Florida is No. 1 in greyhound racetracks. According to the Miami Herald, state regulators want more inspection power and penalties for animal abusers.
The industry has had problems from dog-doping with cocaine to force them to run faster to the 2002 discovery that a former Pensacola racetrack worker had been paid $10 apiece to shoot up to 3,000 aging greyhounds on his Alabama farm.
There is a bill in state legislature that would give state regulators new powers to enforce ”humane treatment” of racing animals:
-Investigators could go into track-owned kennel areas to examine dog medicines and food and to check on the welfare of animals.
-State could take administrative action against animal abusers instead of waiting months or years for a criminal prosecution.
