Greyhound welfare watchdog calls for out-of-competition drug testing to counter doping in racing industry

The Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds is calling for an independent regulator to be established. (Pixabay: herbert2512)

An anti-greyhound racing organisation has called for better regulation of doping in the industry, labelling current controls as "antiquated", "predictable" and "easily circumvented".

According to Greyhound Racing SA's latest annual report, 1,845 tests were done in the 2021/22 financial year, or 5.91 per cent of runners.