Our Victories

Who we are

• In 2011 - South Africa announced it will not introduce dog racing, following the recommendation of GREY2K USA and advocates worldwide
  
  
• In 2010, the Rhode Island and New Hampshire legislatures passed our bills to prohibit dog racing.
  
  
• Also in 2010, GREY2K USA helped draft a prohibition of dog racing which became law in the U.S. Territory of Guam.
  
  
• In 2008, GREY2K USA made history by ending dog racing through the citizens initiative process. Question 3 passed overwhelmingly in our home state of Massachusetts.
  
  
• More than two dozen dog tracks have closed or ended dog racing since our formation in 2001.
  
  
• GREY2K USA authored the only state-funded greyhound adoption program in the nation.
  
  
• Upon finding that greyhounds were excluded from protection under the anti-cruelty statutes of New Hampshire and Florida, GREY2K USA presented and passed legislation to restore greyhounds to full legal protection.
  
  
• Our research has led to the exposure of hundreds of media documented cases of greyhound cruelty and neglect, including dogs testing positive for cocaine, dogs suffering terrible injuries and dogs experiencing severe neglect at racing kennels.
  
  
• We have helped defeat several attempts to subsidize dog racing with other forms of gambling, and blocked new tax breaks for dog tracks.
  
  
• Since 2002, GREY2K USA has endorsed more than sixty greyhound friendly candidates across the country, with a success rate of 82% on election day.  We also have a 60% success rate on greyhound related ballot questions.