Are the dog tracks open in Florida? Expert Advice

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“This is a common sense, moral issue. Florida should not continue to be a subsidizer of the death of dogs.”

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  • Elise Hu, “After Florida Ballot Measure Banning Greyhound Racing, What Happens To The Dogs?,” Here and Now, NPR November 12, 2018, wbur.org (accessed November 15, 2018).
  • Fla. Admin. Code R.61D-2.2023.
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  • Martin E. Comas, “Seminole Oks new regulations on greyhound race track,” Orlando Sentinel, August 9, 2016, orlandosentinel.com (accessed December 28, 2020).
  • George Diaz, “Time for Florida greyhound racing to hit dead end,” Orlando Sentinel, March 22, 2018, orlandosentinel.com (accessed December 28, 2020).
  • “Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering 76th Annual Report Fiscal Year 2006-2007”, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, January 25, 2008, myfloridalicense.com (accessed September 1, 2017); “Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering 85th Annual Report Fiscal Year 2015-2016”, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, January 25, 2017, myfloridalicense.com (accessed September 1, 2017).

    • Animal rights activists have long opposed greyhound racing, saying the dogs live in cramped quarters and suffer from difficult work conditions.

    With the state now out of the greyhound-running business, four tracks in three states — West Virginia, Arkansas and Iowa — are left still chasing rabbits.

    “It’s horrible. It’s very sad,” Gartland said of the sports decline. “I’ve had people in this industry I’ve watched cry over these past couple of months.”

    Dog racings demise comes as Americans — at least pre-coronavirus — gamble more than ever before.

    Yet dog racing operators have failed to cash in on this fast-growing pie of gambling revenue.

    About Taylor Martin Taylor is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing [email protected].

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