Think there are no greyhounds in Kansas without the Woodlands?

Then you thought wrong.

I thought wrong, too. I got curious after reading this story about adopted greyhounds in our sister paper. And I learned that, despite the fact that the greyhound racetrack in Kansas, the Woodlands, closed in August 2008, Kansas is still a large greyhound-breeding state. It’s also home to the National Greyhound Association and the Greyhound Hall of Fame, both located in Abilene, Kansas, aka “The Greyhound Capital of the World.”

This week, Abilene hosts a huge greyhound meet-up. From Thursday through Sunday, breeders, trainers, rescue agencies, adoption groups and trailers upon trailers full of dogs will descend upon the town.