End Greyhound Racing New Zealand

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A punk and metal and friends compilation to raise support and awareness to end greyhound racing, and the associated abuse, killing, and dumping, in Aotearoa New Zealand. A more comprehensive info zine is included with your download.

Any proceeds go to the Greyhound Protection League of New Zealand (GPLNZ).

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THE PROBLEM

The New Zealand government has been conducting independent reviews of Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ) for the last decade. With major concerns around animal welfare and transparency unresolved, and suggestions for change ignored, in 2021 the government gave the industry until the end of 2022 to “demonstrate meaningful improvement in areas of concern or face closure”.

The follow-up review was handed to the government by the Racing Industry Board (RIB) in December 2022, showing multiple ongoing failings by GRNZ to address the concerns raised in the 2021 Robertson review.

The Labour government, and the racing minister, Kieran McAnulty, has now stated that they cannot make a decision before the election. We need the New Zealand public to know how long GRNZ has been given second chances for, and that they have been on notice, without consequence, since 2021.

Meanwhile greyhounds continue to die on track, or are discarded in their hundreds for the New Zealand public to rescue and pick up the bill for the injuries and mental trauma sustained during their ‘career’. And as GRNZ clamps down on euthanasia (putting a bullet in unprofitable dogs has become damaging for their image, as public awareness grows), we face a rehoming shortage, with the number of discarded hounds waiting for forever homes set to increase by hundreds annually. Phasing out the greyhound racing industry, and rehoming all the current greyhounds, will be hard and take work, but we have to do it now! The problem compounds every year as more racing greyhounds are bred than can be rescued by the Aotearoa public.

The download/tape comes with a more comprehensive insert, outlining the history, the issues, the statistics, common questions, and exposing some of the absolutely fucked behaviour that is tolerated by the greyhound racing industry, the government, and by the Aotearoa public.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO

Spread the word.

You can email your racing minister, Kieran McAnulty (kieran.mcanulty@parliament.govt.nz), and your local Labour representative, and tell them that delaying this decision is hurting their chances of re-election. They waste taxpayer money with every review, and erode voter trust with every broken promise and obvious delaying tactic. Only 9% of the NZ public believes that greyhounds lead “a good life” (Camorra Research Report, October 2022). If you’re reading this in the future, and Kieran successfully delayed making this decision and has now been replaced, email the current racing minister/political party.

SAFE and SPCA conduct some very effective public campaigns against greyhound racing. Look them up on your platform of choice.

Follow the Greyhound Protection League of New Zealand (GPLNZ) on Facebook. Any proceeds from this compilation will go towards the GPLNZ.
www.facebook.com/TheGreyhoundProtectionLeagueOfNewZealand

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credits
released July 3, 2023

Artwork: Hannah Salmon
Assistance and levels/master: Matai Szwed/Razored Raw