Altogether, forty-six US tracks have ended dog racing and most have closed entirely: St. Since our formation in 2001, the dog racing industry has suffered catastrophic decline. The United States Territory of Guam also outlawed commercial dog racing in 2010.
The following are the most recent states to pass legislation prohibiting dog racing: Maine (1993), Virginia (1995), Vermont (1995), Idaho (1996), Washington (1996), Nevada (1997), North Carolina (1998), Pennsylvania (2004), Massachusetts (2010), Rhode Island (2010), New Hampshire (2010), Colorado (2014), Arizona (2016), Florida (2018) and Oregon (2022). A greyhound at a breeding farm in the United States.