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'''Greyhound racing''' is legal in only seven countries: The U.K., Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, the U.S., Vietnam, and Mexico. This is not necessarily a definitive list. In most countries there is no requirement to report racing deaths making incidents difficult to verify.

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== List of known greyhounds deaths as a result of racing in 2023 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!'''Name'''
!Date
!Country
!Track
!State
!Cause of death
!Incident
!Injury
!
|-
|'''High Profiler'''
|Jan 2
|Australia
|Sale
|VIC
|Euthanized
|Incident in the catching pen
|Right hock fracture
|<ref>[https://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/sport/2023/01/16/sale-records-first-greyhound-death-of-the-year/ Sale records first greyhound death of the year]</ref>
|-
|'''Our Boy Rocky'''
|Jan 3
|Australia
|Grafton
|NSW
|Euthanized
|Incident when entering the catching pen
|Comminuted and compound fracture to the nearside tibia and fibula a
|<ref name=":0">https://greyhoundcoalition.com/media-resource/2023-australian-track-deaths-and-injuries/</ref>
|-
|'''Refreshment'''
|Jan 11
|Australia
|Wentworth Park
|NSW
|Euthanized
|
|Nearside distal compound fracture of the radius and an ulnar fracture 
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Handsome Alert'''
|Jan 14
|Australia
|Richmond Straight Track
|NSW
|Euthanized
|Came together shortly after the start. Came together in the latter stages. Involved in a collision in the catching pen
|Compound fracture to the offside radius and ulnar and a fracture to the offside wrist
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Nicko Ed'''
|Jan 19
|Australia
|Shepparton
|VIC
|Euthanized
|Severely checked approaching the home turn and pulled up as a result 
|Fractured right femur
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Peter Pan'''
|Jan 21
|Australia
|The Gardens
|NSW
|Euthanized
|Checked by a runner shifting wide entering the back straight.
|Compound fracture to the off side fore leg
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Invictus Stella'''
|Jan 27
|Australia
|Healesville
|VIC
|Euthanized
|
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Major Bandit'''
|Jan 27
|Australia
|Bendigo
|VIC
|Euthanized
|Severely checked approaching the home turn
|Right humerus fracture
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Poppy's Pride'''
|Jan 28
|Australia
|The Meadows
|VIC
|Euthanized
|Checked, contacted the rail and fell heavily turning out of the home straight
|Fractured radius/ulna
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Hot Fudge'''
|Jan 29
|Australia
|Warragul
|VIC
|Euthanized
|Collided on the home turn and fell
|Left foreleg radius fracture
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Orson Katie'''
|Feb 2
|Australia
|Angle Park
|SA
|Euthanized
|Lost ground appearing injured and as a result dropped back checking 
|Cardiovascular haemorrhage
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Cupidity'''
|Feb 3
|Australia
|Richmond
|NSW
|Euthanized
|Came together entering the turn from the back straight and fell
|Compound fracture of left Radius & Ulna
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Cheeky Willow'''
|Feb 3
|Australia
|Ipswich 
|QLD
|Euthanized
|Bumped in the 1<sup>st</sup> turn. Tightened for racing room approaching the turn into the back straight. Checked rounding the turn into the back straight
|Offside shoulder and foreleg injury 
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Chicago Reign'''
|Feb 7
|Australia
|Casino
|NSW
|Euthanized
|Came together heavily on several occasions with an inside runner that had marred it. As a result, was unbalanced, went amiss
|catastrophic fracture of the nearside femur. Unstable, likely comminuted and accompanying massive haemorrhage and soft tissue damage
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Sonny Daze'''
|Feb 8
|Australia
|Traralgon
|VIC
|Euthanized
|
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Far From Shy'''
|Feb 12
|Australia
|Bulli
|NSW
|Euthanized
|Galloped on by another runner in the later stages of the first turn losing significant momentum and coming to a halt shortly afterwards
|Unknown
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Garside'''
|Feb 13
|Australia
|Shepparton
|VIC
|Euthanized
|Severely checked on the first turn, faltered and pulled up as a result
|Fractured left radius and ulna
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Audrey Zola'''
|Feb 27
|Australia
|Bundaberg
|QLD
|Euthanized
|Fell and was galloped upon
|Catastrophic offside leg injury
|<ref>[https://archive.is/huXih Anger at greyhound death] Bundaberg Today</ref>
|-
|'''Black Roses'''
|Feb 28
|Australia
|Launceston
|TAS
|Euthanized
|Collision, first turn, break down
|Fractured right hock
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Keep It Short'''
|Mar 2
|Australia
|Maitland
|NSW
|Euthanized
|Collisions, first turn, break down
|Compound and spiral fracture of the off side hind leg
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Kingsbrae Flow'''
|Mar 3
|Australia
|Taree
|NSW
|Euthanized
|Collisions, first turn, fall
|Compound fracture of the offside wrist
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Ten Dollar Slaps'''
|Mar 7
|Australia
|Horsham
|VIC
|Injury
|Collision, first turn, fall, hit rail
|Spinal fracture and fractures to both front legs
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Mobile Doll May'''
|Mar 10
|Australia
|Goulburn
|NSW
|Euthanized
|Collision, home turn, fall
|Compound fracture to the near-side radius and
complete dislocation of the near-side wrist
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Pauline Keeping'''
|Mar 15
|Australia
|Cannington
|WA
|Euthanized
|Ccollision, post-race
|Open fracture to the R radius/ulna
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|'''Max Nipper'''
|Mar 23
|Australia
|Warragul
|VIC
|Injury
|Collapsed outside the catching pen
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|}

== See also ==

* [[Racehorse deaths 2023]]
== External links ==

* [https://faunalytics.org/greyhounds/ Run To Death: The Rise & Fall Of Greyhound Racing] Fanualytics
* [https://www.grey2kusa.org/about/fact_sheets.php Fact Sheets & Reports] GREY2K USA
* [https://greyhoundcoalition.com/ greyhoundcoalition.com]
* [https://greyhoundracingfacts.org/ greyhoundracingfacts.org]

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