Criminal charges over Vic live baiting

A group of 15 people face a total of 125 charges brought by the RSPCA over alleged greyhound live baiting in regional Victoria.

Greyhounds at the Greyhound Adoption Program

Up to 17,000 healthy young dogs are destroyed each year by the greyhound racing industry. (AAP) Source: AAP

The RSPCA has handed out more than 100 criminal charges after alleged greyhound live baiting in regional Victoria.

A group of 15 people were on Tuesday charged with a total 125 animal cruelty-related offences after a lengthy investigation into activities at the Tooradin Trial Track.

They are due to appear in a Dandenong court in February.

The charges, which were served on summons, come a couple of months after the track's manager Stuart Mills was banned from the sport for life.

Mills used live piglets and rabbits on leashes or tied to lures to train dogs, the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board said when he was banned in August.

The Tooradin Trial Track is now closed and for sale.

It has not operated since February because its registration was suspended after the live-baiting allegations emerged.


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