As Democrats took back the House and Republicans made gains in the Senate on Tuesday, animal rights activists scored a notable win in Florida: Voters overwhelmingly passed an amendment to end greyhound racing involving wagering. Amendment 13 will shutter commercial dog-racing tracks, long labeled a cruelty not so different from cockfighting, by the end of 2020. Florida is home to 11 of the nation’s 17 remaining greyhound racing tracks, according to the Humane Society of the United States, which supported the measure. Nearly 500 greyhounds have died as a result of racing in Florida since the state began tracking such numbers in 2013. Only one other ― aside from Florida ― has passed a voter referendum explicitly outlawing the practice, according to the pro-racing National Greyhound Association.

Source: Huffington Post November 07, 2018 16:29 UTC