Three-year-old Isabella Icefish suffered "catastrophic injuries" after colliding with another dog during racing at Bathurst's Kennerson Park on December 21.

She suffered a compound fracture to her foreleg and was humanely euthanised by on-track veterinarians on welfare grounds.

It's a sad, even shocking story - and one that the Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds says was repeated 45 times on greyhound tracks across NSW in 2020.

CPG national president Dennis Anderson says Isabella Icefish's death is further proof of the need for "urgent reform" within the greyhound racing industry, though the CPG makes no secret of the fact its real goal is to see a complete end to greyhound racing.

They almost got their way when former premier Mike Baird announced in 2016 that greyhound racing would be banned in NSW from July 1, 2017 but within three months he had backflipped on the plan following an enormous public outcry.

Having come so close, it should come as no surprise that those opposed to greyhound racing have continued their fight and, indeed, they should be congratulated for the wins they have had along the way.

The CPG might call for urgent reform of the industry but the reality is there has already been significant reform - and protest groups such as the CPG can take plenty of credit for that.

And everyone, whether they're involved in greyhound racing racing or not, should support measures that seek to improve conditions for all dogs in the sport - the fast and the slow.

But we should also recognise that the vast majority of owners and trainers already treat their dogs like royalty and are as appalled as anyone by reports of wrongdoing by the sport's very small minority.

And, as an industry, greyhound racing is far too valuable to be shut down in haste.

Mr Baird found this out in 2016 and, following the governance changes made in recent years, there is now less reason than ever to ban it.

Injuries and fatalities are rare and, according to figures from the Greyhound Welfare & Integrity Commission, are only becoming rarer.

Greyhound racing has made important changes to assure its present and will keep making changes to assure its future.