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CPG exposes the cruelty and corruption of greyhound racing. We fight to close it down by influencing public opinion and targetting state governments.

The Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds Inc. was started by several members of the Animal Justice Party with a special interest in greyhounds in 2015 after the Four Corners live baiting expose. Today the Coalition is a mix of independent greyhound welfare campaigners, representatives of various animal welfare activist groups and representatives of greyhound rescue groups from across Australia. The purpose of our page
The Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds is committed to a ban on all greyhound racing. We share and welcome content that informs and educates people about the cruelty of the greyhound racing industry. We also share and welcome content that promotes and supports the rights of greyhounds to be treated as companion animals not financial commodities. Content we may remove
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09/11/2026

The Greyhound Racing Victoria annual report for FY25/26 is out, and tells another story of animal cruelty and gambling greed.

The state, once again, records the country’s most racing deaths.

38 dogs died at racetracks, with another 52 dying within a week of sustaining racing injuries.

That’s 90 greyhounds suffering indescribable pain and death on Sportsbet tracks.

The first victim of the year was 23-month-old Jumbuk Mahmood, suffering a tibia fracture at Sale on 2 July 2025, given a 90-day standdown, and killed the next day.

Note the true toll would be higher. Unlike GRV, GWIC also counts those dogs dying within 90 days of their racing injuries.

A total of 610 greyhound deaths are reported by GRV. 410 were euthanased, 200 died. 209 dogs were euthanased due to injury, and - disturbingly - 61 “due to temperament”.

GRV’s culture of secrecy means there are no quarterly injury reports, no quarterly lifecycle reports, no track injury data, no details of deceased dogs, etc.

And yet in FY26 they still got $51m from the Victorian taxpayer.

08/11/2026

🐾 JUSTICE FOR SA GREYHOUNDS: RALLY 🐾

It’s time to take a stand and speak up for greyhounds in South Australia! Join us alongside Coalition Protect Greyhounds (CPG), The SA Greens, and the Greyhound Welfare Initiative (GWI) as we march to demand an end to greyhound racing.

📅 Date: Sunday, 22nd 2026 November at 10am
📍 Meeting Point: Pinky Flat, Adelaide marching to Parliament steps
🐕 Bring your dog 🐕

You are welcome to bring your greyhound or dog to march with us! Please keep in mind that there will be crowd noise, speeches, and movement, so only bring your furry friend if they are comfortable and happy in busy, noisy environments.

Show your support for SA greyhounds. Bring your signs, bring your voices, and help us make a difference!

🩷Tag a friend, share this post, and see you on the 22nd!

06/11/2026

The Minns Government has just announced another $10m to be given to greyhound racing. That brings to $20m the amount of taxpayer money given to the industry to help them "transition" after Wentworth Park was closed.

That's on top of the $30m given to the industry in 2017 to make their tracks safe which the Drake Inquiry found they had failed to do for even one track.

Then there's the new Lithgow track, rebuilt with $3.3m of taxpayer funds, though racing insiders say the cost has blown out to $11m - GRNSW refuses to disclose the final cost. At its first race meeting on 2 November 2026, four dogs were injured, one with a major torn back muscle.

Greyhound racing has been bludging off the taxpayer for years. If it doesn’t want to spend money on safety and animal welfare, the government shouldn’t step in and subsidise them.

The NSW Treasury twice tried to claw back unspent funding for safety upgrades, but racing minister Harris protected GRNSW.

The Minns Government is investing public funds in the gambling and racing industries. Its contributing to the $36 billion in nationwide gambling losses and the 400 gambling-related suicides each year.

If the greyhound racing industry is doing as well as it claims to be, then it doesn’t need taxpayer handouts to support Ladbrokes and Sportsbet.

Credit to the late John Shakespeare for this wonderful cartoon which appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald.

04/11/2026

One of our wonderful CPG volunteers has written an extraordinary tribute to her beloved Shay who she recently lost to osteosarcoma.

She talks with insight and honesty about the overwhelming grief. "Each night I lie in bed and imprint memories of her on my brain. She shared in my good times and gave me comfort in the hard times and now my shadow is gone I feel the brunt of my heartache."

And the particular anguish associated with losing a rescued greyhound. "She was the racing industry’s trash but she was my treasure. She did not have to win money to earn her keep with us. Her value was in her love and companionship, her goofy ways and the fact she was simply herself."

If you have ever attended a Wentworth Park rally you would have seen Shay featured on our banners. As well as in so many hearts, she will live on as a poster girl in the fight to end the greyhound racing industry.

Link to the tribute is in the comments.

02/11/2026

We join with everyone who is choosing kindness over cruelty today and saying

Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses

01/11/2026

Six greyhounds lost their lives racing in September, either killed at the track following catastrophic injuries, or in the case of Paw Nickara, fell violently and died instantly. Six more greyhounds died after suffering leg fractures.

Over 80 young greyhounds fractured their legs in September, with most receiving a 60 or 90 day standdown period. A few have been “retired”, more are still listed as racing with nearly two dozen having “no trainer”.

These deaths are totally predictable, they are caused by forcing dogs to run in a bunch at high speeds around tight turns. But it will keep happening as long as their deaths are seen as the cost of doing gambling business by the greedy and inept racing industry and complicit state governments.

You can read the full news item on our website which is probably the only acknowledgement this shocking loss of life will receive. Link in the comments.

Please if you have a moment use our template to contact your local state MP and tell them why this horror must end. If you're a Qld resident please sign the petition to end greyhound racing in that state. Links in the comments.

29/10/2026

11 years after the shocking Four Corners report on live baiting, another NSW trainer has been exposed for using small animals to make his greyhounds run faster.

Stephen Lambley pleaded guilty to multiple live‐baiting related charges, including keeping an animal capable of being used as a lure.

His appearance in Bankstown court happened on the same day that Wentworth Park closed.

Emma Hurst AJP noted: "We cannot have a relaxed attitude to that level of cruelty. In this case, there was no jail time and no fine, nor was there a lifetime ban on this individual having further animals in their care. This person cannot be trusted around animals."

Mehreen Faruqi had earlier said: "Cruelty in greyhound racing isn’t a case of a few rotten eggs, it is systemic and embedded in Greyhound Racing NSW. The industry cannot exist without pain and suffering."

Lambley's greyhounds included Dashing Dennis, All Powered Up, and Toad's Turnpike.

Live baiting has profound psychological and behavioural effects on a greyhound.
Last financial year in NSW, 22 dogs were euthanased for "behaviour", with two more euthanased after "unsuccessful" rehoming efforts.

GRNSW might say that things have changed in the last decade, but the industry looks just the same: live baiting, doping, abuse, cruelty, secrecy, dying greyhounds and weak regulation.

28/10/2026

The death toll at Australia's deadliest racing centre keeps rising, and the mainstream media keeps reporting it.

The latest horror is covered by the Brisbane Times, and reprinted in Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and WA Today.

Two dogs were killed in three days, bringing the total number of deaths to 40 since trials began last year.

"You Tell Her" collapsed and died on the Q1 track. Two days later, "Dainty Dottie" suffered a complete open foreleg fracture and was killed.

Billed as the most advanced, safest, and best greyhound complex in the world, The Q more than doubled in cost from $39m to $90m, with half coming from taxpayers.

Even local Labor MP Jennifer Howard has said The Q should be closed and returned to the community as public land.

This publicly-funded disaster is killing dogs and causing gambling harm. It symbolises the total failure of greyhound racing and proves that every track is a killing zone.

It's disturbing that Greyhound Racing NSW wants to copy The Q and build its own three-track monstrosity in western Sydney. Except GRNSW wants to take it further and have a 24/7 gambling centre in a known critical risk area for gambling-related harm, the epicenter of Sydney's poker machine epidemic.

27/10/2026

Australian Alliance for Animals is fighting to ensure that legislation to introduce the first NSW Independent Office of Animal Welfare is as strong as possible.

They are hosting a briefing (in person and online) on 3 November to review the current Bill and look at ways we can work together to strengthen the Bill. More from the Alliance below and link to the briefing details in the comments.

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NSW has taken a step toward establishing Australia's first Independent Office of Animal Welfare, but the proposed legislation falls short of the independence promised.

With limited parliamentary sitting time remaining, the window to strengthen it is narrow.

On 3 November, the Australian Alliance for Animals will host a briefing covering:
• Why independence is central to effective animal welfare governance
• The gaps in the proposed legislation
• How we can work together to strengthen the Bill

Come along and help us ensure NSW gets this historic reform right:

Tuesday 3 November, 6–7:30 pm AEDT | Online and in-person, Sydney C*D

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