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After hearing from PETA that dogs suffer and die in the Iditarod, Alaska Waste said it would end its sponsorship back in 2018. But the company has reneged on this commitment and continues to publicly support the death race. Please join PETA in urging Alaska Waste to cut ties with the Iditarod.
Three-time Iditarod champion Mitch Seavey kept scores of dogs continuously chained to plastic barrels, at times with little to no dry straw. Some had run in circles for so long that their paw pads were worn down or raw and bleeding.
More than 150 dogs have died running the Iditarod, including a pregnant dog named Ventana in 2025, and three dogs named Henry, George, and Bog in 2024. Countless dogs have died during the off-season while chained up outside in extreme temperatures with little or no shelter, or have been killed because they weren’t fast enough.
A growing list of companies—including ExxonMobil, Chrysler, Coca-Cola, Costco, Jack Daniel's, Maxwell House, Nestlé, Pizza Hut, Rite Aid, Safeway, State Farm, and Wells Fargo—have already cut ties with this death race.
Please use the form below to urge Alaska Waste to honor its prior commitment and stop supporting the Iditarod.