Pet food supplier relieved at ban reversal

A pet food supplier says she hadn't slept for weeks before the greyhound racing ban reversal.

A greyhound is seen at Wentworth Park

A Sydney pet food supplier says she hadn't slept for weeks before the greyhound racing ban reversal. (AAP)

It's not just greyhound trainers and breeders that are cheering the NSW government's backdown on the racing ban.

Pet food supplier Bec Pace, who runs Luddenham Pet Meat with her husband and children in southwest Sydney, says she will sleep easy after weeks of uncertainty.

The Paces were at a loss for what to do after Premier Mike Baird announced the ban three months ago.

"I haven't had much sleep in the past few weeks. We didn't think the ban could be reversed but now it has, that's just been a huge breath of fresh air and been such a source of relief," she told AAP on Wednesday.

"We can actually plan for our future."

The family business, which derives 80 per cent of its earnings from the greyhound industry, also includes a knackery.

Mrs Pace said she and her husband had been horrified after watching last year's Four Corners program that highlighted the use of live baiting in the greyhound industry.

"If I honestly thought any of our customers were conducting that sort of behaviour I would have dropped them like a hot potato," she said.

"If the government does everything they say they're going to do, it's going to be great. It's going to move the industry forward and clean it up."


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