SPCA joins calls for greyhound racing to be banned after five deaths in five weeks

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The Greyhound Protection League has created a petition, alongside animal rights charity SAFE, to ban the sport. Picture: STUFF SPORTS.

The SPCA has joined calls for greyhound racing to be banned following the death of five dogs in five weeks.

It comes as the Greyhound Protection League, alongside animal rights charity Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE), has created a petition to ban the sport.

The petition calls for all dogs that have been bred for racing to be rehabilitated and rehomed.

One dog was put down at Waikato’s Cambridge Raceway while two others were put down at Addington Raceway in Christchurch.

All three animals suffered a fractured radius and ulna and were euthanised as a result of their injuries.

 

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