Baird’s ban is the greatest injustice handed down by government

By Katherine Ernst

YESTERDAY I was in mourning.

At lunch time news broke that the

But it’s not the economic impact I’m worried about.

In NSW, 10 people were exposed partaking in live-baiting. There are roughly 13,000 trainers, owners and breeders in the state alone, meaning the actions of less than 0.8% of participants is resulting in the shutdown of an entire industry.

Not only does it affect those 13,000 participants, but we are also taking about 1086 direct and 475 indirect full-time equivalent jobs.

These are not people who are well off, for the most part they are your every day Australians with families and mortgages, Read full article

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