Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Amazing Greys

Georgie PURCELL (Northern Victoria) (09:42): I recently had the absolute pleasure of helping at the Amazing Greys emergency foster kennel build and saw for myself just how hard volunteer community groups are working to rescue thousands of greyhounds from the racing industry after they are no longer deemed profitable to race. The rescue greyhounds themselves, however, were unsurprisingly lazing about and not doing much work at all, as lounging is their true – well, their only – sport.

As it stands, the greyhound racing industry in Victoria is breeding almost four times as many puppies as it has the capacity to rehome. While it is encouraging to see such a strong volunteer network willing and able to save some of the greyhounds at risk of death, it is a reminder that it should not have to be up to volunteers to clean up the mess of our racing industries, and there is so much more that can be done to support them. That is why I will be calling for support from the government for greyhound rescue groups like Amazing Greys and many others across the state. In the meantime we will keep rolling up our sleeves and working hard together to show the government and all Victorians how beautiful and deserving of protection these long dogs really are.