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Iditarod

The Iditarod is an annual sled dog team race across Alaska. It is the most famous of all sled dog races.

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Why is the iditarod cruel?

it isn't. every check point the dogs are fed a warm meal and checked out by vets.

it could be... i heard that they kill the dogs if they do not meet or exceed standards. I also read theese facts on the web:

Many of the dogs in the Iditarod suffer from stress, pneumonia, gastric

ulcers, or "Sudden Death Syndrome"--literally running to death. About one

third of the animals must be flown out when they become ill, injured, or

exhausted.

Many of the dogs collapse at the finish line and often cannot rise to a

standing position to eat for days. Jon Saraceno, sports columnist for USA

Today, called the race "Ihurtadog" and "an outrage."

The Iditarod is condemned by animal protection groups across the United

States, led by the Humane Society, because dog deaths and injuries are

common in the race.

Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia have anti-cruelty laws that

would make the Iditarod illegal because of overworking an animal.

The Iditarod Trail Committee wants people to think of the Iditarod as a

commemoration of the 1925 Anchorage to Nome diphtheria serum run.

However, they don't point out that half of the 1925 serum run was done by

train. Dogs ran in relays for the remaining 500 or 600 miles, with few dogs

running more than 100 miles.

The race has led to the proliferation of husky dog kennels in Alaska, many of

which are substandard. None are inspected by the State of Alaska or any

other agency. Because of this, cruelty to animals is ubiquitous in many

husky dog kennels.

ABC and other major American media are in serious danger of being

accused of being complicit, because it all starts with the immense,

much-hyped Iditarod race.

What language is for the Iditarod?

It is Alaskian because the Iditarod is in Alaska!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What have you that has not been given to you?

The Answer is Shining in Your Eyes

Remove the scales from your eyes my brothers - you can't do it alone!

1 Corinthians 4:7 - For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

What you have you did not earn but was given to you by God. You think you are perfect --- you are not, and neither am I. Spread the good news that Jesus is the answer!

Matthew 7:7 - Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened to you.

Another Answer

What have you that has not been given to you? Nothing. EVERYTHING resides in the mind of God.

Who was in the closest finish in the Iditarod?

Mitch Seavey & Paul Gephurt

Actually, it wasn't Seavey and Gebhart (not Gephurt). It was Dick Mackey and Rick Swenson in 1978, with Mackey winning by one second. Both mushers were running down Front Street in Nome, sometimes on the runners and sometimes running beside their teams. Dick Mackey's lead dog crossed the line first, but Swenson was the first human over the line. However, it was determined that the winner was the one whose lead dog's nose crossed the finish line first. Mackey's lead dog's nose crossed that line one second before Swenson's dog, which is to date the closest finish in I-rod history. (The 2010 race is still underway, however, so that could change!)

The dog on th noom?

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How do the dogs survive the iditarod race?

The Alaskan sled dog is very tough. It has a thick coat, and is a well built, well muscled dog that can run all day. During the Iditarod they may wear a jacket and booties to keep the paws from being cut. But they were bred for this work.

What is the red lantern award in the Iditarod?

it is the award giving to the last musher to cross the finish line and first to win now lets kiss

Are dogs abused in the Iditarod?

none if the owner and trainer were treating it correctly.

Can Alaskan Malamutes run the Iditarod?

Generally no, Alaskan Malamutes are rarely, if ever, used in the Iditarod. This is because Iditarod racers breed their own variety of crossbred dogs that perform better in the endurance-testing race. Purebred Alaskan Malamutes are too heavy and prone to inherited illness to be used, although theoretically they could be used. The more experienced racers use a mixture of Labrador, Lurcher and Husky dogs to pull their sleds.

What are the pros and cons of the Iditarod?

A pro to the Iditarod is that the food for the dogs contain fat in them. The dogs usually eat fatty fish, beef, and lamb. A con is that the sled dogs are forced to race when they can suffer from heart failure, pneumonia, and sled accidents. A second pro is that the dogs MUST where booties to prevent frostbite and cut paws. Another con is that dogs' mushers can injure or even kill the huskies if they don't do what the musher wants them to do.

Who was the oldest musher to run the Iditarod?

Jeff King Is the oldest musher to run the Iditarod By Emily Elizabeth Wells

Close Emily. Jeff King was the oldest to win, but Colonel Norman Vaughn was the oldest to finish the race at age 86.

Where do mushers in the Iditarod sleep?

They sleep at the checkpoint stops. If they want they can make an igloo or something that they might rather sleep in then the checkpoint where a lot of other teams are.

Where was Dick Wilmarth born?

There is no biographical information available except that he lived in Red Devil, Alaska (on the Kuskokwim River in south central Alaska).

Wilmarth won the inaugural Iditarod trail Sled Dog Race in 1973.