Baird’s ban is the greatest injustice handed down by government

July 8, 2016 Comments Off
Baird’s ban is the greatest injustice handed down by government

By Katherine Ernst

Greyhound racing banned

YESTERDAY I was in mourning.

At lunch time news broke that the

But it’s not the economic impact I’m worried about.

In NSW, 10 people were exposed partaking in live-baiting. There are roughly 13,000 trainers, owners and breeders in the state alone, meaning the actions of less than 0.8% of participants is resulting in the shutdown of an entire industry.

Not only does it affect those 13,000 participants, but we are also taking about 1086 direct and 475 indirect full-time equivalent jobs.

These are not people who are well off, for the most part they are your every day Australians with families and mortgages, Read full article

Source:: http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/australian-greyhound-racing/new-south-wales-greyhound-racing/bairds-ban-is-the-greatest-injustice-handed-down-by-government/79143

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