December 13, 2024 • 5 mins
The sudden news of a ban on greyhound racing has not been well received by those in the industry.
Minister for Racing Winston Peters revealed earlier this week that the sport will be wound up over the course of the next 20 months, taking the industry by surprise.
Adam Jenkins has been involved in the sport for over two decades, and is asking fellow trainers as well as the public to stand up and fight against the directive.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I've got the fish and ship red snap of Seafoods
and some there and been involved with grayhand racing for
twenty plus years now.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
The decision during the week to ban it in twenty
months time.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Very shock and come out of bolt from the blue
from everybody and no one. Winston said three to six
months ago this would not happen. He's done a full
year turn and turned around and as she done the
exact opposite twenty said he would do. So.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Yeah, very surprised you were given I think was it
five recommendations to look at?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yeah, there was five to six grayand racing New Zealand
where given to improve on and they all of them completed.
They were done over the top of what they had
to do, so everything was done was required and they're
still pulled the pin.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
How do you come to terms with it? I mean
you're probably still in shock.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
I think if I meant there's a lot of young
trainers out there and old trainers that have been doing
all their life which just have lost I honestly don't
know what to do and for them me as an
owner obviously I'm shocked as well. But for the trainers themselves,
it's their livelihood. It's there. Everything out is you guys
got mortgages, they've got kids, they've got bills to pay
and they're basically been given twenty months and that's it
that it's pulling the pin.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
What does this do to the associated industries like hospitality?
Speaker 1 (01:09):
It's massive. It's not just greyhound trains themselves. There's the
feed you know, the meat suppliers, the vets, a lot
of vets, people that build the trailers, build the kennels, everything.
There's numerous other industries affected by this, not just that
hospitality as well. All that, all the event centers and
restaurants and that around around the Abington and race rays
like that will be affected massively.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
There are guess some race tracks might be a little
bit in danger of the sustainability yep.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
I think you'll find places like Manor or two which
is part of the North, they probably won't even sustain
hardness racing now the greyhands are gone and the cargo
perhaps two another one which may go Cambridge, another one
which relies big time on greyhound racing. These walks up
are massively too, and it does make me wonder if
that's their next next in line, what they want to
do is take away, you know, look at horse racing,
(01:54):
which would not surprise me.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I don't think Whence Peters would ever do that, would he?
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Well, what he said and what he does all two
different things. Unfortunately, So some.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Of the other ramifications of you know, the way that
you've looked after dogs. What do you say to the
critics of people who say that you don't look after
your dogs?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
They're wrong? Simple? Was that really the SPCAA who's in
my mind? They've got a job and do they should
stay in their own lane? Greyhound racing Specia they took
worlds apart. All our dogs. We rear home my dogs.
We look after our dogs. Every sport has the odd
bad apple. Out of those bad apples, they're gone. The
sport's clean. Every trainer that I know personally and everyone
(02:34):
basically they all look after animals very well. All they rehomed,
they will get the best bit care. Some of them
have there condition kennels, they're fed. You know that they
look at the SPCIA, for example, I think was the
reading out to day Auckland Council and SPCIA put down
four thousand dogs last year alone. Just Auckland Council and
you put that into perspective with greyhounds where they lost
(02:54):
thirteen dogs and race day injuries. When the numbers speak
volumes dinner.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
So Auckland Council, these are four thousand not related to
greyhound racing dogs.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
And healthy animals too. May add these are not dogs
that have got injuries or sick. These are healthy animals
that the owners don't want, literally don't want. Nothing wrong
with the dogs. They just put them down and actually
put down more animals than what they save and then
numbers they on their website. You can see this for
yourself well as far as i'm or where they still
use the captive bolt to put an animal down, to
euthanize a dog, which is in my mind is not humane,
(03:26):
but that's how the SVCIA do it and dead that's
wrong in my mind.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
What do you think's been behind it? Ultimately, apart from
Winston changing his mind?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
I think that's coming to content when the Green Party
and Labor involved in the previous government, they've talked about
it and it's come along from them, and then Winston.
I'm not sure where it comes from. It completely out
of the blue, but SPCA that for years they've been
pushing it and pushing it and pushing it to try
to stop it. And it's said it's obviously finally come
to a head.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
But twenty months, what do you think of the timeline?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Absolutely ridiculous. It's they haven't thought it through too well,
wouldn't since just yeah, not at all? Twenty months. I
know people that have got letters that are due next
week and some some jew boxing day which you know
that's about to be born, lit alone raced. So that's
what do they expect to do with those dogs? Way
too short? What they should have done if they were
(04:20):
if it's the decision they come to, they should have
banned breeding first and then perhaps looked at slowly phasing
it out over four to five year period, not as
the way they've done it.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Is there anything you can do to negate the big decision?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Oh we will. We will be fighting it. Don't worry
about that. We will be fighting it one hundred percent. Yep.
We're not going to stand down. Oh greahund racing is yelling,
they'll they'll throw everything they've got at it. This is
the sport they love, they enjoy. They've We've done everything
we were told to do, all the rehoming, all the
animal care. Everything that we're in asked to do, we've completed,
(04:52):
and that's still turned their back on us. So it
will be we drag through the courts now, unfortunately, but
that's just the way it will be.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
And on an emotional note, I mean, it's so really
big part of your life.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Oh it has been for twenty years. I've been involved
in thirty five forty dogs over my lifetime, some very
good ones, some that haven't been great race dogs, but hey,
they've made fantastic pets. And I've had I've rehummed every
single one of my dogs and the odd one i've
had have had the odd injury. I've kicked myself. I
haven't burned anyone else with the cost. And over the
time i've had them, don't get me wrong, They've cost
(05:22):
me a fortune of the bits, but I've done it.
I've looked after them, re honed them, if not kicking
them myself, and they've been fantastic pits. I've had up
to four at one time at home and yeah, beautiful pets.
Don't do a lot. They eat, their sleep and I
love to run. That's about it. Yeah, very relaxed.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
So anything else you want to tell us fight.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
That's all I can say. You might stand up and
fight and then the SBCA stay in your lane. For
more from News Talk said B listen live on air
or online, and keep our shows with you wherever you
go with our podcast on iHeartRadio
I've got the fish and ship red snap of Seafoods
and some there and been involved with grayhand racing for
twenty plus years now.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
The decision during the week to ban it in twenty
months time.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Very shock and come out of bolt from the blue
from everybody and no one. Winston said three to six
months ago this would not happen. He's done a full
year turn and turned around and as she done the
exact opposite twenty said he would do. So.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Yeah, very surprised you were given I think was it
five recommendations to look at?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yeah, there was five to six grayand racing New Zealand
where given to improve on and they all of them completed.
They were done over the top of what they had
to do, so everything was done was required and they're
still pulled the pin.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
How do you come to terms with it? I mean
you're probably still in shock.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
I think if I meant there's a lot of young
trainers out there and old trainers that have been doing
all their life which just have lost I honestly don't
know what to do and for them me as an
owner obviously I'm shocked as well. But for the trainers themselves,
it's their livelihood. It's there. Everything out is you guys
got mortgages, they've got kids, they've got bills to pay
and they're basically been given twenty months and that's it
that it's pulling the pin.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
What does this do to the associated industries like hospitality?
Speaker 1 (01:09):
It's massive. It's not just greyhound trains themselves. There's the
feed you know, the meat suppliers, the vets, a lot
of vets, people that build the trailers, build the kennels, everything.
There's numerous other industries affected by this, not just that
hospitality as well. All that, all the event centers and
restaurants and that around around the Abington and race rays
like that will be affected massively.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
There are guess some race tracks might be a little
bit in danger of the sustainability yep.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
I think you'll find places like Manor or two which
is part of the North, they probably won't even sustain
hardness racing now the greyhands are gone and the cargo
perhaps two another one which may go Cambridge, another one
which relies big time on greyhound racing. These walks up
are massively too, and it does make me wonder if
that's their next next in line, what they want to
do is take away, you know, look at horse racing,
(01:54):
which would not surprise me.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I don't think Whence Peters would ever do that, would he?
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Well, what he said and what he does all two
different things. Unfortunately, So some.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Of the other ramifications of you know, the way that
you've looked after dogs. What do you say to the
critics of people who say that you don't look after
your dogs?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
They're wrong? Simple? Was that really the SPCAA who's in
my mind? They've got a job and do they should
stay in their own lane? Greyhound racing Specia they took
worlds apart. All our dogs. We rear home my dogs.
We look after our dogs. Every sport has the odd
bad apple. Out of those bad apples, they're gone. The
sport's clean. Every trainer that I know personally and everyone
(02:34):
basically they all look after animals very well. All they rehomed,
they will get the best bit care. Some of them
have there condition kennels, they're fed. You know that they
look at the SPCIA, for example, I think was the
reading out to day Auckland Council and SPCIA put down
four thousand dogs last year alone. Just Auckland Council and
you put that into perspective with greyhounds where they lost
(02:54):
thirteen dogs and race day injuries. When the numbers speak
volumes dinner.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
So Auckland Council, these are four thousand not related to
greyhound racing dogs.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
And healthy animals too. May add these are not dogs
that have got injuries or sick. These are healthy animals
that the owners don't want, literally don't want. Nothing wrong
with the dogs. They just put them down and actually
put down more animals than what they save and then
numbers they on their website. You can see this for
yourself well as far as i'm or where they still
use the captive bolt to put an animal down, to
euthanize a dog, which is in my mind is not humane,
(03:26):
but that's how the SVCIA do it and dead that's
wrong in my mind.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
What do you think's been behind it? Ultimately, apart from
Winston changing his mind?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
I think that's coming to content when the Green Party
and Labor involved in the previous government, they've talked about
it and it's come along from them, and then Winston.
I'm not sure where it comes from. It completely out
of the blue, but SPCA that for years they've been
pushing it and pushing it and pushing it to try
to stop it. And it's said it's obviously finally come
to a head.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
But twenty months, what do you think of the timeline?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Absolutely ridiculous. It's they haven't thought it through too well,
wouldn't since just yeah, not at all? Twenty months. I
know people that have got letters that are due next
week and some some jew boxing day which you know
that's about to be born, lit alone raced. So that's
what do they expect to do with those dogs? Way
too short? What they should have done if they were
(04:20):
if it's the decision they come to, they should have
banned breeding first and then perhaps looked at slowly phasing
it out over four to five year period, not as
the way they've done it.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Is there anything you can do to negate the big decision?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Oh we will. We will be fighting it. Don't worry
about that. We will be fighting it one hundred percent. Yep.
We're not going to stand down. Oh greahund racing is yelling,
they'll they'll throw everything they've got at it. This is
the sport they love, they enjoy. They've We've done everything
we were told to do, all the rehoming, all the
animal care. Everything that we're in asked to do, we've completed,
(04:52):
and that's still turned their back on us. So it
will be we drag through the courts now, unfortunately, but
that's just the way it will be.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
And on an emotional note, I mean, it's so really
big part of your life.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Oh it has been for twenty years. I've been involved
in thirty five forty dogs over my lifetime, some very
good ones, some that haven't been great race dogs, but hey,
they've made fantastic pets. And I've had I've rehummed every
single one of my dogs and the odd one i've
had have had the odd injury. I've kicked myself. I
haven't burned anyone else with the cost. And over the
time i've had them, don't get me wrong, They've cost
(05:22):
me a fortune of the bits, but I've done it.
I've looked after them, re honed them, if not kicking
them myself, and they've been fantastic pits. I've had up
to four at one time at home and yeah, beautiful pets.
Don't do a lot. They eat, their sleep and I
love to run. That's about it. Yeah, very relaxed.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
So anything else you want to tell us fight.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
That's all I can say. You might stand up and
fight and then the SBCA stay in your lane. For
more from News Talk said B listen live on air
or online, and keep our shows with you wherever you
go with our podcast on iHeartRadio
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