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Featured Video: Greyhound Racing Bill Press Conference
Sen. Maria Sachs (D-Delray Beach) and Rep. Dana Young (R-Tampa) talk about a new piece of legislation that would effectively get rid of the mandate that dog racing tracks actually offer live races to also offer card rooms.

Bill to Unleash Greyhounds Clears Senate Committee
A bill to decouple greyhound racing from dog track casinos advanced Thursday after a Senate panel rejected a "poison pill" amendment.  Senate Bill 382 cleared the Regulated Industries Committee on a 6-4 vote.

Chamber backs ending greyhound racing at Bluffs Run
The Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce has officially announced its support of legislation that would allow ending greyhound racing at tracks in Council Bluffs and Dubuque.

Slots money keeping dog, horse racing industries afloat

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gambling money, mostly from slot machines, props up the dog and horse racing industry, which likely would wither without subsidies. Slots money keeping dog, horse racing industries afloat

Industry notes: Greyhound racing standing on its last leg
Greyhound racing is dying in the United States, and many dog lovers say that the industry has basically put a gun to its own head.

Greyhound Breeders Use Adoption as a Weapon in Bid to Save Cruel Dog Racing

The most egregious example of their desperation is from Iowa, where dog racing supporters are now telling people not to adopt greyhounds from any organization that speaks up for the dogs.

Does the asymmetric modeling of the Central Tarsal Bone in racing greyhounds occur rapidly during training, or develop during the racing career?
We are uncovering the early changes in bone that occur after the onset of training, and which may predispose it to catastrophic fracture later.

Anti-Racing Blogs

Greyhound Safe

Saving Greys

Greyhound Companions of New Mexico

Tucson Tails

Living The Greyt Life

End Tucson Greyhound Racing

Citizens Against Greyhound Racing

Greyhound Companions of New Mexico

Pack Mentality

Saving Greys

For The Love Of A Greyhound

Greyhound Racing Information Sites

Grey2K

Greyhound Protection League

Greyhound Network News

USA Defenders of Greyhounds

Sample Letters and Op-Ed Responses

Sample letter from Grey2K (pdf)

Letters to the editor and comments on articles are powerful ways to inform the public about the plight of racing greyhounds. The editorial section of a newspaper is widely read and is monitored by politicians. In a letter to the editor, or comments on an article, the writer can discuss information not mentioned in the article, refute positions and address misinformation.

.When writing in response to articles either online or in print, keep the following suggestions in mind:

Stay within to word count requirements. This information can usually be found by following the , "Information" or "About" links online and in print on the Op-Ed page. In any event keep your response as short as possible as brevity is likely to attract more readers than an essay.

Open with a strong statement, and be sure to place the most important information at the beginning. Often a personal anecdote attracts readers' attention more than a simple statement of fact.

Include your name, daytime and evening telephone numbers, email address, and mailing address so the paper can verify that you wrote the letter.

Some letters that got published:

Letter to the Editor: Greyhound fund is heartwarming Warrington Guardian (England)

Letter to Editor: This is no way to treat a dog Verde, Independent (Arizona) scroll down to letter

Your Opinions: Pull The Plug On Simulcasts Idaho Statesman (Idaho) scroll down to letter

Horse racing, the sport of kings, can stand on its own Idaho Statesman (Idaho) scroll down to letter

Dog track? Not festive Herald Tribune (Florida)

Greyhounds also merit protection from abuse Charleston Daily Mail

Greyhound racing is a cruel way to gamble Tuscaloosa News (Alabama)