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  2. Whistler sled dog cull - Wikipedia

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    Robert Fawcett, an employee of Howling Dog Tours Whistler Inc., filed a workers' compensation claim with WorkSafeBC for post-traumatic stress disorder after being told to kill 56 sled dogs in April 2010 because of a downturn in bookings following the 2010 Olympic Games, after a veterinarian refused to euthanize the healthy dogs. [4]

  3. File:US mail carrier and dog sled team arriving at Seward, ca ...

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    English: Caption on image: U.S. Mail Carrier arriving at Seward, Alaska PH Coll 247.386 Prior to the formation of sled dog racing as a formal sport, sled dogs were bred and used by native peoples of the polar regions of the world in their everyday lives for survival in harsh climates.

  4. File:Dog sled team and driver, with cargo, Seward, ca 1914 ...

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    Sled dog racing began as a formal sport with the first All-Alaska Sweepstakes race in 1908. Prior to this, Alaska's mushers had little opportunity for recreation and they used their teams primarily for work and transportation. Naturally, most northern breeds were used as sled dogs. Alaskan Malamutes, Siberian Huskies, Eskimo Dogs, Greenlands ...

  5. Sled dog - Wikipedia

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    The Chukotka Sled Dog (чукотская ездовая) is the aboriginal spitz breed of dog indigenous to the Chukchi people of Russia. Chukotka sled dog teams have been used since prehistoric times to pull sleds in harsh conditions, such as hunting sea mammals on oceanic pack ice. Chukotka sled dogs are most famous as the progenitor of the ...

  6. Alaskan Sled Dog & Racing Association opens new venue ... - AOL

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    Nov. 18—When John Rasmussen joined the Alaskan Sled Dog & Racing Association, the organization's clubhouse was spartan — a bare-bones building that generated heat from the crowds that would ...

  7. Husky Argues With Dad Just Like a Kid When Told It’s Time to ...

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    When Huskies howl at us humans, it’s their way of talking to us; it's how these dogs express their feelings, alert others of danger, or to protect their pack by telling other dogs to stay away.

  8. Sled dog team struck by snowmachine in Interior Alaska was ...

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    Nov. 23—The sled dog team that collided with a snowmachine on the Denali Highway last week was part of five-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey's renowned kennel. Two dogs died and the ...

  9. Mitch Seavey - Wikipedia

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    Mitch Seavey (born 1959) [1] is an American dog musher, who won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska in 2004, 2013 and 2017. At age 57, Seavey is the oldest person to win the Iditarod in 2017 (surpassing his record in 2013 at age 53).