welfare is paramount but GWIC’s data confirms otherwise. In 2023, NSW was the most lethal state with 70 greyhounds killed on and off track and 4,212 injured at race meetings and trials – an average of 11 greys injured every single day. For the January to June 2024 period, 10 greyhounds have been killed and 2,116 injured in NSW. Most injuries include fractures to legs, neck, spine and skull.

Between January to June 2024, 50 GRNSW participants clocked up 97 charges with 135 charges against 103 participants in 2023, involving drugging, dealing drugs, physical and sexual assault, racist abuse, greyhound neglect, greyhound killing, arranging to have greyhounds killed and false statements.

Irrespective of the outcome of the current Inquiry and report due date of 13 December 2024, Premier Chris Minns has stated the industry will not be shut down. How much more greyhound suffering and death will it take for those on the public purse in our parliament, to do the right thing by these gentle dogs?