{"id":19230,"date":"2018-11-13T18:40:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T18:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/?p=19230"},"modified":"2018-11-13T19:06:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T19:06:49","slug":"greyhound-dogs-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/news\/greyhound-dogs-racing\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida voted to ban greyhound racing in the state, now thousands of\u00a0dogs seek new homes.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, November 6th,\u00a0Florida voters decided to ban greyhound racing in the state.<\/p>\n

The ban, known as Amendment 13, was approved by 69% of voters. Now, this\u00a0measure has set greyhound lovers, organizations and adoption groups towards a new mission: finding new homes for the 6,000 soon-to-be retired dogs with no clear future.<\/p>\n

As of October, there were about 3,700 greyhounds in Florida, according to the Humane Society of the United States<\/a> and\u00a0Grey2K USA Worldwide<\/a>, a nonprofit that is working to end greyhound racing. The number of dogs in the state fluctuates depending on which seasonal tracks are open.<\/p>\n

However, despite efforts from local groups, not all of the dogs will be retired from racing.<\/p>\n

For Dennis Tyler, co-chairman of the Greyhound Adoption Action Alliance<\/a>, a group of 12 adoption agencies, not all greyhounds are going to be pets, he said. \u201cWhen the ban takes place I\u2019m assuming 1,500 to 2,000 will go to race somewhere else”.<\/p>\n

According to The New York Times<\/a>, a\u00a02015 report\u00a0from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals<\/a> and Grey2K found more than 11,000 greyhound injuries nationwide and more than 900 deaths between 2008 and 2015.<\/p>\n

Some are found dead in their cages, others sustain serious injuries while racing or are electrocuted while chasing a mechanical rabbit around the track. In Florida, nearly 500 greyhounds died since the state started tracking deaths in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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