article_snippet.sent: has been the mass murder of 55 greyhounds outside of Bundaberg," Queensland Police Minister Jo-Ann Miller said.
article_snippet.sent: "Some of the greyhounds were in different states of decay and that would sort of indicate to us that Some of the greyhounds've been dumped there over varying periods of time," Detective Superintendent Mark Ainsworth said.
article_snippet.sent: The postmortem will reveal the cause of death of these dogs.
article_snippet.sent: Beatty said it appeared these dogs would have been culled by people involved in greyhound racing.
article_snippet.sent: There's always been a lot of wastage in the greyhound industry," Detective Superintendent Mark Ainsworth said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: The indications are that these may just be young dogs that didn't have the speed, basically.
article_snippet.sent: Australia's greyhound racing industry has been under intense scrutiny since a television investigation revealing the illegal use of live bait in training dogs aired in February.
article_snippet.sent: a television investigation revealing the illegal use of live bait in training dogs aired in February, on the ABC network, showed footage of trainers fixing live possums, piglets and rabbits to lures to be chased and mauled to death by dogs, prompting a wave of bans and suspensions from the sport.
article_snippet.sent: Australians wager AU$4 billion ($3.03 billion) a year on greyhound racing, according to the ABC report.
highlights_snippet.sent: Australian police believe the dogs were dumped by people involved in the lucrative greyhound racing industry .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: the lucrative greyhound racing industry has been under fire since a television investigation revealed live baiting and other abuses .