End of dog racing leaves greyhounds homeless 7 tracks closed in 2009, leaving hundreds of dogs needing to be adopted

updated 3:08 p.m. ET, Mon., Jan. 4, 2010

KENOSHA, Wis. - Greyhound advocates are scrambling to find homes for hundreds of dogs that will no longer be racing.

Tracks in Wisconsin, Arizona and Massachusetts ended dog racing just last week, bringing to seven the number that pulled the mechanical rabbit in 2009. Two tracks closed in Massachusetts, where voters have outlawed greyhound racing.

Michael McCann, president of The Greyhound Project Inc., is among those who fear that there will be more dogs available than prospective homes.

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