Animal welfare advocates are convinced live baiting is taking place in South Australia's greyhound industry, despite racing authorities saying they've found no evidence.
An ABC TV investigation aired on Monday showed some trainers in Queensland, NSW and Victoria are illegally blooding their dogs with live piglets, rabbits and possums.
The industry in SA says it has no evidence of the practice occurring in SA, but Animals Australia chief investigator Lyn White says she is convinced otherwise.
"I have no doubt that live baiting occurs in South Australia as well," she told ABC radio on Tuesday.
"From what we are gathering, it's an entrenched practice in the industry."
Greyhound Racing SA chief executive Matt Corby said there was a clear need to review whether the industry could effectively investigate itself.
The body has just 1.5 full-time equivalent staff dedicated to inspecting the state's 300 trainers.
"I can say unequivocally at the moment that we have no evidence of the practice occurring here in South Australia," he said.
"I'm taking no comfort from that, because our processes are no different to that on the eastern seaboard.
"One of the things that comes out of last night's program is the extent to which that model is effective."
Racing Minister Leon Bignell described the live baiting revelations as disgusting and said the government would consider providing Greyhounds SA with more resources for monitoring trainers.
"The industry says it's not happening but we heard on the Four Corners report last night that there were a lot of people in other states who thought things weren't happening as well," he told reporters.
Mr Bignell, who has been a part-owner of greyhounds in the past, said he believed the local industry treated animals well but admitted it was difficult to monitor all trainers.
Greens MLC Tammy Franks called for a national inquiry into the greyhound industry and an immediate suspension of all funding to the industry.
Anyone found guilty of live baiting in SA faces a maximum penalty of four years' jail and fines of more than $50,000.
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