nsw commissioners report(lea drake)

[the galah]

doesn't it seem odd that they still haven't released the report into greyhound racing in nsw.

the governmant and the greyhound administrators would have had the final report for a couple of months now and all the animal welfare groups are saying,if you've got nothing to hide,why can't you just release the report. I understand the parliament has also passed a resolution asking fot the release of the report,but it hasn't happened  so far.

i guess that all means it won't paint the nsw greyhound industry in a good light. Why else take so long to release it.the delay is not a good look

they did make witnesses evidence available during the hearings.

i was going for a walk the other day and a bloke was walking his greyhound and we passed each other. I couldn't help but feeling a bit sad for all the people and dogs who are involved in greyhound racing.

theres a lot of history there as well. Unfortunately i've always thought the closure was inevitable for some years now,given the mass production type business model that the bigger kennels use. Like anything that is big business,they simply got too big and they had too much wastage(actual living dogs) that cost them money.And like anything big scale,its based a lot on profit and you cut your losses without enough consideration of the impact and perception of such behavior.so i've never had much sympathy in that respect,as the industry chose to allow the creation of the issues that lead to it being closed. The injury issue obviously was significant,but i think the industry could have avoided closure had injuries just been the only reason.

i still like to have the odd bet on the australian dogs. i like watching the dogs run. i especially enjoy seeing them thunder down the straight tracks and i wish nz had pivoted to straight track racing long ago. wanganui straight track racing is good to watch But you could tell that was coming all too late, in my opinion.

[BitofaLegend]

4 hours ago, the galah said:

doesn't it seem odd that they still haven't released the report into greyhound racing in nsw.

the governmant and the greyhound administrators would have had the final report for a couple of months now and all the animal welfare groups are saying,if you've got nothing to hide,why can't you just release the report. I understand the parliament has also passed a resolution asking fot the release of the report,but it hasn't happened  so far.

i guess that all means it won't paint the nsw greyhound industry in a good light. Why else take so long to release it.the delay is not a good look

they did make witnesses evidence available during the hearings.

i was going for a walk the other day and a bloke was walking his greyhound and we passed each other. I couldn't help but feeling a bit sad for all the people and dogs who are involved in greyhound racing.

theres a lot of history there as well. Unfortunately i've always thought the closure was inevitable for some years now,given the mass production type business model that the bigger kennels use. Like anything that is big business,they simply got too big and they had too much wastage(actual living dogs) that cost them money.And like anything big scale,its based a lot on profit and you cut your losses without enough consideration of the impact and perception of such behavior.so i've never had much sympathy in that respect,as the industry chose to allow the creation of the issues that lead to it being closed. The injury issue obviously was significant,but i think the industry could have avoided closure had injuries just been the only reason.

i still like to have the odd bet on the australian dogs. i like watching the dogs run. i especially enjoy seeing them thunder down the straight tracks and i wish nz had pivoted to straight track racing long ago. wanganui straight track racing is good to watch But you could tell that was coming all too late, in my opinion.

I think its been low on the agenda in NSW lately - the new board and management have only just come in and there are a number of issues being resolved

[the galah]

14 hours ago, BitofaLegend said:

I think its been low on the agenda in NSW lately - the new board and management have only just come in and there are a number of issues being resolved

its certainly been a very lengthy,well publicised hearing taking many months and the report has been long awaited.

so i would think the report is the opposite of low on the agenda,i would imagine it is the top priority of the  newer board and management team you refer to at greyhound nsw.

i'm guessing the reason it hasn't been released is because some of its contents will again be damaging to the public perception of greyhound racing in jnsw and will play ijnto the animal welfare activists narrative..

for that reason,i would guess the nsw board have required extra time to address the issues the report will raise in an attempt to mitigate the loss of public confidence.

after all,if it has nothing damaging in the report,it would have been released some time ago.