West Virginia

OVER FIFTY GREYHOUNDS DIE IN OVERHEATED KENNEL IN WEST VIRGINIA
Fifty-three greyhounds were killed in a West Virginia kennel on July 27 when the air conditioning in the kennel failed. There was no alarm or back-up alarm. Seven dogs survived the incident. In the past few years, numerous greyhound deaths have been reported involving kennels and trucks with no back-up system or no air-conditioning at all. The greyhound breed is especially sensitive to extreme cold and heat.
Source: Amy Gareis, The Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV) / August 12, 2000

35 GREYHOUNDS, INCLUDING 25 PUPPIES, WERE CONFISCATED FROM A DILAPIDATED BREEDING FARM IN WEST VIRGINIA in September. According to Priscilla Oelschlanger, Director of Marshall County Animal Control, the dogs were found covered with flies and infested with parasites; seventeen of the dogs had to be euthanized. The dogs were being fed roadkill by the owner, who no longer had money to care for the animals. 'They [breeders] get in over their heads and things like this happen, and as long as people go to the tracks, it's going to continue,' she commented. The surviving dogs were sent to an adoption group in Michigan.
Source: Sun Sentinal (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)/ Larry Barsezewski, Sarah Lundy, May 29, 1998, The Palm Beach Post/ Tim Pallesen, May 30, 1998