"People won't breed as many greyhounds," said Brian Carpenter, general manager of Iowa Greyhound Park in Dubuque, the state's last dog track. "So down the road, I have a feeling there'll be a ...

The couple have owned greyhounds for 20 years and don’t agree with racing dogs for profit. “You don’t do that to dogs just so people can have a poker game,” Pina Campbell said.

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Greyhound kennel owners banded together and took control of the track, splitting away from the casino. The legislation failed, and dog racing is still allowed in Iowa.

Racing greyhounds are privately owned and many are housed at the track. In this case, the track contracted with a trainer in Colorado to move the dogs to various adoption agencies.

Greyhounds can go on to live long and happy lives after racing. The dogs, which usually live 12 to 14 years, are required by law to be retired from racing by age 5. Most don’t even race that long.

Patty Machelor May 7, 2016 May 7, 2016 Updated Jan 31, 2017 The fate of more than 420 greyhound dogs will play out over the next several months as rescue groups as far away as Canada offer to help ...

Nearly 1,000 greyhound racing dogs either died or were killed last year in England, leading animal welfare charities to call for an end to the sport in the United Kingdom.

At the time, track officials said combined betting on greyhound races in Dubuque and Council Bluffs had dropped from $186 million in 1986 to $5.9 million in 2012 — a 97 percent decline.

The greyhounds at Palm Beach Kennel Club must stop racing Dec. 31 because of a 2018 voter referendum. What does that mean for the future of the dog track that’s been around since 1932?

Racing greyhounds sprint around a muddy track at Southland in West Memphis. Arkansas Southland Casino Racing will phase out dog racing in 2022, with more than 1,000 greyhounds going up for adoption.

A dog handler escorts greyhounds walking at a track in Macau. Macau authorities took in more than 500 greyhounds abandoned following the closure of Asia's only legal dog-racing track in 2018.