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Greyhound racing to be banned in New Zealand (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 weeks ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/worldnews@aussie.zone

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In short:

The New Zealand government has announced it will end greyhound racing to protect the welfare of the racing dogs.

It said the legislation will be passed with urgency on Tuesday to prevent any unnecessary killing of racing dogs as a result of the impending ban.

What's next?

A committee has been set up to help manage a 20-month transition, including rehoming the roughly 2,900 racing greyhounds around the country.

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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

Nice!

[–] trk@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good, now do Australia

And horses next

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

And UK.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Meanwhile Australia found mass graves of dogs and kept it legal for the sake of big corporations who produce nothing but poverty for addicts.