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Urge Capstone Clinic and Alaskan Energy Company to Stop Supporting the Deadly Iditarod!

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Even though sponsors are dropping their support of the Iditarod, some companies have chosen to trash their reputations by partnering with the cruel dog-sled race. Capstone Clinic and Alaska Native Renewable Industries (ANRI) are inexplicably throwing their support behind this event, in which more than 150 dogs have died.

Imagine running four marathons a day for 10 days straight. Add biting winds, blinding snowstorms, and subzero temperatures. Unthinkable, isn’t it? Yet that’s exactly what dogs in the Iditarod are forced to do.

Dogs love to run, but even the most energetic one wouldn’t choose to run 100 miles a day while pulling a heavy sled through some of the worst weather conditions on the planet. Along the 1,000-mile stretch, dogs’ feet are torn apart by ice and rocks. Many pull muscles, incur stress fractures, or become sick with diarrhea, dehydration, intestinal viruses, or bleeding stomach ulcers. Others die from aspiration pneumonia—the leading cause of death for dogs on the trail—caused by inhaling their own vomit. Dogs are our friends, our companions, and members of the family. They should be taken for romps in the park, not forced to run to their death in this speciesist event.

Major sponsors such as Alaska Airlines, Chrysler, Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, and Millennium Hotels and Resorts have already pulled their sponsorships, and it’s indefensible for Capstone Clinic and ANRI to support the race.

Please e-mail the CEO of Capstone Clinic, politely asking the company to reverse course and drop its sponsorship.

Dennis Spencer, CEO
Capstone Clinic
[email protected]

Then use the form below to contact ANRI.

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Edwin

Bifelt

Alaska Native Renewable Industries

Message to {contact_data~firstName} {contact_data~lastName}:

Most major companies have pulled their support of the Iditarod, so I was surprised and disappointed to hear of your company’s decision to sponsor the deadly race. Forcing dogs to run about 100 miles a day in subfreezing temperatures until they collapse from exhaustion, incur life-threatening injuries, or even die should be condemned.

Dogs in the Iditarod are forced to race against their will—no dog would voluntarily run until they sustain stress fractures, develop bleeding stomach ulcers, or catch pneumonia. More than 150 have died in the race so far, not counting those who died during the off-season while left chained outside in all weather extremes or those who were killed because they lacked the speed and stamina to make the grade.

Over a dozen companies have decided to drop their sponsorship of the Iditarod after understanding the cruelty involved and seeing the shift in public opinion. With former sponsors such as Alaska Airlines, Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, and Wells Fargo, you would certainly be in good company.

Funding a race that runs dogs to their deaths is not a good look for any company, and I urge you to rethink your sponsorship of the Iditarod. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}
{user_data~EMail Address}

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