 Sobel is a strong advocate for animal rights and protections especially greyhounds.She successfully passed the Victoria Q. Gaetz (Wife of Senate President Don Gaetz) Greyhound Protection Act in the Florida Senate that would report greyhound injuries (current law limits reporting of deaths) but the bill died in the Florida House of Representatives.In 2016, the New Times of Broward and Palm Beach named Senator Eleanor Sobel as their Best politician of 2016.