{"id":17946,"date":"2016-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/greyhound-racing-banned-in-nsw\/"},"modified":"2016-07-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T00:00:00","slug":"greyhound-racing-banned-in-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/greyhound-racing-banned-in-nsw\/","title":{"rendered":"Greyhound racing banned in NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Greyhound racing will be shut down in NSW after a parliamentary inquiry found overwhelming evidence of systemic animal cruelty.<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;In response to widespread illegal and unconscionable activity, including the slaughtering of tens of thousands of dogs, I can today announce that NSW is putting an end to greyhound racing,&#8221; Premier Mike Baird said in a Facebook post on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry found that between 48,000 and 68,000 greyhounds were killed in the last 12 years because they were deemed uncompetitive.<\/p>\n<p>But SA-based race caller Ray Fewings told FIVEAA those numbers are \u201can absolute lie\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose figures are ridiculous,\u201d Fewings said on Thursday. \u201cThey don\u2019t breed that many dogs in Australia. To say 46,000 were put down in the last 12 months is an absolute lie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I guess the commissioner listened to the protest groups who just picked these figures out of the air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fewings said the possibility that the ban may extend into other states including SA was a \u201cmajor worry\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really gets back to the politicians, how sensible they are and how much pressure they\u2019re under,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to think our politicians have a bit more sanity than Mike Baird.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in South Australia there is no problem with the sport. It\u2019s extremely policed. 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