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A rumor that  hundreds of greyhound dogs at the Dairyland Greyhound Park are going to be killed if they’re not adopted by the end of the year is just that, a rumor.

“There’s no truth to it, except that Dairlyand will be closing,” Ellen Paulus, the head of the state chapter of Greyhound Pets of America, tells Newsradio 620 WTMJ.

Paulus says her inbox has been flooded over false messages being circulated through email and social networks.

The Dairyland Park is closing.  But, Paulus says the dogs will be okay.  “They have three options under the Wisconsin Division of gaming, they can either go to another track to race, they can go to an adoption group or they can be signed back to their owners,” Paulus said.

Paulus actually tracked down the woman whose name is at the bottom of the email.  The woman said she sent out the email with a link to the news story, but it appears someone else added false information to it.

Paulus estimates that there will be 200 to 300 dogs available for adoption when the track closes.  “We will be inundated with extra dogs but it’s not the dire situation that that email says it is.”

She wants to put the rumor to bed so that she can dedicate her time to finding homes for the dogs rather than answering emails about the rumor.

Want more information about adopting Greyhouds?  Click Here for the Greyhound Pets of Wisconsin’s website.