Originally Posted by
vdub
This is so terrible I just had to reply. The article is very slanted. I lived in Fairbanks for 3 years, watched many dog races and knew several mushers. They love their dogs and they will give up a race if the dogs aren't up for it. If you look at the scratch stats for this year's race you'll see that many mushers scratched the race. Reasons given included sick dogs, weather, or dogs that just weren't ready for the ordeal.
I'm sure you can find some isolated cases for cruelty, but you can find that almost anywhere. On the whole, the race dogs are loved and treated very well.
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