Greyhound racing

Greyhounds compete in a race at the Iowa Greyhound Park, Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Dubuque, Iowa. After the end of a truncated season in Dubuque in May, the track here will close. By the end of the year, there will only be two tracks left in the country. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Greyhound racing nearing its end in the US after long slide

The greyhounds are racing again in Dubuque, Iowa, but after a shortened season ends in May, there will be only three tracks left in the country.

FILE - In this May 17, 2020, file photo, greyhounds compete in a race at Iowa Greyhound Park in Dubuque, Iowa. Iowa Greyhound Park, the last remaining dog-racing park in Iowa, is closing amid a shortage of available greyhounds and the overall collapse of the racing industry. (Nicki Kohl/Telegraph Herald via AP, File)

Iowa Greyhound Park to close following shortened 2022 season

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2018, file photo, greyhound dogs sprint around a turn during a race at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Florida greyhound racing will soon hit the finish line as the sport suffered a rout at the ballot box. The state voted 69 to 31 percent Tuesday, Nov. 6, to pass Amendment 13, which bans the sport beginning on Jan. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Florida voters choose to phase out greyhound racing by 2021

Closing of Dubuque greyhound racing track will cost 58 jobs

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The closing of Iowa’s last greyhound racing venue in May will eliminate 58 jobs, directors of the park said this week.

Arkansas track plans to end greyhound racing by end of 2022

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An east Arkansas track agreed Thursday to phase out greyhound racing over the next three years, citing a decline in dog racing nationally and fears that the state’s voters would approve ending the practice.