http://www.all-creatures.org/alert/alert-20150209.html
Action Alert from All-Creatures.org
FROM
SledDogma.org
February 2015
ACTION
Iditarod season is upon us again – March 7, 2015
Go here and Write to Iditarod sponsors and supporters
INFORMATION / TALKING POINTS
Sled Dogma: Reality Bites believes that a tethering ban on a federal level is necessary to significantly improve conditions for the sled dogs associated with commercial mushing. Currently commercial sled dog operations are exempt from federal regulations under a “working dog” exclusion.
Please watch Dream an Iditarod Dream (with links to other videos). This video shows the living conditions of the Iditarod “participants” when they’re not “racing”.
See for yourself the conditions in which commercial sled dogs in Alaska are forced to live. These animals are located on a property deep in the woods with no residence on site — they are left alone to fend for themselves without any human supervision besides a daily distribution of food and water.
In the fall in Alaska, Iditarod “training” begins:
“Trainer” in ATV…
One way to transport dogs to “race” venues
For more information, images and videos, visit I Hurt A Dog.com and SledDogma.org
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Some trainers shoot the dogs that they don’t think will be good for racing, then skin them and sell the fur as wolf or coyote. Trainers also shoot dogs that are sick or injured because they can’t or don’t want to pay the vet bills.
I hate this race.
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