Andrew Johnson disqualified over death & treatment of greyhounds

April 17, 2016 Comments Off

By Katherine Ernst

ON Sunday Racing Queensland (RQ) Stewards conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of the greyhound Gold Plated, a winner of three races from 33 starts, at the Bouldercombe property of her trainer, Andrew Johnson.

On March 1, 2016, IRU Officers visited Johnson’s property after RQ received information that Gold Plated had died on Friday February 26, 2016, after having a barking muzzle applied by Johnson before he departed that morning.

IRU Officers initially interviews Johnson and then contacted the RSPCA to seek assistance to have the body of the greyhound exhumed to allow for an autopsy to be performed.

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