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Iditarod had a newspaper article saying "Dogs love to race!" I disagree: http://www.helpsleddogs.org/
I choose to be a voice for these Animals who have no voice and so I wrote my own article in which I hope to get published in the papers. I would love for you to read it and critique it in any way possible. I am not at all a good writer so I could really use your help.
So could these innocent dogs!
Iditarod: Dog sled race of death
Iditarod is a dog sled race held every March in Alaska. In this dog sled drivers (known as mushers) force their dogs to run one thousand one hundred fifty miles miles from Anchorage to Nome in eight to fifteen days over a grueling terrain.
In recent years musher's have pressed their dogs to run at ever increasing speeds, resulting in the extremely cruel treatment of dogs.
So how cruel is this race? In nineteen-ninety-seven, the Anchorage Daily News reported that "at least one-hundred seven [dogs] have died." Common causes of death include: strangulation from towlines, internal hemorrhaging after being gouged by a sled, pneumonia, liver injury, and heart failure. In fact, only fifty percent of the dogs on average will make it across the finish line.
When racing dogs cannot keep up they are often dragged during the race causing neck injuries. Many are far too often forced to run even when tired or ill.
The Iditarod violates accepted standards regarding animal cruelty as is shown by the laws of thrity-eight states and the District of Columbia. These thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia have laws which state that "overdriving" and "overworking" commits cruelty to animals.
When will this race of death be over?
Any ideas at all? I would greatly appreciate anything, no matter how big or small!
I choose to be a voice for these Animals who have no voice and so I wrote my own article in which I hope to get published in the papers. I would love for you to read it and critique it in any way possible. I am not at all a good writer so I could really use your help.
So could these innocent dogs!
Iditarod: Dog sled race of death
Iditarod is a dog sled race held every March in Alaska. In this dog sled drivers (known as mushers) force their dogs to run one thousand one hundred fifty miles miles from Anchorage to Nome in eight to fifteen days over a grueling terrain.
In recent years musher's have pressed their dogs to run at ever increasing speeds, resulting in the extremely cruel treatment of dogs.
So how cruel is this race? In nineteen-ninety-seven, the Anchorage Daily News reported that "at least one-hundred seven [dogs] have died." Common causes of death include: strangulation from towlines, internal hemorrhaging after being gouged by a sled, pneumonia, liver injury, and heart failure. In fact, only fifty percent of the dogs on average will make it across the finish line.
When racing dogs cannot keep up they are often dragged during the race causing neck injuries. Many are far too often forced to run even when tired or ill.
The Iditarod violates accepted standards regarding animal cruelty as is shown by the laws of thrity-eight states and the District of Columbia. These thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia have laws which state that "overdriving" and "overworking" commits cruelty to animals.
When will this race of death be over?
Any ideas at all? I would greatly appreciate anything, no matter how big or small!