Chief Stipe Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 A Victorian greyhound trainer was found guilty of attempting to source wild rabbits. GREYHOUNDS Greyhound trainer found guilty after attempting to source ‘wild rabbits’ Article Author Gilbert Gardiner 8:23PM15 April 2021 A Victorian greyhound trainer found guilty of attempting to source “wild rabbits” that could be used as bait claimed he simply had an interest in cooking and Jamie Oliver recipes. Tooradin trainer Darren Langley, who remains suspended pending a directions hearing on penalty submissions later this month, posted an ad on Gumtree on August 21, 2019 titled “Wanted wild rabbits”. Within the ad, Langley said: “Looking for rabbits to buy any one catching wild rabbits”. Langley did not agree to buy a live rabbit or agree to meet anyone for the purposes of buying a wild rabbit. He told the Victorian Racing Tribunal the purpose of the ad was to source a rabbit for cooking. Google searches at about the same time of the ad confirmed Langley’s interest in game meat, including kangaroo and deer for cooking, the tribunal heard. “He said he was interested in cooking and a follower of Jamie Oliver’s cooking recipes and shows,” a VRT decision delivered on Thursday read. “He said he did not intend to use a live rabbit as bait to encourage greyhounds.” In early interviews with stewards, Langley “was unable to explain why he wanted a live rabbit to cook as distinct from one that was already dead and could be easily sourced” from a butchers shop. It is an offence to use any animal in connection with greyhound training as a bait, quarry or lure to entice, excite or encourage a greyhound to pursue it or otherwise. Langley’s counsel argued his client did not attempt to possess an animal. He submitted the advertisement was “mere preparation rather than a completed attempt”. The Tribunal heard Langley did not live at his kennel address, nor intended to bring rabbits into the bounds of the property where his greyhounds were trained. But the Tribunal remained comfortably satisfied Langley breached racing rules in respect to the Gumtree post. “In this case, Mr Langley attempted to possess a rabbit for a purpose which might reasonably be capable of being used as bait, quarry or lure to entice a greyhound to pursue it,” the VRT said. “The fact that the attempt to possess a rabbit might also have been for the purpose of eating it does not deny that, objectively considered, a greyhound trainer seeking to source a live rabbit might be viewed reasonably and objectively as being capable of being using it as bait.” A Directions Hearing has been scheduled for 28 April for the programming of a hearing to deal with penalty submissions in respect of the guilty finding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaman Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Just goes to show how far the Greyhound industry has come regards animal welfare. Soon you will not be able to shoot rabbits because of mental woke dickheads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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