ALERT: Save Iditarod dogs from abuse - WRITE
Subj: ALERT: Who's supporting Iditarod dog torture in 2007? - WRITE
Date: 3/3/2007 8:16:07 AM Eastern Standard Time
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PLEASE WRITE AND FORWARD WIDELY
From the Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.org
Please help the Iditarod dogs by sending protest emails to race
supporters. These dogs are helpless victims of profoundly inhumane
treatment and cannot speak for themselves. What happens to them during
the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding
ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, ruptured discs, viral diseases
and pneumonia.
For the dogs, the Iditarod is a bottomless pit of suffering.
Throughout this eight to 16-day competition, Iditarod personnel
encourage mushers to race diseased dogs. Instead of pulling sick dogs
from the race, veterinarians frequently give them massive doses of
antibiotics to keep them running.
Veterinarians also work to help the mushers before the Iditarod
begins. Although the dogs are often sick, veterinarians allow them to
start the race anyway. One chief Iditarod veterinarian even published
a musher/veterinary handbook advising mushers on how to avoid having
prohibited substances detected in pre-race veterinary checks.
Please speak for the dogs by sending Iditarod supporters protest
emails. The 2007 Iditarod sponsors, musher sponsors, race promoters
and business members are listed below. Emails are first given in a
group and then individually under the sample letter. Email addresses
with semi-colons and commas in group form can be found on
http://www.helpsleddogs.org/sponsors.htm at the bottom of the page.
ALL EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR IDITAROD SUPPORTERS - for easy sending, copy
and paste as a bunch into your "Blind Copy" box. You may want to
divide the block into several groups and email each one separately:
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SAMPLE LETTER:
Dear Iditarod Supporter:
I protest your organization's support of the Iditarod dog sled race.
For the dogs, this barbaric event is a bottomless pit of suffering.
What happens to them during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis,
penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage,
ruptured discs, viral diseases and pneumonia. Please end your
involvement in this cruel race.
In the Iditarod, dogs are forced to run 1,150 miles, which is the
approximate distance between Miami, Florida and New York City. USA
Today sports columnist Jon Saraceno called the Iditarod "a travesty of
grueling proportions" and "Ihurtadog." Fox sportscaster Jim Rome
called it "I-killed-a-dog." Orlando Sentinel sports columnist George
Diaz said the race is "a barbaric ritual" and "an illegal sweatshop
for dogs."
Please visit the Sled Dog Action Coalition website http://www.helpsleddogs.org
and be sure to read the quotes on http://www.helpsleddogs.org/remarks.htm
.. All the material on the site is true and verifiable.
Throughout this eight to 16-day competition, Iditarod personnel
encourage mushers to race diseased dogs. Instead of pulling sick dogs
from the race, veterinarians frequently give them massive doses of
antibiotics to keep them running.
Veterinarians also work to help the mushers before the Iditarod
begins. Although the dogs are often sick, veterinarians allow them to
start the race anyway. One chief Iditarod veterinarian even published
a musher/veterinary handbook advising mushers on how to avoid having
prohibited substances detected in pre-race veterinary checks.
At least 130 dogs have died in the Iditarod. No one knows how many
dogs die after this tortuous ordeal or during training.
On average, 52 percent of the dogs who start the race do not make it
across the finish line. According to a report published in the
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, of those
who do finish, 81 percent have lung damage. A report published in the
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine said that 61 percent of the
dogs who finish the Iditarod have ulcers versus zero percent pre-race.
Tom Classen, retired Air Force colonel and Alaskan resident for over
40 years, tells us that the dogs are beaten into submission:
"They've had the hell beaten out of them." "You don't just whisper
into their ears, 'OK, stand there until I tell you to run like the
devil.' They understand one thing: a beating. These dogs are beaten
into submission the same way elephants are trained for a circus. The
mushers will deny it. And you know what? They are all lying." -USA
Today, March3, 2000 in Jon Saraceno's column.
Mushers believe in "culling" or killing unwanted dogs, including
puppies. Many dogs who are permanently disabled in the Iditarod, or
who are unwanted for any reason, including those who have outlived
their usefulness, are killed with a shot to the head, dragged or
clubbed to death. "Dogs are clubbed with baseball bats and if they
don't pull are dragged to death in harnesses....." wrote Alaskan Mike
Cranford in an article for Alaska's Bush Blade Newspaper (March,
2000).
Jon Saraceno wrote in his March 3, 2000 column in USA Today, "He
[Colonel Tom Classen] confirmed dog beatings and far worse. Like
starving dogs to maintain their most advantageous racing weight.
Skinning them to make mittens. Or dragging them to their death."
Please end your organization's association with this horrific race.
Sincerely,
IDITAROD SPONSORS:
Cabelas
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Daimler Chrysler
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Coca-Cola
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Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
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Wells Fargo & Company
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Kroger Company (Fred Meyer Stores)
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Spenard Builders (Lanoga Corporation)
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Chevron Corportation
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Exxon Mobil Corporation
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Anchorage Daily News (Mc Clatchy Company)
Email:
Providence Health System
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Alaska Airlines (Alaska Air Group)
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Peninsula Airways, Inc. (Pen Air)
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Alaska Brewing Company
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The City of Anchorage
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The City of Nome
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5th Avenue Mall (Simon Property Group)
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Horizon Lines
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City of Wasilla
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Network Appliance, Inc.
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General Communication, Inc. (GCI)
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IDITAROD PROMOTERS:
NBC Universal (GE -General Electric Company owns 80%)
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NBC Universal (Vivendi - owns 20%)
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Glamour Magazine (Conde Nast Publications - Advance Publications)
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NPR (National Public Radio)
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Houghton Mifflin Company
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American Way Magazine -American Airlines (AMR Corporaton)
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Travel Channel (Discover Communications, Inc.)
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Elderhostel
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Living on Earth
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Lilly Oncology (Eli Lilly and Company)
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PBS Nature
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PBS Reading Rainbow
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PBS TeacherSource
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Cruise West
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Playroom Entertainment, Inc.
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Riverboat Discovery
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Women's Sports Foundation
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TIME for Kids
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Holland America Line (Carnival Corporation)
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Scholastic Corporation
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Workman Publishing Company
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Girl Scouts of the USA
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Morton Arboretum
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STIHL (STIHL Group)
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Hawaiian Vacations
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University of Alaska Anchorage
Email:
Fodors (Random House)
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Carolina Day School
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Christ Lutheran School
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North Side Middle School
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Florida Commissioner of Education
Email:
State Farm Insurance Company
Email:
ConocoPhillips
Email:
Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska
Email:
Versus Cable TV
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IDITAROD BUSINESS PARTNERS:
Alaska Timberwolf Journeys & Tours
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Grand View Inn & Suites
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Alaska Kayak Academy
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Alaska Native Arts Foundation
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Alaska Vacation Store
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Alaska Discovery RV Tours
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Alaska Splendor Limousines
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Fishtale River Guides
Email:
Litzen Guide Service
Email:
Outer Limits Alaska
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Talkeetna Air Taxi
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David Totten's Online Gallery
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MUSHER SPONSORS:
Marsh (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
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Nutro Products, Inc.
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7-UP (Cadbury Schweppes plc)
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Equitable Life & Casualty Insurance Company
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Energizer Batteries
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Royal Canin (Mars/Masterfoods owns 56 percent of the company)
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The Dish Network
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Jiffy Lube International, Inc. (Shell Oil Company)
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CELLULARONE (Dobson Communications Corp.)
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Eukanuba/Iams (Procter & Gamble Company)
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Blockbuster Video
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McDonalds Restaurants (McDonald Corporation)
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Taco Bell (Yum! Brands, Inc.)
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Ace Hardware
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Amerigas (UGI Corporation)
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Polaris Industries Inc.
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Sportsman's Warehouse
Email:
Batteries Plus
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Great Alaskan Bush Company
Email:
Frontier Flying Service, Inc.
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Trapper's Creek Smoking Company
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Meier's Lake Roadhouse
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Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge
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Alaska Frontier Gardens Bed & Breakfast
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Kantishna Wilderness Trails
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Holy Dog Ranch
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Maclaren River Lodge
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Gotta Fish Charters
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Oomingmak
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Kaladi Brothers Coffee Company
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Tracks of Alaska Photography
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Clam Gulch Lodge
Email:
North Slope Restaurant and Saloon
Email
Wright Air Service
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Alaskan Discovery RV Tours, Ltd.
Email:
Inlet Tower Hotel & Suites
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Homer Stage Line
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Pasty Factory
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Alaska Icefield Expeditions
Email:
Raspberry Island Remote Camps
University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
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Tweed Museum of Art
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Intervet (Akzo Nobel)
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Barker-Ewing River Trips
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Colorado Altitude Training
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REDCOM Laboratories, Inc.
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J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
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bGlobal, Inc.
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Gartner Lee, Ltd.
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Tram Bars
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Princeton Tec
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Trophy Glove Company
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Snake River Brewing
Email:
Trixsyn (Cogent Solutions Group LLC.)
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The Outfitter
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ND Industries
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Ursa wagons
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Great Lakes GeoScience
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Belleville Recorder
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World Tang Soo Do Association
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AE Light (Allsman Enterprises, LLC)
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Western Products
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PJ Operating Corp.
Email:
Folkestone Inn Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers
Email:
Hughes Seafood Company, Inc.
Email:
Arco Coffee (Andresen-Ryan Coffee Co.)
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Empire Canvas Works
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Macgellan.com
Email:
Wiggy's, Inc.
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Jupiter Solutions
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Colorado Cross Roads Bed & Breakfast
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United Railroad Materials
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Krabloonik Kennels
Email:
Teamdiel
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Globetrotter.de
Email:
Immunocorp
Email:
Via Scandinavia
Email:
Kamik
Email:
Bynje
Email:
Noraid
Email:
Vi sees
Email:
Deland Middle School
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