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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9814567, member: 111"]It's a charming box, I've a soft spot for Greyhounds, dating back to 1971, when we moved near a Florida dog track - it was 50 more years before racing finally ended here.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was an incredibly cruel sport - I started to relate some experiences, but it was immediately disturbing to me, and didn't want to foist the horror on anyone else. While still legal in seven states, the only active tracks are in West Virginia - unfortunately, like many other states, Florida still allows betting on those WV races. </p><p><br /></p><p>They're lovely sweet dogs, we had two local Greyhound rescues, so I knew many from the neighborhood and dog parks, all described as couch potatoes at home, happy to be retired...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9814567, member: 111"]It's a charming box, I've a soft spot for Greyhounds, dating back to 1971, when we moved near a Florida dog track - it was 50 more years before racing finally ended here. It was an incredibly cruel sport - I started to relate some experiences, but it was immediately disturbing to me, and didn't want to foist the horror on anyone else. While still legal in seven states, the only active tracks are in West Virginia - unfortunately, like many other states, Florida still allows betting on those WV races. They're lovely sweet dogs, we had two local Greyhound rescues, so I knew many from the neighborhood and dog parks, all described as couch potatoes at home, happy to be retired... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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