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ALERT: Who's supporting Iditarod dog torture in 2007? - WRITE
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From the Sled Dog Action Coalition
http://www.helpsleddogs.orgPlease help the Iditarod dogs by sending protest emails to race supporters. These dogs are helpless victims of profoundly inhumane treatment and cannot speak for themselves. What happens to them during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, ruptured discs, viral diseases and pneumonia.
For the dogs, the Iditarod is a bottomless pit of suffering. Throughout this eight to 16-day competition, Iditarod personnel encourage mushers to race diseased dogs. Instead of pulling sick dogs from the race, veterinarians frequently give them massive doses of antibiotics to keep them running.
Veterinarians also work to help the mushers before the Iditarod begins. Although the dogs are often sick, veterinarians allow them to start the race anyway. One chief Iditarod veterinarian even published a musher/veterinary handbook advising mushers on how to avoid having prohibited substances detected in pre-race veterinary checks.
Please speak for the dogs by sending Iditarod supporters protest emails. The 2007 Iditarod sponsors, musher sponsors, race promoters and business members are listed below.
Emails are first given in a group and then individually under the sample letter. Email addresses with semi-colons in a group form can be found at http://www.helpsleddogs.org/sponsors.htm on the bottom of the page.
ALL EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR IDITAROD SUPPORTERS - for easy sending, copy and paste as a bunch into your "Blind Copy" box. You may want to divide the block in half and email each group separately:
jeff.immelt@corporate.ge.com, dan.janki@corporate.ge.com, greg.creed@tacobell.com, Jacques.espinasse@vivendi.com, maurie_perl@advancemags.com, John_Bellando@condenast.com, kklose@npr.org, investor_relations@hmco.com, editor@americanwaymag.com, tom.horton@aa.com, Christopher.Gay@cabelas.com, rod.ross@equilife.com, ken.hanna@csplc.com, csab.media@cs-americas.com, alan.w.bieler@marsh.com, ir@hanesbrands.com, DanielJ.Sescleifer@energizer.com, conso@royal-canin.fr, info@royalcanin.us, contact.nl@masterfoods.com, contact.us@masterfoods.com, gpruitt@mcclatchy.com, ircontact@simon.com, jlowber@gci.com, roger_millay@discovery.com, james.moses@elderhostel.org, tmattia@na.ko.com, corpcsf@wellsfargo.com, newsroom@alaskaair.com, Shareholders.IM@pg.com, Mayor@ci.anchorage.ak.us, mayor@ci.wasilla.ak.us, karen.raskopf@blockbuster.com, tom.tiller@polarisind.com, mhrmarketing@mhrmail.com, ir.dcx@daimlerchrysler.com, manager@ci.nome.ak.us, programming@thirteen.org, stevecurwood@loe.org, dkravis@nutroproducts.com, jvenh@acehardware.com, gpn@unl.edu, teachersource@pbs.org, investor.relations@horizonlines.com, kroger.investors@kroger.com, gdonnelly@mortonarb.org, gtedesco@mortonarb.org, info@workman.com, vanmarterch@lilly.com, toronto@gartnerlee.com, investor.relations@akzonobel.com, fhees@alaskanbeer.com, orders@riverboatdiscovery.com, media@cruisewest.com, news@scholastic.com, skruse@hollandamerica.com, abuckelew@carnival.com, eileen_masio@timeinc.com, communications@girlscouts.org, pubaffmr@chevrontexaco.com, enterprise.comments@exxonmobil.com, info@penair.com, employment@providence.org, ssolomon@dixieline.com, public.relations@stihl.us, investor_relations@netapp.com, info@womenssportsfoundation.org, Investor.Relations@aa.com, tony@playrooment.com, press@echostar.com, ir-newyork@shell.com, tjacobs@dobson.net, hr1@amerigas.com, contact.privacy@mcd.com, customersupport@batteriesplus.com, cparrott@sportsmanswarehouse.com, ann.simanis@elderhostel.org, Chancellor@uaa.alaska.edu, info@akbushcompany.com, info@frontierflying.com, info@trapperscreek.com, contact@meierslakeroadhouse.com, info@talkeetnalodge.com, innkeeper@alaskafrontiergardens.com, rivercabins@doyon.com, HolyDogRanch@yahoo.com, information@maclarenlodge.com, fishing@gottafish-charters.com, qiviut@gci.net, sales@kaladi.com, traxak@alaska.com, gkatsion@kittelson.com, pat@northsloperestaurant.com, pilot01@eagle.ptialaska.net, spikealaska@earthlink.net, info@inlettower.com, info@akdogtour.com, adventure@raspberryisland.com, chan@d.umn.edu, tma@d.umn.edu, allouiz@thepastyfactory.com, info@barker-ewing.com, ryoung@altitudetraining.com, sales@redcom.com, jbilitz@jjkeller.com, rodney.bolls@bglobal.us, trambars@trambars.com, info@princetontec.com, trophyglove@lisco.com, brewpub@rmisp.com, gsipe@cogentsolutionsgroup.com, info@outfitterharborsprings.com, info@ndindustries.com, mkrajews@volusia.k12.fl.us, sales@ursawagon.com, redmetal@charter.net, bellevillenews@yahoo.com, admin@wtsda.com, hid@aelight.com, info@westernplows.com, sales@pjoperating.com, innkeeper@folkestone.com, hughesseafood@tds.net, ruby@arcocoffee.com, info@empirecanvasworks.com, Macgellan@mac.com, wiggys@wiggys.com, info@jupitersolutions.net, info@coloradocrossroadsbandb.com, terry@unitedrailroad.net, reservations@krabloonik.com, info@team-diel.de, info@globetrotter.de, sales@immunocorp.no, post@viascandinavia.no, info@kamik.com, post@brynje.no, post@noraid.no, anni@visees.no, info@alaskakayakacademy.com, info@alaskavacationstore.com, spikealaska@earthlink.net, alaskansplendor@yahoo.com, fish@fish4salmon.com, mlitzen@kenai.net, info@outerlimitsalaska.com, info@talkeetnaair.com, wildart@davidtotten.com, info@alaskagrandview.com, t-wolf@alaskatimberwolftours.com, info@alaskanativearts.org, POlson@randomhouse.com
Dear Iditarod Supporter:
I protest your organization's support of the Iditarod dog sled race. For the dogs, this barbaric event is a bottomless pit of suffering. What happens to them during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, ruptured discs, viral diseases and pneumonia. Please end your involvement in this cruel race.
In the Iditarod, dogs are forced to run 1,150 miles, which is the approximate distance between Miami, Florida and New York City. USA Today sports columnist Jon Saraceno called the Iditarod "a travesty of grueling proportions" and "Ihurtadog." Fox sportscaster Jim Rome called it "I-killed-a-dog." Orlando Sentinel sports columnist George Diaz said the race is "a barbaric ritual" and "an illegal sweatshop for dogs."
Please visit the Sled Dog Action Coalition website http://www.helpsleddogs.org and be sure to read the quotes on http://www.helpsleddogs.org/remarks.htm . All the material on the site is true and verifiable.
Throughout this eight to 16-day competition, Iditarod personnel encourage mushers to race diseased dogs. Instead of pulling sick dogs from the race, veterinarians frequently give them massive doses of antibiotics to keep them running.
Veterinarians also work to help the mushers before the Iditarod begins. Although the dogs are often sick, veterinarians allow them to start the race anyway. One chief Iditarod veterinarian even published a musher/veterinary handbook advising mushers on how to avoid having prohibited substances detected in pre-race veterinary checks.
At least 130 dogs have died in the Iditarod. No one knows how many dogs die after this tortuous ordeal or during training.
On average, 52 percent of the dogs who start the race do not make it across the finish line. According to a report published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, of those who do cross, 81 percent have lung damage. A report published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine said that 61 percent of the dogs who finish the Iditarod have ulcers versus zero percent pre-race.
Tom Classen, retired Air Force colonel and Alaskan resident for over 40 years, tells us that the dogs are beaten into submission:
"They've had the hell beaten out of them." "You don't just whisper into their ears, 'OK, stand there until I tell you to run like the devil.' They understand one thing: a beating. These dogs are beaten into submission the same way elephants are trained for a circus. The mushers will deny it. And you know what? They are all lying." -USA Today, March 3, 2000 in Jon Saraceno's column.
Mushers believe in "culling" or killing unwanted dogs, including puppies. Many dogs who are permanently disabled in the Iditarod, or who are unwanted for any reason, including those who have outlived their usefulness, are killed with a shot to the head, dragged or clubbed to death. "Dogs are clubbed with baseball bats and if they don't pull are dragged to death in harnesses....." wrote Alaskan Mike Cranford in an article for Alaska's Bush Blade Newspaper (March, 2000).
Jon Saraceno wrote in his March 3, 2000 column in USA Today, "He [Colonel Tom Classen] confirmed dog beatings and far worse. Like starving dogs to maintain their most advantageous racing weight. Skinning them to make mittens. Or dragging them to their death."
Please end your organization's association with this horrific race.
Sincerely,
Cabelas
Email: Christopher.Gay@cabelas.comDaimler Chrysler
Email: ir.dcx@daimlerchrysler.comCoca-Cola
Email: tmattia@na.ko.comMillennium & Copthorne Hotels
Email: mhrmarketing@mhrmail.comWells Fargo & Company
Email: corpcsf@wellsfargo.comKroger Company (Fred Meyer Stores)
Email: kroger.investors@kroger.comSpenard Builders (Lanoga Corporation)
Email: ssolomon@dixieline.comChevron Corportation
Email: pubaffmr@chevrontexaco.comExxon Mobil Corporation
Email: enterprise.comments@exxonmobil.comAnchorage Daily News (Mc Clatchy Company)
Email: gpruitt@mcclatchy.comProvidence Health System
Email: employment@providence.orgAlaska Airlines (Alaska Air Group)
Email: newsroom@alaskaair.comPeninsula Airways, Inc. (Pen Air)
Email: info@penair.comAlaska Brewing Company
Email: fhees@alaskanbeer.comThe City of Anchorage
Email: Mayor@ci.anchorage.ak.usThe City of Nome
Email: manager@ci.nome.ak.us5th Avenue Mall (Simon Property Group)
Email: ircontact@simon.comHorizon Lines
Email: investor.relations@horizonlines.comCity of Wasilla
Email: mayor@ci.wasilla.ak.usNetwork Appliance, Inc.
Email: investor_relations@netapp.comGeneral Communication, Inc. (GCI)
Email: jlowber@gci.com
IDITAROD PROMOTERS:
NBC Universal (GE -General Electric Company owns 80%)
Email: jeff.immelt@corporate.ge.com, dan.janki@corporate.ge.comNBC Universal (Vivendi - owns 20%)
Email: Jacques.espinasse@vivendi.comGlamour Magazine (Conde Nast Publications - Advance Publications)
Email: maurie_perl@advancemags.com, John_Bellando@condenast.comNPR (National Public Radio)
Email kklose@npr.orgHoughton Mifflin Company
Email: investor_relations@hmco.comAmerican Way Magazine -American Airlines (AMR Corporaton)
Email: editor@americanwaymag.com, tom.horton@aa.comTravel Channel (Discover Communications, Inc.)
Email: roger_millay@discovery.comElderhostel
Email: ann.simanis@elderhostel.orgLiving on Earth
Email: stevecurwood@loe.orgLilly Oncology (Eli Lilly and Company)
Email: vanmarterch@lilly.comPBS Nature
Email: programming@thirteen.orgPBS Reading Rainbow
Email: gpn@unl.eduPBS TeacherSource
Email: teachersource@pbs.orgCruise West
Email: media@cruisewest.comPlayroom Entertainment, Inc.
Email: tony@playrooment.comRiverboat Discovery
Email: orders@riverboatdiscovery.comWomen's Sports Foundation
Email: info@womenssportsfoundation.orgTIME for Kids
Email: eileen_masio@timeinc.comHolland America Line (Carnival Corporation)
Email: skruse@hollandamerica.com, abuckelew@carnival.comScholastic Corporation
Email: news@scholastic.comWorkman Publishing Company
Email: info@workman.comGirl Scouts of the USA
Email: communications@girlscouts.orgMorton Arboretum
Email: gdonnelly@mortonarb.org, gtedesco@mortonarb.orgSTIHL (STIHL Group)
Email: public.relations@stihl.us, stefan.caspari@stihl.deHawaiian Vacations
Email: guestservices@hawaiianvacations.comUniversity of Alaska Anchorage
Email: Chancellor@uaa.alaska.eduFodors (Random House)
Email: POlson@randomhouse.com
IDITAROD BUSINESS PARTNERS:
Alaska Timberwolf Journeys & Tours
Email: t-wolf@alaskatimberwolftours.comGrand View Inn & Suites
Email: info@alaskagrandview.comAlaska Kayak Academy
Email: info@alaskakayakacademy.comAlaska Native Arts Foundation
Email: info@alaskanativearts.orgAlaska Vacation Store
Email: info@alaskavacationstore.comAlaska Discovery RV Tours
Email: spikealaska@earthlink.netAlaska Splendor Limousines
Email: alaskansplendor@yahoo.comFishtale River Guides
Email: fish@fish4salmon.comLitzen Guide Service
Email: mlitzen@kenai.netOuter Limits Alaska
Email: info@outerlimitsalaska.comTalkeetna Air Taxi
Email: info@talkeetnaair.comDavid Totten's Online Gallery
Email: wildart@davidtotten.com
MUSHER SPONSORS:
Marsh (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
Email: alfred.j.modugno@marsh.com, alan.w.bieler@marsh.comNutro Products, Inc.
Email: dkravis@nutroproducts.com, mcarr@nutroproducts.com7-UP (Cadbury Schweppes plc)
Email: ken.hanna@csplc.com, csab.media@cs-americas.comEquitable Life & Casualty Insurance Company
Email: rod.ross@equilife.comHANES (Hanesbrands, Inc.)
Email: ir@hanesbrands.comEnergizer Batteries
Email: DanielJ.Sescleifer@energizer.comRoyal Canin (Mars/Masterfoods owns 56 percent of the company)
Email: conso@royal-canin.fr, info@royalcanin.us, contact.nl@masterfoods.com, contact.us@masterfoods.comThe Dish Network
Email: press@echostar.comJiffy Lube International, Inc. (Shell Oil Company)
Email: ir-newyork@shell.comCELLULARONE (Dobson Communications Corp.)
Email: tjacobs@dobson.netEukanuba/Iams (Procter & Gamble Company)
Email: Shareholders.IM@pg.comBlockbuster Video
Email: karen.raskopf@blockbuster.comMcDonalds Restaurants (McDonald Corporation)
Email: contact.privacy@mcd.comTaco Bell (Yum! Brands, Inc.)
Email: greg.creed@tacobell.comAce Hardware
Email: jvenh@acehardware.comAmerigas (UGI Corporation)
Email: hr1@amerigas.comPolaris Industries Inc.
Email: tom.tiller@polarisind.comSportsman's Warehouse
Email: cparrott@sportsmanswarehouse.comBatteries Plus
Email: customersupport@batteriesplus.comGreat Alaskan Bush Company
Email: info@akbushcompany.comFrontier Flying Service, Inc.
Email: info@frontierflying.comTrapper's Creek Smoking Company
Email: info@trapperscreek.comMeier’s Lake Roadhouse
Email: contact@meierslakeroadhouse.comTalkeetna Alaskan Lodge
Email: info@talkeetnalodge.comAlaska Frontier Gardens Bed & Breakfast
Email: innkeeper@alaskafrontiergardens.comKantishna Wilderness Trails
Email: rivercabins@doyon.comHoly Dog Ranch
Email: HolyDogRanch@yahoo.comMaclaren River Lodge
Email: information@maclarenlodge.comGotta Fish Charters
Email: fishing@gottafish-charters.comOomingmak
Email: qiviut@gci.netKaladi Brothers Coffee Company
Email: sales@kaladi.comTracks of Alaska Photography
Email: traxak@alaska.comClam Gulch Lodge
Email: gkatsion@kittelson.comNorth Slope Restaurant and Saloon
Email:pat@northsloperestaurant.comWright Air Service
Email: pilot01@eagle.ptialaska.netAlaskan Discovery RV Tours, Ltd.
Email: spikealaska@earthlink.netInlet Tower Hotel & Suites
Email: info@inlettower.comHomer Stage Line
Email: hsl@xyz.netPasty Factory
Email: allouiz@thepastyfactory.comAlaska Icefield Expeditions
Email: info@akdogtour.comRaspberry Island Remote Camps
Email:adventure@raspberryisland.comUniversity of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
Email: chan@d.umn.eduTweed Museum of Art
Email: tma@d.umn.eduIntervet (Akzo Nobel)
Email: investor.relations@akzonobel.comBarker-Ewing River Trips
Email: info@barker-ewing.comColorado Altitude Training
Email: ryoung@altitudetraining.comREDCOM Laboratories, Inc.
Email: sales@redcom.comJ. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Email: jbilitz@jjkeller.combGlobal, Inc.
Email: rodney.bolls@bglobal.usGartner Lee, Ltd.
Email: toronto@gartnerlee.comTram Bars
Email: trambars@trambars.comPrinceton Tec
Email: info@princetontec.comTrophy Glove Company
Email: trophyglove@lisco.comSnake River Brewing
Email: brewpub@rmisp.comTrixsyn (Cogent Solutions Group LLC.)
Email: gsipe@cogentsolutionsgroup.comThe Outfitter
Email: info@outfitterharborsprings.comND Industries
Email: info@ndindustries.comUrsa wagons
Email: sales@ursawagon.comGreat Lakes GeoScience
Email: redmetal@charter.netBelleville Recorder
Email: bellevillenews@yahoo.comWorld Tang Soo Do Association
Email: admin@wtsda.comAE Light (Allsman Enterprises, LLC)
Email: hid@aelight.comWestern Products
Email: info@westernplows.comPJ Operating Corp.
Email: sales@pjoperating.comFolkestone Inn Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers
Email: innkeeper@folkestone.comHughes Seafood Company, Inc.
Email: hughesseafood@tds.netArco Coffee (Andresen-Ryan Coffee Co.)
Email: ruby@arcocoffee.comEmpire Canvas Works
Email: info@empirecanvasworks.comMacgellan.com
Email: Macgellan@mac.comWiggy's, Inc.
Email: wiggys@wiggys.comJupiter Solutions
Email: info@jupitersolutions.netColorado Cross Roads Bed & Breakfast
Email: info@coloradocrossroadsbandb.comUnited Railroad Materials
Email: terry@unitedrailroad.netKrabloonik Kennels
Email: reservations@krabloonik.comTeamdiel
Email: info@team-diel.deGlobetrotter.de
Email: info@globetrotter.deImmunocorp
Email: sales@immunocorp.noVia Scandinavia
Email: post@viascandinavia.noKamik
Email: info@kamik.comBynje
Email: post@brynje.noNoraid
Email: post@noraid.noVi sees
Email: anni@visees.noDeland Middle School
Email: mkrajews@volusia.k12.fl.us
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