Not only should he be banned from racing, but he should also be arrested and jailed for animal cruelty. The crime — and yes, it’s a crime — should not go unpunished and banned from racing does not seem commiserate with the crime. Are there no animal cruelty laws in Australia?
A similar crime happened years ago at a Florida track where numerous greyhounds were suffocated with duct tape and that guy went to jail and rightly so.