In an Australian first, the Greyhound racing industry was banned in New South Wales yesterday morning.
The legislation is set to come into force on July 1st, 2017.
The ban follows a special commission of inquiry which found up to 68,000 greyhounds were slaughtered as “wastage” in the past 12 years.
A NSW Government-commissioned report found that greyhound racing contributed more than 2,700 full-time jobs to the NSW economy.
Tess Mclaughlan and Yulia Sotnikova report.
