Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha, WI, closing

Friday, Nov 20, 2009

Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha, WI will be closing as of December 31, 2009. Currently there is an email circulating the web basically stating the animals have until the end of the year or they will be euthanized, but this doesn't appear to be the case.

Wisconsin is a no-kill state in regards to the racers. The animals will either be transferred to their owners, transferred to another track or be placed for adoption. There are several greyhound rescues who are approved to take dogs from the track by the Department of gaming preparing for the influx.

Rory S. Goree of the national rescue Greyhound Pets of America recently wrote this on their blog:


An e-mail has been circulating recently with some figures and statements that to the best of our knowledge contain outright bogus or misleading information about the closing of Dairyland.

This is the information I can share with you all regarding this tracks closure from our volunteers heavily involved in assisting these greyhounds:

1) Currently the number of dogs at Dairyland (DGP) is unknown. A State official indicated they would have a list ready in 2 weeks. 900 was the number given in a recent newspaper article, but we anticipate that number is high and the realistic number is somewhere between 300-500 dogs.
2) There is confirmation from the track veterinarian, who is a State of Wisconsin employee, that no dogs will be left behind. The facility will stay open as long as it takes to find adoption groups for all the dogs that are left at DGP.

3) Hauls are being organized to move the pet dogs out of the track prior to the closing to relieve some of the burden. This is going smoothly. Racers can't be moved until January 1st, since racing will continue until Dec. 31st. A haul going east through Ohio is scheduled to leave Dec. 5th. Another haul is leaving for Canada around the same time. Both of these hauls are going to groups that are approved to accept dogs by the State of Wisconsin.

4) All of the regional adoption groups are all ready in communication with each other and are strategizing how to move the dogs and increase adoptions. Its a good team and confidence is high in their abilities to get the job done. The groups are from WI, IL, MI, MN, IN, OH and IA (the neighboring states), but we anticipate support from well behind that perimeter.




From the Wisconsin chapter of Greyhound Pets of America:


On December 31st, 2009 live racing will cease at Dairyland Greyhound Park bringing the end of an era to Wisconsin dog tracks. What does that mean for GPA-Wisconsin? Well, it means we'll need to continue doing exactly what we have been doing for the past 20 years, but just more of it. That is, finding homes for ex-racing greyhounds. Our strategic plan is to step up our efforts of public awareness through media coverage and special events to educate the public about what great pets greyhounds can make when their racing careers are completed. With that awareness, our hope is to generate more adoption applications than we normally receive this time of year, in order to place more greyhounds into loving homes.


As you can see this is a nationwide effort involving a great many people!

Pethobbyist.com will keep you updated as this story progresses.

Photo: Mya, one of the retired racers already available for adoption through Greyhound Pets of America, WI.

Several rare rattlesnakes stolen

Friday, Nov 20, 2009

On Monday a large number of rare rattlesnakes were taken from Robert Bryson Jr. of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, from his facility in Texas.

For more information and to be kept up to date on any developments, please visit the thread on our venomous forum.

Robert has a listing of the animals as well as information on how to contact him.

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