❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed data on greyhound breeding and racing since 2005. The response provides some data but declines to answer part (c) due to resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 5368Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the Greyhound Racing industry in Western Australia and ask: (a) how many Greyhounds were whelped in WA every year since 2005; (b) how many registered breeders were there in WA every year since 2005; (c) how many Greyhounds were whelped by each registered breeder in (b), each year since 2005; and (d) of the Greyhounds whelped each year since 2005, how many went on to race?
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Answered
10 May 2016
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Racing and Gaming
Response time
34 days
Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) advises:
(a)
2004-05: 609. 2005-06: 634.
2006-07: 562.
2007-08: 598.
2008-09: 787.
2009-10: 623.
2010-11: 615.
2011-12: 553.
2012-13: 586.
2013-14: 691.
2014-15: 587.
(b)
2005-11: RWWA only commenced licensing breeders in 2011.
2011-12: 118 licences issued.
2012-13: 31 licences issued.
2013-14: 33 licences issued.
2014-15: 21 licences issued.
Note: For the period 2011-15, 13 licences ceased to be valid for various reasons (the primary reason being inactivity as the Rule prescribes that a licence expires if a litter is not bred in 4 years).
(c)
RWWA advises that answering this question will require extensive and time consuming analysis. Given the volume of licensees and combinations of breeders, it is not practical to extract and display that data for each entity registered as a breeder of a respective litter for that period as it can include multiple persons who are registered as the owner of a respective brood bitch being associated with a single whelp. Each respective litter has its own registered breeder based upon ownership, or authority over the breeding bitch. Accordingly I am not prepared to divert valuable staff resources away from other duties to undertake this task.
(d)
2005-11: RWWA only commenced licensing breeders in 2011.
2011-12: 347 of 553.
2012-13: 390 of 586.
2013-14: 341 of 691 (some of the younger whelps not yet ready to race).
2014-15: Nil, as whelps are too young to race.
(a)
2004-05: 609. 2005-06: 634.
2006-07: 562.
2007-08: 598.
2008-09: 787.
2009-10: 623.
2010-11: 615.
2011-12: 553.
2012-13: 586.
2013-14: 691.
2014-15: 587.
(b)
2005-11: RWWA only commenced licensing breeders in 2011.
2011-12: 118 licences issued.
2012-13: 31 licences issued.
2013-14: 33 licences issued.
2014-15: 21 licences issued.
Note: For the period 2011-15, 13 licences ceased to be valid for various reasons (the primary reason being inactivity as the Rule prescribes that a licence expires if a litter is not bred in 4 years).
(c)
RWWA advises that answering this question will require extensive and time consuming analysis. Given the volume of licensees and combinations of breeders, it is not practical to extract and display that data for each entity registered as a breeder of a respective litter for that period as it can include multiple persons who are registered as the owner of a respective brood bitch being associated with a single whelp. Each respective litter has its own registered breeder based upon ownership, or authority over the breeding bitch. Accordingly I am not prepared to divert valuable staff resources away from other duties to undertake this task.
(d)
2005-11: RWWA only commenced licensing breeders in 2011.
2011-12: 347 of 553.
2012-13: 390 of 586.
2013-14: 341 of 691 (some of the younger whelps not yet ready to race).
2014-15: Nil, as whelps are too young to race.
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