The RSPCA has called for an end to government funding of greyhound racing, while a WA MP criticises the animal rights group.

The RSPCA in ACT says it has received a number of tip-offs in recent weeks about the use of live-baiting in the greyhound industry.

The organisation's chief executive officer, Tammy Ven Denge, says taxpayers could be disappointed to learn that the ACT Government has maintained its financial support for the industry.

The Territory Government provided a total of $978,375 in funding to the ACT Greyhound Racing Club last year.

“The greyhound industry here in the ACT would not exist if the taxpayers weren't paying for it," Ms Van Denge told the ABC.

“The Government's actually keeping this industry alive in Canberra, which makes no sense.

“Why would the taxpayers want to support such an industry that's known for its animal welfare concerns?

“It's not even being regulated here in the ACT. It's Greyhound Racing New South Wales that's supposed to be regulating the ACT racing,” she said.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has responded to the call to stop funding, saying it might go too far.

“Our objective is to reduce taxpayer subsidies in these areas, but I think an outright ban in the Territory is at this point a step too far,” he said.

“But certainly the industry needs to lift its game.”

Meanwhile, in Western Australia, the sole representative of the Shooters and Fishers Party in Parliament has called for more transparency from the RSPCA.

The Shooters and Fishers Party’s Rick Mazza has moved a motion in the Legislative Council which calls for a committee to be set up to inquire into the RSPCA’s operations, and report back by the end of the year.

Mr Mazza says some part of the agricultural industry criticise the RSPCA's role in claims of animal cruelty and neglect, as it is meant to investigate and prosecute while also campaigning against practices such as live export.

The RSPCA has described the export of live animals as a “cruel trade”.

The group has also slammed the Shooters and Fishers Party’s proposal to allow recreational hunting on WA public lands.

“We don't have much scrutiny as to where that money is going, and if it's government money we should have scrutiny,” Mr Mazza told the ABC.

“If you have an organisation that has the exceptional circumstances of being able to prosecute criminal charges on the community, then surely the Government has an obligation to make sure that organisation is scrutinised by Parliament.

“If they believe they are doing everything they should be doing to the expectation of the community, the inquiry will flesh that out so they should welcome an inquiry.”

Mr Mazza said he saw a change in recent years in the RSPCA, and it has transitioned from an “animal welfare” group to an “animal rights” front that “humanises” animals.

RSPCA president Lynne Bradshaw rejected the claim.

“I think he might be dreaming, I've never heard such rubbish in all my life,” Ms Bradshaw told the ABC.

“All our policies are [based] on animals being used for food and fibre, there is nothing at all in our constitution that dictates we would go to extremes and become an activist or a rights group.

“Although there are some out there, we are very, very different ... the Shooters and Fishers are barking up the wrong tree if they are trying to position the RSPCA as an extreme organisation.”