A greyhound adoption program is helping to rehabilitate women in prison
ABCA Greyhound training program operating out of prisons across regional Victoria is giving both women prisoners and retired racing dogs a new lease on life. Key points: Tarrengower Prison is celebrating more than a decade as part of the Greyhound Adoption Program Female inmates say they gain valuable skills and a sense of purpose The prison training program is part of a Greyhound Racing Victoria initiative to rehome retired race dogs Tarrengower prison, in the town of Maldon in central Victoria, has recently welcomed its 500th greyhound to its rehabilitation program. Plan to extend program reach Mr Clayton said while 500 dogs have gone through the Tarrengower prison training program, there were many more across the state looking for a new home, including hundreds in the greyhound adoption program. "The government has been reforming greyhound racing since 2015, and in that time the number of dogs getting adopted has more than doubled," Mr Clayton said.
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