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Statistics
Greyhounds
Bred by the Industry:
|
Year
|
Number
of Litters Born (NGA)
|
Estimated
Number Born
|
Dogs
Individually Registered to Race (NGA)
|
Farm
Puppies Culled Before Racing
|
| 2000 |
5,234 |
34,126 |
26,464 |
7,662 |
| 1999 |
5,266 |
34,334 |
27,059 |
7,275 |
| 1998 |
5,034 |
32,822 |
26,036 |
6,786 |
| 1997 |
5,192 |
33,852 |
28,025 |
5,827 |
| 1996 |
5,438 |
35,456 |
28,877 |
6,579 |
| 1995 |
5,749 |
37,483 |
31,688 |
5,795 |
| 1994 |
6,232 |
40,633 |
34,746 |
5,887 |
| 1993 |
6,805 |
44,369 |
39,139 |
5,230 |
| 1992 |
7,690 |
50,139 |
38,023 |
12,116 |
| 1991 |
8,049 |
52,479 |
38,430 |
14,049 |
| 1990 |
9,473 |
61,764 |
38,615 |
23,149 |
| 1989 |
7,690 |
50,139 |
38,443
|
11,696 |
| Total |
77,852 |
507,596 |
395,545 |
112,051 |
Notes
Litters:
As reported by the National Greyhound Association (NGA), the U.S.
registry organization.
Total Born: Derived by multiplying the total number of
litters by an average of 6.52 pups per litter (this is the conservative
average that the AGC reports on its website.)
Individuals Registered to Race: As reported by the NGA
in The Greyhound Review, the official industry publication. Each
owner must pay an additional fee to the NGA to have a greyhound
individually registered.
Culled:This
column shows the total number of dogs who disappear annually between
birth and individual registration by 18 months of age. Very few
greyhound puppies or young dogs are delivered to greyhound rescue
groups.
Greyhounds
Killed by the Industry:
|
Year
|
Individually Registered (from above)
|
Estimated
Greyhounds Adopted**
|
Estimated
Dogs Retained For Breeding
|
Racing
Dogs Killed
|
Youngsters
Culled (from above)
|
Total
Killed
|
| 2000 |
26,464 |
13,000 |
2,000 |
11,464 |
7,662 |
19,126 |
| 1999 |
27,059 |
13,000 |
2,000 |
12,059 |
7,275 |
19,334 |
| 1998 |
26,036 |
13,000 |
2,000 |
11,036 |
6,786 |
17,822 |
| 1997 |
28,025 |
13,000 |
2,000 |
13,025 |
5,827 |
18,852 |
| 1996 |
28,877 |
13,000 |
2,000 |
13,877 |
6,579 |
20,456 |
| 1995 |
31,688 |
13,000 |
2,000 |
16,688 |
5,795 |
22,483 |
| 1994 |
34,746 |
12,000 |
2,000 |
20,746 |
5,887 |
26,633 |
| 1993 |
39,139 |
9,000 |
2,500 |
27,639 |
5,230 |
32,869 |
| 1992 |
38,023 |
6,000 |
2,500 |
29,523 |
12,116 |
41,639 |
| 1991 |
38,430 |
4,000 |
2,500 |
31,930 |
14,049 |
45,979 |
| 1990 |
38,615 |
2,500 |
2,500 |
33,615 |
23,149 |
56,764 |
| 1989 |
38,443
|
1,500 |
2,500 |
34,443 |
11,696 |
46,139 |
| Total* |
395,545 |
113,000 |
26,500 |
256,045 |
112,051 |
368,096 |
*To arrive
at an estimated twelve-year total of greyhounds killed, one must
also subtract the number of dogs still in the racing system (approximately
40,000), the number of puppies/youngsters currently at farms (approximately
26,000) and the breeding stock required to produce 5000+ litters
a year (about 1,000 males and 3,000 females).
**A liberal estimate of figures from those in the adoption community.
As industry
revenues decline, the number of dogs bred each year has correspondingly
dropped as breeders are forced to close their farms and breeding
operations and seek other means of making a living. However, thousands
of greyhounds continue to die each year because not even the 200
plus greyhound adoption groups across the country can handle the
huge number of dogs still produced by the industry.
Documented "disposal" methods have historically included:
-Euthanasia
-Sale/donation to medical research
-Mass euthanasia
-Abandonment (often muzzled)
-Gunshot
-Sale to racing interests in Third World countries
-Starvation
-Electrocution
-Bludgeoning
DUE TO
ECONOMIC DECLINE, EIGHTEEN TRACKS HAVE CLOSED AND/OR ENDED LIVE
DOG RACING SINCE 1991
| TRACK |
LOCATION |
YEAR |
| Key
West GHP |
Key
West, FL |
1991 |
| Interstate
|
Colorado
|
1991 |
| Green
Mountain Race Track |
Pownal,
VT |
1992 |
| Black
Hills Track |
Black Hills, SD |
1992 |
| Fox
Valley Greyhound Park |
Fox
Valley, WI |
1993 |
| Yuma
Greyhound Park |
Yuma, AZ |
1993 |
| Sodrac
Greyhound Park* |
Sodrac, SD |
1994 |
| Biscayne
Kennel Club* |
Miami
Shores, FL |
1995 |
| Coeur
d'Alene Greyhound Park** |
Idaho |
1995 |
| Greenetrack** |
Eutaw, AL |
1996 |
| Wisconsin
Dells GHP |
Wisconsin Dells, WI |
1996 |
| Waterloo
Greyhound Park |
Waterloo,
IA |
1996 |
| Camptown
Greyhound Park*** |
Frontenac,
KS |
2000 |
| St.
Croix Meadows |
Wisconsin |
2001 |
| Rocky
Mountain Greyhound Park |
Colorado
|
2001 |
| Seminole
|
Florida |
2001 |
| Pueblo |
Colorado |
2002 |
| Multinomah
Greyhound Park |
Oregon |
2004 |
| Shoreline
Star Greyhound Park |
Connecticut |
2006 |
*Building
has since been demolished.
** Remains open for simulcasting.
***Camptown Greyhound Park has had a short but eventful history.
The track opened in May of 1995 and closed six months later in
bankruptcy. After being purchased in 1999, it reopened for simulcasting
in 2000. Live racing resumed in August of 2000 until November
of 2000, when the track closed for the second time. Valley Race
Park, Harlingen, TX reopened for simulcasting in 2000. Live racing
resumed in mid-December for a 14-week season.
Above
Statistics Researched and Compiled by the Greyhound Protection
League / Revised August 2001
DECLINE
IN STATE REVENUE FROM DOG RACING - 1990-1998:
Kansas:
Revenue
DOWN 59%
Arizona: Revenue
DOWN 68%
Massachusetts: Revenue DOWN
69%
Oregon: Revenue
DOWN 70%
Connecticut: Revenue DOWN
79%
New Hampshire: Revenue
DOWN 84%
Florida: Revenue
DOWN 71%
Source: Statistics compiled by Grey2K.org
REVENUE
AND ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FROM TRACKS IN 7 OF THE 16 DOG-RACING
STATES:
ALABAMA,
the handle at the Birmingham Race Course dropped from $116
million in 1993 to $42 million in 1998, a decline of 64 percent;
attendance for the same period fell 36 percent, from 1 .02 million
to 650,000.
ARIZONA, the handle at Phoenix Greyhound Park dropped
from $88 million in fiscal year 1991 -92 to $30.7 million in fiscal
year 1998-99, a decline of 65 percent; attendance for the
same period fell 65 percent, from 599,792 to 207,870.
The handle at Tucson Greyhound Park dropped from $34.4
million in Fiscal year 1991-92 to $9.9 million in fiscal year
1998-99, a decline of 71 percent: attendance for the same
period fell 74 percent, from 317,1991081,626.
CONNECTICUT, the handle at Plainfield Greyhound Park
dropped from $96.4 million in 1990 to $22.8 million in 1999, a
decline of 76 percent; attendance for the same period fell
67 percent from 633,390 to 206,190.
KANSAS, the combined live and simulcast handle at The
Woodlands dropped from $ 197 million in 1990 to $65,4 million
in 1999, a decline of 67 percent; attendance for the same
period fell 82 percent from 1 .7 million to 305,489.
MASSACHUSETTS, the handle at Raynham/Taunton Greyhound
Park dropped from $215.1 million in 1990 to $64.7 million
in 1998, a decline of 70 percent; attendance for the same
period fell 61 percent from 1.8 million to 696,323. The handle
at Wonderland Greyhound Park dropped from $195.4 million
in 1990 to $3 1.3 million in 1998, a decline of 84 percent:
attendance for the same period fell 69 percent from 1.3 million
to 406,828.
TEXAS, the handle at Corpus Christi Greyhound Track
dropped from $33.9 million in 1995 to $25.2 million in 1998, a
decline of 26 percent: attendance for the same period fell
37 percent from 363,741 to 228,385.
The handle at Gulf Greyhound Park dropped from $149.6 million
in 1995 to $117.4 million in 1998, a decline of 22 percent;
attendance for the same period fell 65 percent from 2,285.3 18
in 1995 to 794,761 in 1998.
Source: Statistics compiled by the Greyhound
Protection League (www.greyhounds.org)
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