The core of the racing Industry is Animal Welfare. The spotlight has always been blasted on the Greyhound Industry’s Animal Welfare Standards.
The World Organisation for Animal health clarifies that welfare refers to the state of the animal; the treatment that animal receives is covered by other terms such as animal care, animal husbandry and humane treatment. This includes quality of life experienced by animals.
The participants of the Queensland Greyhound Racing Industry know and accept this high standard as part of the licence obligations. The trainers starters fee is immediately absorbed to cover these costs for their entire kennel, including greyhounds who have not yet met the basic standards (or age) required for racing. This payment is used as a collective for the benefit of all.
The QGBOTA has sent a request to Racing Queensland to ask that the wording of “Trainers starters fee” be abolished and renamed to “Animal Welfare Payments”.
A protest outside of Queensland Parliament House on August 1st by Animal Kind, Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds and Friends of the house adoption group to shut this industry down. At the same time these groups publicly demand donations for their political platforms.
Our request to RQ will promote the reality that Animal Welfare is set at the highest standard paid for by its own industry.
As an industry, the QGBOTA encourages participants to embrace the term “Animal Welfare Payment” to cement our commitment in the public eye.
Please see a copy of the letter below.
