Three Victorian trainers from Greyhound Racing Australia have been suspended after allegedly using possums as live bait but the GRV chief executive Alan Clayton has insisted that the case was an isolated incident.
The unnamed trainers used the possums as lures, a practice is known as ‘blooding’ that often results in dog attacking the animal to death as the prey drives them faster.
Greyhound Racing Australia and the RSPCA are now investigating the matter but have not yet laid charges on the men.