Fresh allegations of NSW greyhound trainers using animals as bait are being investigated by the industry's new welfare watchdog.
The Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission on Tuesday said it was investigating rumours "relating to the use of an animal or part of an animal in training greyhounds" on a private property.
It is illegal to use live animals or the carcass of an animal for baiting in greyhound racing.
The commission said anyone who had information regarding the potential baiting and failed to report it could themselves be penalised.
The fresh allegations come less than a week after the NSW government announced $700,000 in funding to upgrade the Goulburn Greyhound Racing Club in the state's southern tablelands.
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The money will help provide a temporary home for the Canberra industry which was forced to relocate to NSW after greyhound racing was banned in the ACT.
It's not the first boost the industry has received from the NSW government this year.
Some $500,000 is going towards the inaugural Million Dollar Chase at Sydney's Wentworth Park which will be the richest greyhound race in the world.
The new baiting investigation comes two years after then-premier Mike Baird announced the government would ban greyhound racing after an inquiry found up to 68,000 dogs had been killed over the previous 12 years and nearly a fifth of trainers used live animals as bait.
The ban was abandoned three months later in October 2016 following an industry-led backlash.
The welfare commission on Tuesday said it treated all allegations of wrongdoing seriously and would respond "with the full force of the law".
