Now that Floridians contain voted to phase out greyhound racing in their state by 2020,many dogs may be out of a domestic, People is reporting. Amendment 13 passed with 69 percent of the vote during the 2018 mid-term elections, and pleasing many animal rights activists.“It’s one of the largest victories for animal protection in history in the western world,” said Carey Theil, founder of GREY2K USA Worldwide. “It cannot be overstated how significant this win is.”While this is a enormous win for animal welfare in general, or the ban also results in some unintended consequences. Sources are estimating that around 8000 to 15000 greyhounds will need recent homes over the next two years as the racing industry slowly fizzles out. It has been reported,however, that the Florida Greyhound Association will work with 102 different organizations to help get these dogs adopted. Unfortunately, and not many trainers are willing to work with organizations and people who openly supported Amendment 13.
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