Greyhound Racing charges two people over alleged animal abuse

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Greyhound Racing SA has laid charges against two people, following reports by the ABC about alleged animal mistreatment. The ABC first published vision on Wednesday that shows multiple greyhounds, including puppies, apparently being kicked and punched by a person on a property south east of Adelaide.

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00:00 It's the first time Greyhound Racing Chief Bodell Francis has spoken to the media since

00:07 videos emerged of dogs being punched and kicked at an SA training facility.

00:12 I was angry.

00:13 I was angry like everyone should be angry and I was incredibly disappointed.

00:18 The ABC first published the vision on Wednesday and the industry has moved swiftly.

00:23 Today it laid 12 charges against two registered participants, mostly over the ill treatment

00:28 of greyhounds.

00:30 The matter will now go to Greyhound Racing SA's Integrity Hearings Panel.

00:35 The minimum penalty is a two year suspension and a loss of registration for 10 years.

00:40 These are the first time that these charges have been used and laid within South Australia.

00:45 Greyhound Racing SA didn't name the pair who've been charged.

00:49 The ABC has identified the property in the drone vision as that of Murray Bridge based

00:54 trainers Tony and Lisa Rasmussen.

00:56 Mr Rasmussen told the ABC the man in the videos is a former employee.

01:02 The alleged abuse has sparked an independent inquiry into the greyhound racing industry

01:07 and there have been calls from anti-racing groups for the probe to have the powers of

01:11 a Royal Commission.

01:12 We haven't announced a Royal Commission.

01:15 We do want to have an independent inquiry, independent of government, independent of

01:20 industry to assess the regulatory regime.

01:23 The government says it will announce the details of the investigation by the end of August.

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