Dear Friends,

This is a red alert! A bill to re-open all the Kansas dog tracks will be heard on in the House Federal and State Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Please sign our petition and then please personally contact the lawmakers below and ask them to VOTE NO ON HB 2545. Contact the members in bold first.

If this dangerous bill passes, the cruelty of dog racing will come back to the beautiful Sunflower State! 

Chairperson John Barker
785 296-7674
john.barker@house.ks.gov

Vice Chair Ron Highland
785 296-7310
ron.highland@house.ks.gov

Representative Louis Ruiz
785 296-7885
louis.ruiz@house.ks.gov

Representative Tory Marie Arnberger
785 296-7363
ToryMarie.Arnberger@house.ks.gov

Representative Francis Awerkamp
785 296-6989
francis.awerkamp@house.ks.gov

Representative Blake Carpenter
785-296-7567
blake.carpenter@house.ks.gov

Representative Stephanie Clayton
785 296-7548
stephanie.clayton@house.ks.gov

Representative Ronald Ellis
785 296-5623
Ronald.Ellis@house.ks.gov

Representative Broderick Henderson
785 296-7697
broderick.henderson@house.ks.gov

Representative Dennis "Boog" Highberger
785-296-7122
dennis.boog.highberger@house.ks.gov

Representative Eileen Horn
785-296-7652
eileen.horn@house.ks.gov

Representative Michael Houser
785 296-7679
michael.houser@house.ks.gov

Representative Susan Humphries
785 296-7699
Susan.Humphries@house.ks.gov

Representative Trevor Jacobs
785 296-7616
Trevor.Jacobs@house.ks.gov

Representative Jim Karleskint
785 296-7683
Jim.Karleskint@house.ks.gov

Representative Nancy Lusk
785 296-7651
nancy.lusk@house.ks.gov

Representative Vic Miller
785 296-7656
Vic.Miller@house.ks.gov

Representative Abraham Rafie
785-296-7680
abraham.rafie@house.ks.gov

Representative Melissa Rooker
785 296-7686
melissa.rooker@house.ks.gov

Representative Tom Sawyer
785 296-7691
tom.sawyer@house.ks.gov

Representative Eric L. Smith
785 296-7557
Eric.Smith@house.ks.gov

Representative Chuck Weber
785-296-7473
chuck.weber@house.ks.gov

Representative John Whitmer
785-296-7567
john.whitmer@house.ks.gov

HB 2545 seeks to encourage long-closed dog tracks to come alive again with thousands of slot machines. At least two of the three tracks would be required to offer live racing, farms would start pumping out more victims and thousands of young greyhounds could suffer and die out each year. Read our fact sheet to learn more. ​

We can not let this happen!

Key points:

• Greyhound racing is a dying industry, illegal in 40 states. Greyhound racing proved to be a bad experiment for Kansas, with a 95% decline in gambling forcing the facilities to close. It makes little sense to bring this unpopular industry back to the state.

• Slot machine subsidies are anti free-market and do not work. This idea has been tried in multiple other states and failed. The state of Iowa lost $14 million a year promoting greyhound racing and today West Virginia, which also subsidizes the industry, has seen attendance levels drop by as much as 99%. The tracks in Florida lose over $30 million a year on dog racing, because betting on dogs has declined by almost 100% in the Sunshine State.

• The dogs lose, too. In the last six months of racing in Kansas, 19 dogs died and 80 dogs suffered broken legs, broken backs and other injuries. Such cruelty should not be allowed to return. 

Please contact the lawmakers listed, particularly the ones in bold print and ask them to Reject HB 2545 and be sure to let Governor Jeff Colyer know your concerns as well. ​

The dogs need you desperately. Please act now. 

For the greyhounds,

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