Thursday, 22 February 2024

Northern Victoria Region

Georgie PURCELL (Northern Victoria) (12:37): (691) My question is for the Minister for Racing in the other place. On 16 February at the Bendigo greyhound racing track a three-year-old dog named In Range fell at the first turn, breaking both of her legs, and was killed. She marks this year’s first death on Bendigo’s notoriously dangerous dog racing track. Forty-nine greyhounds have been injured racing at this track already. It is the highest number on Victorian tracks this year. One dog was listed as killed while racing at Bendigo last year, but seven dogs suffered horrific fractures in their first race of 2023 and are now listed as dead in the FastTrack database, bringing the real death toll to at least eight dogs. The greyhound racing industry continues to label Bendigo a state-of-the-art track after a $4.2 million investment in 2012, but my constituents want to know exactly how many dogs have been killed since this useless rebuild.