The state’s final race was run at the Palm Beach Kennel Club on Dec.
The state used to be home to 11 of the country’s remaining 17 dog tracks before the measure was overwhelmingly approved by some 69% of Floridians. Once considered “the mecca of dog racing in America,” a 2018 voter-approved ballot measure axed commercial greyhound racing in Florida. A move by the greyhound racing industry to have Florida’s dog racing ban declared unconstitutional was rejected last week by a federal appeals court, reported on Monday, Aug.
