A greyhound dies every other week
AMF Red Army broke his leg racing at Wheeling and was destroyed. (Greyhound-Data, 2019)
3-year-old Braska Fluff was destroyed after she broke her leg at the Wheeling racetrack in West Virginia. (Greyhound-Data, circa 2017)
DKC Romancandle fell during this Tri State race in West Virginia and was later destroyed. (Mardi Gras, 2016)
1-year-old Here Comes papa was destroyed after breaking his leg at the Wheeling dog track. (Greyhound-Data, 2017)
Four-year-old B'S Sodbuster won second place in his last race at Wheeling and died of a heart attack in 2016. (Greyhound-Data, 2013)
Braska Train was destroyed due to the injuries he suffered during this race. (Wheeling Island, 2017)
G Ma Ginny's right leg was broken at the Mardi Gras dog racing track. (Greyhound-Data, 2017)
RML Cali suffered a broken leg while racing at Mardi Gras. (Greyhound-Data, 2019)
An injured greyhound in a turn-out pen at Wheeling Island. (Greyhound Relocation & Adoption Canada Forum, 2013)
Racing greyhound Kiowa Dutch Girl's leg was broken in three places at the Wheeling dog track. (West Virginia Racing Commission, 2013)
According to state records, a racing greyhound dies every other week in West Virginia. Since January 2008 there were 11,001 greyhound injuries reported at West Virginia dog tracks. More than 3,800 dogs suffered broken bones during this period, and at least 442 greyhounds died after suffering serious injuries.1
On May 3, 2018 a four-year-old fawn greyhound named Hallo Jewel Pak died after she fell during a race at Wheeling and suffered a broken skull. Jewel had raced for nearly three years in West Virginia and Florida, starting when she was only 17 months old.
Greyhounds risk their lives when racing
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