Suspects charged for dog killings

Police have arrested and charged two people in Bundaberg after 55 greyhound carcasses were discovered dumped late on Wednesday.
Queensland Police and the RSPCA’s joint taskforce into the disgraced greyhound racing industry discovered the mass dumping site south of Bundaberg after being tipped off.
A 71-year-old Bundaberg man has been charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm, and a 64-year-old Bundaberg woman and licensed greyhound trainer has been charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a firearm and obstruct police.
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The pair were charged after a search warrant was executed at a Bundaberg residence by the joint Queensland Police Service/RSPCA Greyhound Racing Inquiry Taskforce.
Earlier on Thursday, Detective Superintendent Mark Ainsworth said the greyhounds were in varying states of decomposition, which indicated they were dumped at different times.
There was no attempt to bury the carcasses and they were left out, some with a single gunshot wound, to be fed on by wild animals, police said.
Wildfires have ripped through the area in recent months, destroying some of the carcasses, and police are investigating if the fires were deliberately lit.
The pair is due to appear in the Bundaberg Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
– with ABC