Animals In Print
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From 24 February 2003 Issue
UPDATED ALERT - PLEASE CROSS POST
From The Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.orgThe dogs used in the 1,150 mile Iditarod dog sled race need you to tell Microsoft, Coca-Cola and other new Iditarod promoters not to support dog torture.
The torture begins in the Iditarod puppy mills where dogs are permanently tethered on 4 to 5 foot chains, living in their own fecal material. Mushers breed large numbers of dogs, and kill the unwanted ones with a shot to the head. Death by gunshot can be terribly painful.
During the race, dogs fall injured, ill and die, sometimes from neglected ulcers, heart failure, pneumonia and from eating contaminated food.
Please stand up for the dogs and tell the promoters not to support this barbarism. Below is a list of NEW (as of two weeks ago) and OLD 2003 promoters and a sample letter. The Sled Dog Action Coalition is careful to document the race involvement of each organization listed.
Emails are first given in block form separately for the NEW and the OLD promoters, followed by a sample letter. Emails for NEW and OLD 2003 promoters are given separately under the sample letter.
NEW (as of two weeks ago) 2003 promoters:
msft@microsoft.com, jdunn@na.ko.com, obrown@b-f.com, randy_siegel@parade.com, tricon.investor@tricon-yum.com,
jbeyersdorfer@smurfit.com, jclark@sundancespas.com, chbriscoe@rochester.k12.mn.us, Investor_Relations@avid.com,
eniva@eniva.com, redpaw@cheqnet.net, info@viobinusa.com, neisgar2@trilink.k12.wi.us, sales@gitsat.com
OLD (previously given) 2003 promoters:
Elizabeth.Wade@DaimlerChrysler.com, NewsOutback@OUTBACK.com, hhc@memo.acehardware.com, marketing@mill-cop.com, investorrelations@wellsfargo.com, investors@kroger.com,
media@carnival.com, invest@chevrontexaco.com,
consumeraffairs@hain-celestial.com, enterprise.comments@exxonmobil.com, newsroom@alaskaair.com, dave.dunnewald@coors.com, ptalamantes@mcclatchy.com, info@wcclp.com, MButler@providence.org, Customer.Service@cabelas.com, info@comtec.com, jfahey@ngs.org, stephen.sanger@generalmills.com, mstewart@marthastewart.com, investor_relations@scholastic.com, info@baincap.com, Shareholder.Relations@pepsi.com, agilmour@ford.com, john.devine@gm.com, shareholders.im@pg.com, nationalaccounts@amerigas.com, IRglobal@goldprospectors.org, melissa.thompson@meristar.com, jthompson@shaklee.com, mail@northernoutfitters.com, superintendent@pps.k12.or.us, WCavalier@bmcmortgage.com, service@bookmobile.com, info@teckcominco.com, discoverywww@iquest.net, bllindskog@seattleschools.org, joyce@udelhoveninternational.com, phenry@phcp.com, brookpark@msdlt.k12.in.us, custfeedback@oc.com, asc_mkt@americanseafoods.com, bonnie_ingraham@mcs.k12.in.us, customerservice@mosquitomagnet.com, info@annamaet.com, jdc@eaglepack.com, info@breg.com, rambler@cariboucreekgold.com, cymbainc@aol.com, info@dogbooties.com, info@coldspotfeeds.com, international@grabberwarmers.com, taplowf@firstmate.com, evy@kumpi.com, info@blackwoodpetfood.com, info@batteries.com, ryoung@pheasantsforever.org, caninecaviar@caninecaviar.com, nelsonmfg@uswest.net, Bruce_Anderson@csaa.com, James_Pouliot@csaa.com
PLEASE PERSONALIZE SAMPLE LETTER (If you will be boycotting, please say so.):
Dear
I understand your organization is associated with the Iditarod, and I would like to bring some facts to your attention. This race is condemned by animal protection groups and animal lovers across the United States. Please stop supporting this abusive race and all of the evils associated with it.
Mushers treat their dogs abominably. In the Iditarod, dogs are forced to run 1,150 miles over a grueling terrain in 8 to 14 days, which is the approximate distance between Orlando and New York City. Dog deaths and injuries are common in the race. 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 .
At least 119 dogs have died in the Iditarod. There is no official count of dog deaths available for the race's early years. Causes of death have included strangulation in towlines, internal hemorrhaging after being gouged by a sled, liver injury, heart failure, and pneumonia. "Sudden death" and "external myopathy," a fatal condition in which a dog's muscles and organs deteriorate during extreme or prolonged exercise, have also occurred.
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
Beatings and whippings are common. Jim Welch says in his book Speed Mushing Manual, "I heard one highly respected [sled dog] driver once state that "‘Alaskans like the kind of dog they can beat on.'" "Nagging a dog team is cruel and ineffective...A training device such as a whip is not cruel at all but is effective." "It is a common training device in use among dog mushers...A whip is a very humane training tool."
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, are killed with a shot to the head, dragged or clubbed to death. "On-going cruelty is the law of many dog lots. 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."
Iditarod dogs are unhappy prisoners with no chance of parole. Please end your organization's association with the Iditarod dog sled race.
Until I see that it has been noted you won't sponsor the Iditarod Race I shall not buy your products and will encourage others to do the same.
Sincerely,
NEW 2003 RACE SPONSORS
Coca-Cola, North America
Email: jdunn@na.ko.comJack Daniels (Brown-Forman Corp.)
Email: obrown@b-f.comSmurfit-Stone Recycling (Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation)
Email: jbeyersdorfer@smurfit.comSundance Spas
Email: jclark@sundancespas.comGlobal Information Technologies
Email: sales@gitsat.comAVID
Email: Investor_Relations@avid.comNEW 2003 RACE PROMOTER:
Parade Magazine (promoted Iditarod in article)
Email: randy_siegel@parade.comNEW 2003 MUSHER SPONSORS:
Microsoft
Email: msft@microsoft.comTaco Bell/Denali Foods (Franchisor: Yum! Brands)
Email: tricon.investor@tricon-yum.comBenton Elementary School
Email: neisgar2@trilink.k12.wi.usCentury High School
Email: chbriscoe@rochester.k12.mn.usRex Wheat Germ Oil (Viobin Corporation)
A Division of McShares, Inc.
Email: info@viobinusa.comENIVA
Email: eniva@eniva.comRedpaw Feeds
Email: redpaw@cheqnet.netOLD 2003 RACE SPONSORS
Daimler Chrysler
Email: Elizabeth.Wade@DaimlerChrysler.comOutback Steakhouse
Email NewsOutback@OUTBACK.comAce Hardware Corporation
Email: hhc@memo.acehardware.comMillennium & Copthorne Hotels
Email: marketing@mill-cop.comWells Fargo & Company
Email: investorrelations@wellsfargo.comKroger Co.
Email: investors@kroger.comCarnival Corporation
Email: media@carnival.comChevronTexaco Corp.
Email: invest@chevrontexaco.comExxon Mobil Corp.
Email: enterprise.comments@exxonmobil.comAlaska Air Group
Email: newsroom@alaskaair.comCoors Brewing Company
Email: dave.dunnewald@coors.comMc Clatchy Company
Email: ptalamantes@mcclatchy.comWorld Communication Center
Email: info@wcclp.comProvidence Health System
Email: MButler@providence.orgCabelas
Email: Customer.Service@cabelas.comComtec Business Systems
Email: info@comtec.comOLD 2003 RACE PROMOTERS
National Geographic Society (website webcast promotion)
Email: jfahey@ngs.orgGeneral Mills (sponsors Geographic's race promotion)
Email: stephen.sanger@generalmills.comMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (website promotion)
Email: mstewart@marthastewart.comScholastic Corporation (promotes the race to children)
Email: investor_relations@scholastic.comBain Capital (co-owner Houghton Mifflin, promotes the race to children)
Email: info@baincap.comThomas H. Lee Co. (co-owner Houghton Mifflin, promotes the race to children)
Phone: 617-227-1050VIA Magazine (promoted Iditarod in article)
Email: Bruce_Anderson@csaa.comCalifornia State Automobile Association (publishes VIA Magazine)
Email: James_Pouliot@csaa.comOLD 2003 MUSHER SPONSORS
PepsiCo (Pepsi Bottling Group)
Email: Shareholder.Relations@pepsi.comHain-Celestial Group
Email: consumeraffairs@hain-celestial.comFord Motor Company
Email: agilmour@ford.comGeneral Motors
Email: john.devine@gm.comProcter & Gamble (Iams)
shareholders.im@pg.comAmeriGas
Email: nationalaccounts@amerigas.comOutdoor Channel
Email: IRglobal@goldprospectors.orgMeriStar Hospitality Corp. (Sheraton)
Email: melissa.thompson@meristar.comShaklee Corporation
Email: jthompson@shaklee.comNorthern Outfitters
Email: mail@northernoutfitters.comApplegate Elementary
Email: superintendent@pps.k12.or.usBMC Mortgage
Email: WCavalier@bmcmortgage.comBookMobile
Email: service@bookmobile.comTeck Cominco Limited
Email: info@teckcominco.comMontessori Discovery School
Email: discoverywww@iquest.netMcGilvra Elementary
Email: bllindskog@seattleschools.orgUdelhoven Companies
Email: joyce@udelhoveninternational.comPatrick Henry Creative Promotions
Email: phenry@phcp.comBrookpark Elementary School
Email: brookpark@msdlt.k12.in.usOpenConnect Systems
Email: custfeedback@oc.comAmerican Seafoods Group
Email: asc_mkt@americanseafoods.comManchester Elementary School
Email: bonnie_ingraham@mcs.k12.in.usAmerican Biophysics Corp.
Email: customerservice@mosquitomagnet.comAnnamaet Petfoods
Email: info@annamaet.comEagle Premium Pet Foods/Eagle Pet Products, Inc.
Email: jdc@eaglepack.comBreg, Inc.
Email: info@breg.comCaribou Creek Gold Dog Food
Email: rambler@cariboucreekgold.comCymba.com
Email: cymbainc@aol.comDogbooties.com (a division of Arrowhead Fabric)
Email: info@dogbooties.comCold Spot Feeds
Email: info@coldspotfeeds.comGrabber Performance Group
Email: international@grabberwarmers.comFirstMate Pet Foods (Taplow Feeds)
Email: taplowf@firstmate.comKumpi Dog Food (Spirit Filled Foods)
Email: evy@kumpi.comBlackwood Dog Food
Email: info@blackwoodpetfood.comBatteries.com
Email: info@batteries.comSofast.net
Toll free phone: 1-877-7-SofastCanine Caviar
Email: caninecaviar@caninecaviar.comPheasants Forever
Email: ryoung@pheasantsforever.orgNelson Mfg.
Email: nelsonmfg@uswest.netSeaside Club of Plymouth
Phone: 508-746-8913Amaize (Marsland Laboratories)
Email message box: http://www.amaize.com/dealer_inq.htmVisit: http://www.helpsleddogs.org/sponsors.htm for complete contact information.
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