At the beginning of next year, greyhound racing in Florida will be illegal, exactly ninety years after it was made legal in 1931. How did we get here? And what comes next for the industry? 

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Thank you to Kate MacFall for her help with this episode. Find out more about the efforts of the Humane Society of the United States here!

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