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>30k people are expected and there will be 120 kaiawhina (marshals) including yours truly, who will be working on the day to make sure everyone gets across safely.

tabloid sleaze, hawkish warmongers, and mass hysteria. Today, none of that stuff is relatable at all, and we’re all quite relieved we nipped those problems in the bud."
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#animalabuse #newzealand #greyhounds #greyhoundracing

I am happy that the ban has been announced but also wondering if it will come in place, especially with a possible Regulatory Standards Bill based on which the racing industry's freedom to make money off of animals might be considered as freedom of doing business.

To add to it, we got quite some abuse from the "trainers" and the security, who came to tell us our banner could not touch the fence (the wind was pushing it against, which was initially quite convenient for us; the remaining 3h we'd hold it up during the races, which was a bit of a workout).

There were 12 races, in which one dog was injured so badly it had to be carried out, and we heard several others yelp 😪

The whole experience was very stressful because of the fear of injuries we might witness.

yes, been thinking that for a while now 😔

I hope you enjoy it and would love to hear your feedback! It's free to download.

Thank you again Angie Strachan, @camperkins3.bsky.social and @georgeweeks2014.bsky.social - I am very grateful for your reviews and inputs! 🙏

I consider intersectional patterns of inequity and based on them I suggest three ways forward:

📐 Measuring what we value
➡️ Aligning delivery with strategy
🟥 Retrofitting inherited environments and systems

Writing it was such a great opportunity to look back at all I had been reading and thinking, from the equity perspective.

Thank you for thinking of me, @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social ! As I don't identify as a woman I wouldn't feel legitimate there, though!