At Iditarod puppy mills, mushers overbreed routinely kill unwanted pups. Dogs who are disabled, old, or
otherwise undesirable are shot in the head, dragged, drowned or clubbed to death. PHOTOS from SLED DOG ACTION COALITION
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In 2009, 6 dogs died. Two froze to death. A romanticized Iditarod ignores death, paralysis, frostbite, bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral disease, broken bones, torn muscles. Dogs drown, strangle in harnesses, suffer heart attacks. Training injuries and deaths are rarely reported. Mushers beat dogs as intimidation training. Eyewitnesses said musher Ramy Brooks kicked and punched dogs with a ski pole and chain. "A whip is not cruel at all but is effective," writes Jim Welch in his Speed Mushing Manual. "It is a common training device among dog mushers." During the race itself, mushers speed past checkpoints. At best, veterinarians give dogs brief visual checks. Rather than pull sick dogs, veterinarians often dose them with antibiotics to stay in the race. |
Disaster aid for animals + action for all hurt by greed, cruelty, hate.
