High profile greyhound trainer exposed as dog killer

Dog killer kicked out

by Sean Stevenson
Tasmania Mercury
November 17, 2007

TASMANIAN greyhound racing has been rocked by the disqualification of leading trainer Ted Medhurst for eight years for killing dogs.

An investigation by stewards has revealed that Medhurst destroyed 11 greyhounds with a firearm, falsified documents, gave false and misleading evidence to an inquiry and removed blank documentation with a letterhead from a veterinary surgeon's practice.

Stewards found that Medhurst falsified two documents lodged with Racing Services on April 13 and on July 31.

In these documents Medhurst claimed 12 retired greyhounds had been destroyed by a registered veterinary surgeon, when 11 had been shot and one had died of other causes.

Medhurst was also found guilty of giving false and misleading evidence to inquiries on September 14 and September 19.

He was also found guilty of fraudulently removing blank documents with a letterhead from a veterinary surgery, creating and falsifying business documents and presenting false documents as evidence to a stewards inquiry.

Medhurst has won all the major races in the state, with the highlight coming in 2004, when he won the Hobart Thousand with Regent Thunder.

The eight-year disqualification is one of the stiffest penalties handed down by Tasmanian stewards in any of the three codes of racing, and Hobart Greyhound Racing Club life member Greg Fahey said the industry was shocked by its severity.

"This is a guy with an exemplary record," Fahey said.

"Ted has been the dominant force in greyhound racing in Tasmania for 15 years.

"His whole life is greyhound racing, so it is very sad."

Medhurst has the right to appeal the decision to the Tasmanian Racing Appeals Board but, as it stands, he will be disqualified from the sport until midnight on November 16, 2015.

GA comment: the most revealing aspect of this case is that Medhurst is regarded as "a guy with an exemplary record" and "Ted has been the dominant force in greyhound racing" ... ie. he isn't some renegade or mavrick, he represents the mainstream in the greyhound racing industry and his actions and ideas of what is acceptable behaviour are likely to be representative of the industry as a whole.

Please take action and get justice for the all those precious greyhounds that were killed at the hands of this murderer trainer Ted Medhurst who is one of many in the greyhound industry. An industry thats very foundations are built on the blood and torture of greyhounds.

contact the main organisations and ministers reponsible for greyhound racing in Australia
contact the police in Tasmania and RSPCA and demand they take action and put this killer behind bars

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Don't let this secret brutal industry continue as thousands die in Australia
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Ministers: Australian Department of Primary Industry

Queensland
The Hon Tim Mulherin MP
Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries
Parliament House
Brisbane Qld 4000
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Victoria
Hon. Joe Helper MP
Minister for Primary Industries and Agriculture
Parliament House
Melbourne. Vic. 3000
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New South Wales
Hon. Ian MacDonald, MP
Minister for Primary Industries
Parliament House
Macquarie Street, Sydney. NSW. 2000
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South Australia
The Hon Gail Gago
Minister for Environment and Conservation
Parliament House, Adelaide, SA, 5000
Telephone: 08 8237 9100
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Australian Capital Territory
The Hon. John Hargreaves
Minister for the Territory and Municipal Services
ACT Legislative Assembly
Civic Square, London Circt.,
GPO Box 1020
Canberra, ACT 2601
(02) 62050020
hargreaves@act.gov.au

Tasmania
The Hon David Llewellyn
Minister for Primary Industries and Water
Parliament House
Hobart Tasmania 7000
david.llewellyn@parliament.tas.gov.au
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Western Australia
Hon Jon Ford JP MLC
Minister for Local Government and Regional Development;
Fisheries; the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne
Phone: +61 8 9213 7200
Fax: +61 8 9213 7201
jon-ford@dpc.wa.gov.au
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Northern Territory
The Hon Elliot McAdam MLA
Minister for Local Government
GPO Box 3146
Darwin NT 0801
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