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Tell Blood Bank of Alaska to Stop Sponsoring This Deadly Dog-Sled Race

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Up to half the dogs who are forced to run Alaska’s 1,000-mile Iditarod race through extreme, dangerous conditions don’t even make it to the finish line due to exhaustion, illness, or injury. And although over 150 dogs have died in the Iditarod—including three in 2024 alone—Blood Bank of Alaska has chosen to support this deadly event. Please join PETA in urging it to stop funding cruelty.

The dogs who are bred, chained outside in all weather conditions, and pushed past their limits for the Iditarod are no different from the ones we love and share our homes with. Dogs deserve far better than a lifetime of exploitation, but as long as the Iditarod continues, thousands of them will be forced to endure misery and deprivation of basic necessities like adequate shelter and veterinary care.

Nearly all the major companies that had supported this cruel race have ended their sponsorships. Please urge Blood Bank of Alaska to do the same.

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Megan

Ritter

Blood Bank of Alaska

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

I was disappointed to learn that Blood Bank of Alaska is sponsoring the deadly Iditarod at a time when most major sponsors have cut ties with it and public opposition to it is at an all-time high.

More than 150 dogs have died during the grueling 1,000-mile race, not including those who died during the off-season while left chained up outside in all weather extremes or those who were shot or bludgeoned to death because they didn’t make the grade. During the race, dogs may suffer from bleeding stomach ulcers or stress fractures—and some have even died from being forced to run so fast and so hard that they inhaled their own vomit.

Forcing dogs to pull a sled until they collapse from exhaustion or die doesn’t prove athleticism. Nearly all the Iditarod’s past major sponsors—including ExxonMobil, Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo, and Alaska Airlines—have cut ties with it.

No company should want to be associated with such cruelty. Please stop sponsoring the Iditarod.

Sincerely,
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