IDITAROD DEATH RACE
THE IDITAROD TRAIL DOG RACE IS AN ANNUAL LONG DISTANCE SLED DOG RACE RUN IN EARLY MARCH FROM ANCHORAGE TO NOME WITHIN ALASKA. ALTHOUGH WE HERE IN MIAMI DON'T HEAR MUCH OF THIS "SPORTING EVENT" THE CRIES OF PAIN ENDURED BY THESE DOGS CANNOT BE IGNORED.
THESE ARE SOME FACTS TO DEMONSTRATE THE IDITAROD'S CRUELTY TO "MANS BEST FREIND":
1. THE IDITAROD HAS KILLED MORE THAN 150 DOGS, KILLING 5 IN 2017.
2. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY & CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 80% OF THE DOGS WHO FINISH THE RACE SUSTAN PERSISTENT LUNG DAMAGE. A STUDY IN THE JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE SHOWED A 61% INCREASE OF STOMACH EROSIONS OR ULCERS IN DOGS AS A DIRECT RESULT OF ENDURANCE RACING.
3. THE DOGS PULL THE MUSHERS' SLED UP TO 100 MILES A DAY! THEY'RE EXPECTED TO RUN 1,000 MILES IN 2 WEEKS, WHILE RACE RULES MANDATE ONLY 40 HOURS OF REST FOR THEM THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TRIAL- PROHIBITED FROM TAKING SHELTER AT ANY POINT DURING THE RACE.
4. AS MANY AS HALF OF THE DOGS WHO START THE RACE DON'T FINISH. BREEDERS OPENLY CONFESS DOGS WHO ARE NOT FIT FOR COMPLETION ARE KILLED. THOSE DOGS WHO DO NOT COMPETE ARE KEPT IN HARSH HOUSING CONDITIONS THAT ARE OFTEN OPEN TO THE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES & HARSH WINDS.
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THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG FOR THE HARDSHIPS THESE BEINGS HAVE TO ENDURE. SO I URGE EVERYONE TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF THESE LOYAL & BEAUTIFUL CREATURES BY BOYCOTTING THE IDITAROD RACE. HELP BY WRITING TO THE RACES SPONSORS URGING THEM TO DROP THEIR FUNDING AT:
https://support.peta.org/page/1058/action/1
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BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS - SAVE THESE DOGS
JOIN THE BISON MOVEMENT
GO VEGAN!
THESE ARE SOME FACTS TO DEMONSTRATE THE IDITAROD'S CRUELTY TO "MANS BEST FREIND":
1. THE IDITAROD HAS KILLED MORE THAN 150 DOGS, KILLING 5 IN 2017.
2. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY & CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 80% OF THE DOGS WHO FINISH THE RACE SUSTAN PERSISTENT LUNG DAMAGE. A STUDY IN THE JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE SHOWED A 61% INCREASE OF STOMACH EROSIONS OR ULCERS IN DOGS AS A DIRECT RESULT OF ENDURANCE RACING.
3. THE DOGS PULL THE MUSHERS' SLED UP TO 100 MILES A DAY! THEY'RE EXPECTED TO RUN 1,000 MILES IN 2 WEEKS, WHILE RACE RULES MANDATE ONLY 40 HOURS OF REST FOR THEM THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TRIAL- PROHIBITED FROM TAKING SHELTER AT ANY POINT DURING THE RACE.
4. AS MANY AS HALF OF THE DOGS WHO START THE RACE DON'T FINISH. BREEDERS OPENLY CONFESS DOGS WHO ARE NOT FIT FOR COMPLETION ARE KILLED. THOSE DOGS WHO DO NOT COMPETE ARE KEPT IN HARSH HOUSING CONDITIONS THAT ARE OFTEN OPEN TO THE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES & HARSH WINDS.
_____________________________________
THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG FOR THE HARDSHIPS THESE BEINGS HAVE TO ENDURE. SO I URGE EVERYONE TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF THESE LOYAL & BEAUTIFUL CREATURES BY BOYCOTTING THE IDITAROD RACE. HELP BY WRITING TO THE RACES SPONSORS URGING THEM TO DROP THEIR FUNDING AT:
https://support.peta.org/page/1058/action/1
_____________________________________
BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS - SAVE THESE DOGS
JOIN THE BISON MOVEMENT
GO VEGAN!
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