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The campaign against dog racing, which came just months before the 2016 election, also highlighted a number of claims of animal cruelty on television shows and Internet video. Dogs are often beaten and abused during dog race events. Greyhound Racing Tips Tomorrow will also be a weekly feature on the FTTnews website along with the latest greyhound racing tip posts and more.

Many were also killed by dog owners and others. The Miami Herald reported that the International Association of Animal Behavior Veterinarians reported 778,743 incidents of aggressive dog- or other owner-caused injuries as of November 2015 and there were 6,072 dog-bite deaths (the same period) in Florida. The Truth Behind Greyhound Racing could be seen as a modern version of the blackjack and roulette games of the 19th century. The dog-bite death rate in Miami-Dade County in 2015 wasn't nearly as high as the average, but it was still nearly nine times the statewide average.

This is the third year that Miami-Dade has reportedanimal-bite death because of a dog. There are about 15,000 dogs, mostly puppies, racing in the state of Florida in the annual WPCAs, according to the Miami-Dade PAA. It's not illegal to train and treat dogs for the money or sports that come with that profession, said PAA spokesman Brian Wiesemann.

This type of racing is illegal in Florida, except in a handful of places including Daytona Beach and St. Petersburg. It's illegal to drive a nonbred dog onto the track at racetracks or at public dog shows, but there is plenty of other dog-trading and non-breeding-related activity occurring in those places.

So when you ask whether this would end dog racing, you getanswer based on a lack of scientific knowledge and a false comparison. On the online forum for South Florida pet enthusiasts, for instance, people argued about whether they should support or support the motion to end dog racing, and what kind of "cruel" practice would not be allowed.

At a recent hearing about the animal cruelty amendment, a group representing animal lovers urged the Legislature to reject the vote, arguing it would end Florida's proud animal-abatement history.