few days ago, the annual dog sled race Iditarod "has started again. The Iditarod is a sled dog racing, suffer from the year numerous dogs and die. The animals have to pull heavy sleds through the worst weather conditions - including wind speeds of 90 to 120km / h, so-called white-outs and temperatures down to -34 ° C. Their Feet are cut and bloody from scratches littered the ice and frozen ground is inside. end to this seemingly never-ending stretch muscles to pull a lot of dogs suffer stress fractures (also known as stress fractures) or suffer from diarrhea, dehydration and intestinal viruses.
At least 136 dogs have been on record in this race have died.
Six dogs died in 2009 in the Iditarod sled dog race. Two of them are probably frozen. The sled dog handler Lou Packer admitted that he could feel was formed under the skin as one of the two dogs before his death ice. Three other dogs died in the line of "unknown causes". The sixth animal also died for unknown reasons - the dog was in an airplane, after the team was eliminated from the race.
Today's event have not even met the original purpose of the Iditarod. These were a race along a mail route in order to bring emergency rations of diphtheria vaccine to Nome. Today, the participants - among which are hard to find Alaska Native - just waiting for the cash prize, and do almost anything to get this too.
Please take part in PETA Germany and demand action call on the sponsors of the Iditarod, set your support!
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