This surgical procedure to impregnate greyhounds in Australia is a major animal welfare issue

  • Written by: Sarah Pollard Williams, Adjunct lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Greyhounds in Australia will continue to be impregnated via a procedure that’s illegal in other countries, after a provision to ban it was recently overturned in a New South Wales government bill.

This procedure, known as “surgical artificial insemination”, is unnecessary and unethical, as it is highly invasive and ofte...

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