Greyhound Racing Nearing Its End in the US After Long Slide

Greyhound Racing Nearing Its End in the US After Long Slide
Greyhounds compete in a race at the Iowa Greyhound Park in Dubuque, Iowa on April 16, 2022. Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo
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DUBUQUE, Iowa—Vera Rasnake laughed as she led a trio of barking, jostling dogs into the Iowa Greyhound Park, but her smile faded when she acknowledged that after 41 years of being around the sleek animals, her sport was teetering on extinction.

After the end of a truncated season in Dubuque in May, the track here will close. By the end of the year there will only be two tracks left in the country.