article_snippet: As many as 1,000 greyhounds a year are being exported from Australia to Asia and South America where As many as 1,000 greyhounds are injected with arsenic, cocaine, Viagra and methamphetamines to increase Viagra and methamphetamines aggression ahead of fight-to-the-death races.
article_snippet: Just weeks after the live-baiting scandal rocked the dog racing industry - when the use of live pigs, possums and rabbits to train greyhounds and boost live pigs, possums and rabbits aggression was exposed - a horrific and often unsanctioned international trade can also be revealed by Daily Mail Australia.
article_snippet: The dogs, both young animals and those at the end of their racing lives, are shipped mostly to Macau, Hong Kong, Argentina and Chile where they are housed in appalling conditions.
article_snippet: Australian greyhounds in South America and Asia are fed a cocktail of drugs before being 'run to Australian greyhounds in South America and Asia death' according to animal welfare groups.
article_snippet: These stomach churning images are published by animal protection groups as proof of the horrific lack of control over the fate of greyhounds in Asia .
article_snippet: Greyhounds here, including those from Australia, suffer a terrible fate,' claims an activist from Proyecto Galgos, who gave her name only as Ines. '
article_snippet: Lobbyists say not all dogs face the same fate, however, pointing to several examples over the years of top Australian greyhounds like this one being cared for in the correct manner by respected Argentinian studs .
article_snippet: Up until now, authorities have been scrambling to keep on top of the shipping of Australian greyhounds to Asia, particularly Macau, for competition at the Yat Yuen Canidrome, but now revelations authorities are appearing with greater frequency in South America, has activists concerned. '
article_snippet: I think what’s clear is that the welfare of greyhounds is not a priority, authorities come a distant second to profits on offer in the industry,' Lisa Chalk from Animals Australia said. '
article_snippet: In Australia, thousands of healthy dogs are killed simply because thousands of healthy dogs don’t run fast enough and hundreds are exported overseas each year to countries that have no laws to protect thousands of healthy dogs from cruelty. '
article_snippet: Greyhound racing in Macau is built around the supply of dogs from Australia which makes the situation all the more outrageous.'
article_snippet: Advocates also warn that, many of the export countries (in Asia), are known for Advocates huge illegal trade in dog meat for human consumption. '
article_snippet: Animals Australia claim that 'greyhounds from Australia were killed at the Yat Yuen Canidrome at a rate of more than one every day'. '
article_snippet: With an ongoing supply of dogs from Australia, this unethical practice can continue, and is even threatening to expand.'
highlights_snippet: Australian greyhounds sent to the races in South America are fed arsenic and Viagra to 'run until Australian greyhounds die'
  Unsanctioned races even see dogs race in pairs watched by punters lined against a fence often ending in greyhounds mauling each other .
  