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Greyhound Pets of America (GPA) was established in 1987 for the purpose of finding homes for ex-racing greyhounds and educating the public on the suitability and availability of Greyhounds as pets, and is the largest non-profit greyhound adoption group. [5]
Forest Animal Rescue was founded in 1998. [1] This animal sanctuary has been located in Silver Springs, Marion County, Florida, since 2013. [1] The facility maintains over 80 acres (320,000 m 2) of local habitat and wildlife as well as housing numerous unwanted wild animal species. This facility offers educational advancement, natural ...
In the 1870s Dr. Howell Tyson Lykes abandoned a medical career in Columbia, South Carolina and took over a 500-acre (2.0 km 2) family cattle ranch in rural Hernando County north of Tampa. The Lykes Family started the first school in this county in Spring Hill, Florida and the library at the county seat, Brooksville, Florida also bears the Lykes ...
The organization's official role post-Hurricane Katrina was that of a primary animal rescue organization [27] [28] overseen by animal specialist and then-Best Friends employee Sherry Woodard. [ 29 ] Also after Katrina, Best Friends helped Pets Alive, an animal shelter in New York state, and rescued around 800 cats from an institutional hoarding ...
Derby Lane Greyhound Track is a racino located in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Originally named the St. Petersburg Kennel Club, it was the oldest continuously operating greyhound track in the country until the discontinuation of greyhound racing on December 27, 2020. However, it remains open for simulcasting and has a poker room.
For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...
Dog Land was an eight-acre tourist attraction consisting entirely of different breeds of dog that was open from 1960 to 1974 near Chiefland, Florida. It was conceptualized by Bob Shetterly, Vincenzo Calvaresi, and C.J. Wade, head of the Lexington Kennel Club. [1]
Florida constitutional Amendment 13, approved by a landslide 69% of the vote on Nov. 6, 2018, was a watershed. Greyhound amendment ended Florida dog racing. Five years later, some unfinished business.