Greyhound racing Victoria was meant to be hosting a free race night at Federation Square using the big screen for race screening. It was to be hosted by football stars Nathan Brown (Richmond) and Chris Tarrant (Collingwood) and former Carlton captain Andrew McKay who is the official GRV ambassador

The demonstration went ahead as planned to let the public know the cruelty inflicted on greyhounds in Australia.

Approx 20,000 greyhounds are murdered in Australia every year. Many greyhounds end up being sold on to vivisection labs, vetrinary colleges and universities for the purpose of painful experiments and eventaul dissection.

Thousands of Australian greyhounds are exported to Asia to places like Korea, Shanghai, Vietnam and Macau were once surplus to requirements they end up fuelling the barbaric dog meat industry in Asia. The Australian racing industry is directly responsible for these atrocities.

Please write to GRV and ask them to stop the killing of greyhounds and to take immediate steps to rescue all the greyhounds that are being used for experimentation at Melbourne university, vet schools and other uni's and establishments in Australia.

Contact details:

GREYHOUND RACING VICTORIA
John Stephens
45-54 Chetwynd Street, West Melbourne, 3003
Phone +61 (03) 8329 1100 Fax +61 (03) 8329 1000

Greyhounds Australasia Limited (ruling body of greyhound racing in Australia)

Chief Executive Officer Craig Taberner
Email: craig@galtd.org.au

Email: admin@galtd.org.au
Mail: P.O. Box 239 Springvale 3171, Victoria, Australia
Phone: +0011 61 (03)9548 3500
Fax: +0011 61 (03)9548 3488
Email: admin@galtd.org.au

Ministers responsible for greyhound racing in Australia/greyhound export to Asia

The Honourable Warren Truss, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry (responsible for live exports).

W.Truss.MP@aph.gov.au

The Hon John Pandazopoulos MP Minister for Racing & Tourism

john.pandazopoulos@parliament.vic.gov.au

THE HON NICK D GRIFFITHS Minister for Racing and Gaming

nick-griffiths@dpc.wa.gov.au

Hon Syd Stirling Minister for Racing, Gaming and Licensing

minister.stirling@nt.gov.au

South Australia Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing Hon. Michael Wright MP

recsport@saugov.sa.gov.au