The Greyhound Welfare Scheme will ensure an even greater focus on welfare initiatives and allow GRNSW to provide a sustainable model for funding all the industry welfare programs. The aims of the ...

“Greyhound racing should be banned in the UK,” says Emma Judd, the head of campaigns and communications at the League Against Cruel Sports. “It’s cruel from the cradle to the grave.

Tim Lucey, CEO of RCÉ, said the six-month report outlines the scale of greyhound racing activity in Ireland, adding that the ...

We welcome the interim report by the Ministerial Advisory Committee appointed to help plan the intended transition away from ...

According to GREY2K, commercial greyhound racing is illegal in 42 states, and seven states have ceased live greyhound racing, with Florida, Alabama, and Arkansas being the most recent states.

Only in 2013 did Florida start requiring the greyhound industry to report deaths at a track or racing kennel, with 438 dog deaths reported between May 31, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2017, about one every ...

The 99-year-old American sport of greyhound racing had been fading away, anyway, but Florida residents all but guaranteed its demise last month by voting overwhelmingly to end greyhound racing in ...

Greyhound racing is dying across the country in part because many organizations now consider it inhumane. In the U.S., greyhounds routinely suffer severe injuries and are retired early when no ...

By 1992, greyhound racing was one of the most popular American spectator sports, with 50-plus racetracks drawing 3.5 million fans who wagered nearly $3.5 billion.

The arrival of slots in the 1990s was a jackpot for West Virginia’s fading dog-racing industry. As in many states, lawmakers here allowed new casinos to open only in conjunction with existing ...

Ten years ago, there were 50 greyhound tracks in 15 states. Today there are just 25 tracks in seven states, with 13 of them in Florida, once considered the hub of dog racing.

Floridians will decide the fate of the 11 dog tracks scattered around the state in November, and two sides are fighting to sway voters.