When track closes, hundreds of dogs will be looking for a new home
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KENOSHA (AP) - The last of Wisconsin's five greyhound race tracks is closing at the end of the year, and 400 to 600 dogs will need new homes.
The operators of Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha say the track will end racing Dec. 31.
Dairyland executive Roy Berger says the track has lost $17 million over the last seven years, including a $4 million deficit in 2009.
Allies for Greyhounds of West Michigan is one of a number of groups that works to place greyhouns.
It has volunteers in southwest Michigan and northern Indiana.
"So there's a great need to get these dogs adopted out to agencies, to different adoption agencies," said volunteer Anna Silvers. "We're working with them to find them homes, get them adopted out or into foster homes."
The pari-mutuel race tracks folded one by one when the state opened the door to Indian casino gambling.
Dairyland had hoped the Menominee Nation would win federal and state approval to develop a $1 billion casino complex at the track. The tribe has gone to court to try to overturn a decision against the proposed casino.
About 180 people will lose their jobs at Dairyland. And the track's kennel owners are working to place about 900 dogs that race at Dairyland.
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