The Dawn Of The New Corporate Greyhound?
The greyhound racing industry has been rocked with news that the publicly listed Genetic Technologies (GTG) has bought out John Newell’s New South Wales based Frozen Puppies Dot Com.
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Betty’s Angel Misses To Spiral Nakita
Former speed queen Betty’s Angel – rated Australia’s greatest female sprinter of the noughties – has failed to conceive following a frozen semen insemination to Irish stud sensation Spiral Nikita.
Betty’s Angel was due to whelp today, but a recent ultrasound revealed she wasn’t carrying any “little angels” – a term of endearment for the highly anticipated litter considering each pup would have commanded a $20,000 price tag.
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McIvor Road Meltdown Causes Frozen Panic
A failure in one of two frozen semen storage devices at Bendigo’s McIvor Road Vet Clinic has caused panic amongst Australian studmasters and breeders. The AGRA licensed storage facilty, had a storage canister fail last Wednesday 9th April 2008. That failure meant that over 100 valuable straws of frozen semen defrosted rendering the semen worthless.
A spokesperson for McIvor Road Vet Clinic said that the error was discovered late Wednesday afternoon. They state that since that time they have been working closely with the AGRA, who register and track all frozen semen in the country; to “identify each frozen semen straw and its registered owners”. Continue reading McIvor Road Meltdown Causes Frozen Panic





