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The Greyhound Protection Act is a Massachusetts statute that gradually eliminated commercial dog racing by 2010. It was enacted as Question 3 on the November 4, 2008 ballot in Massachusetts. It shut down the state's two tracks, Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park and Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere, by January 1, 2010.
The Taunton track closed in 1981, [6] and its operations were absorbed into the Raynham track, which became known as Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park. [4] Both remaining tracks closed by the end of 2009, when dog racing was banned by the Massachusetts Greyhound Protection Act .
The area that is now Raynham was settled in 1639 as a part of Taunton, and was founded by Elizabeth Pole, the first woman to found a town in America.. It was to that area three years earlier that Roger Williams, proponent of separation of church and state, of paying Indians for land acquired and abolishing slavery, had escaped, traveling 55 miles during a January blizzard.
These were the Top 5 stories of the past week, according to Taunton Daily Gazette readers. ... The latest Greater Taunton real estate report, featuring a Raynham colonial that sold for $690,000 ...
Wonderland Greyhound Park was a greyhound racing track located in Revere, Massachusetts formerly owned by the Westwood Group. It was constructed on the site of the former Wonderland Amusement Park . Wonderland opened on June 12, 1935, and formerly offered 361 races during its 100-day, April to September racing period.
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Later that year, Dario sold his 82 percent controlling interest in the park to the Taunton Greyhound Association. [5] The track was renamed as Lincoln Greyhound Park, and began its first season of greyhound racing in June 1977. [6] In April 1977, Dario claimed he had a deal to purchase Narragansett Park, but those claims proved unsubstantiated. [7]