I am with you on this. Sometimes, the dogs who don't have a winning season are just left at the track in cages until someone comes along and euthanizes them. A lucky few get adopted. It's abuse in my book.

Here's a list of links to Greyhound adoption centers in Florida.

I've known people who have adopted and they do make good pets.

I find this really distressing since I enjoy betting on dogs when I'm in FLA. I don't think a few adoptions are going to solve anything. What is really needed is a strong greyhound protection law. Surely something like this would be supported by Jeb if the right people were backing it. I'm certain there's a decent way to solve this.

Dan,

There's no way to make the sport of dog racing anything but hell for the animals.

You seem genuinely concerned about them, so you should do some googling to learn about the miserable lives they lead before you go to another dog race.

The numbers are pretty astounding. Baby seals got nothing on these dogs.
Bet on the ponies, Dan. At least they don't have short, painful lives.
I hope dog racing goes the way of dog fighting. I don't know how to make it happen, other than to voice my disgust.

Yeah, what John, Donnah, Joel wrote (^^). These are wonderful dogs (aren't all dogs?) who deserve basic human touch, kindness and family relationships. The greyhound racing industry is based upon incredibly terrible use of these dogs...some are adopted, yes (and so glad that they are) but the industry itself exists by way of the ongoing abuse of animals who deserve far better.

I don't get it. From that article (about the fire)...

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"The dogs were helpless. They didn't know what was going on," said Brown, a member of the Southwest Florida Urban Search and Rescue Team that includes firefighters trained to treat animals.

Brown said firefighters rescued 66 greyhounds from the smoke-filled kennel and evacuated an additional 48 from an adjacent kennel.

Two dog owners, Arlene and Gregory Wootten, were taken to Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center, where they were treated for smoke inhalation and released.

"We're heartbroken," Arlene Wootten said. "My dogs are like my kids. We try so hard and in one second, it's all gone."

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And these people treat (or would) CHILDREN this way? As if the dogs (who are "like [their] kids") have happy, rewarding lives...

I'm glad to read that some of the greyhounds who exist to fund and fuel the racing industry are owned by, at least, people who connect with them, but I'm wondering how many of the greyhounds -- who are like their kids! -- have been putdown by this couple over the years after they grow from "child"hood to teens.

We wanted to adopt a greyhound here in CA a few years back. They are such wonderful dogs. However, the rescue folks didn't think it would be a good idea aince we had a parrot. We had to settle for donating money to the cause. I still hope I can adopt one one of these days.

That's from people training the dogs with live bait, even though they're not supposed to.

They're called "rats on stilts" out here. There's been a greyhound rescue service running for some time now, and most wind up in good homes; they're apparently great pets, if a little sooky- like most critters who haven't had much of a life, they doubly appreciate it when someone takes them in and cares for them.