Case Study – West On Nero

Apr 28, 2024 | Case Studies

Case Study - West On Nero Case Study – West On Nero Age/Sex: Born 10 April 2019, male. Status: Retired, 4 years 8 months No of Race Starts: 101 Trainer: Shane Beard. Prize Money: $16,725 INJURIES TO DATE: 8 documented injuries, 3 no apparent injuries, no...

Case Studies

Apr 28, 2024 | Case Studies

Case Studies On this page we look at the racing history of individual dogs in Western Australia. Injuries to greyhounds on racetracks are commonplace. Over the course of a greyhound’s racing career, they will incur injuries of various types, ranging from  minor muscle...

Life Saving Injury Scheme Scrapped

Mar 9, 2024 | Blog

Blog Life Saving Injury Scheme Scrapped In 2019, in a bid to curb the number of greyhound deaths associated with greyhound racing in Western Australia, Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) introduced a scheme to provide financial contributions towards the...

Economist’s review of the IER Report

Feb 27, 2024 | Blog

Blog Economist’s review of the IER Report We posted about the misleading RWWA funded IER report on greyhound racing in WA. Economist Sebastian Broadhurst reviewed the report and found that the WA IER racing industry report presents a series of misleading assertions...

Economic misinformation fuels the WA Greyhound Industry

Feb 19, 2024 | Blog

Blog Economic misinformation fuels the WA Greyhound Industry ​Generous taxpayer subsidies and a close relationship with Australia’s last state-owned betting Agency allows Western Australia’s greyhound racing industry to persist. This is despite declining popularity...