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Please send protest emails and forward this alert.From the Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.orgContact information, email blocks and sample letter are below.Please help the dogs by sending protest emails to organizations that support the Iditarod. These dogs are helpless victims of profoundly inhumane treatment and cannot speak for themselves. What happens to the dogs during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral diseases, broken bones, torn muscles and tendons, sprains, torn footpads and anemia.Dog beatings and whippings are common. During the 2007 Iditarod, eyewitnesses reported that musher Ramy Brooks kicked, punched and beat his dogs with a ski pole and a chain. Jim Welch says in his book Speed

Mushing Manual, "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..."Iditarod dog kennels are puppy mills. Mushers breed large numbers of dogs and routinely kill unwanted ones, 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, drowned or clubbed to death."Dogs are clubbed with baseball bats and if they don't pull are dragged to death in harnesses....." wrote former Iditarod dog handler Mike Cranford in an article for Alaska's Bush Blade Newspaper.Most Iditarod dogs are forced to live at the end of a chain when they aren't hauling people around. It has been reported that dogs who don't make the main team are never taken off-chain. Chained dogs have been attacked by

wolves, bears and other animals. Old and arthritic dogs suffer terrible pain in the blistering cold.Most Internet service providers allow people to send up to 50 email addresses at a time. For your convenience, the addresses have been divided into groups of 50. Please email the first group first. Individual email addresses are given under the sample letter. The groups contain addresses for the Iditarod sponsors, promoters, and the sponsors of the 111 mushers who signed up for the 2008 Iditarod. Email blocks with semicolons are on http://www.helpsleddogs.org/sponsors.htm .GROUP ONE EMAIL ADDRESSES:Terri.Vogt, investorrelations, Chris.Coelen, fingber, rick.blake, KCarroll, corporate_communications, publicwebsite, investorrelations, kenneth.gibson, admissions, LaneRobertW, martha.aronson,

mike.morgan, rwhatley, toyota_cares, Brooke.Fisher, IR, inquiries, help, rayboggs, smckane, jack.hayes, timothy.mitchell, llangsdorf, info, Greg, consumervacation, landerson, chavez.jeannie, dfoersom, sales, communications, contactus, margareth, info, tarmstrong, info, clare.sloane, gwen, ddziedzic, info, laura.edwards, media, WRAMCPublicAffairs, Shareholders.IM, walt.riker, frank_blake, Catherine.Gacad, FordHGMail,

salesGROUP TWO EMAIL ADDRESSES:ptira, pcandino, concierge, vacations, david.curtis-brignell, tmattia, newsroom, wccinfo, crosbyk, rabello, jbenson, greenbergr, patrick.korten, brendan, larrysr, affeob, r.signer, resumes, rcs, Mayor, bcartiff, travel, travel, kate, jim, lisa, GregG, info, kathy, sales, corporate, pubaffmr, fhees, ircontact, mayor, kroger.investors,

employment, investor.relations, investor_relations, ssolomon, manager, info, adsales, info, brugge, info, larsn, enterprise.comments, investor.relations, Tammy_SheaGROUP THREE EMAIL ADDRESSES:info, investor_relations, jschrank, peter.spiers, rdatz, info, agent, reception, Wendi, info, glainfo, POlson, info, info, beaversports, CustomerService, mail, mbphotos, info, h.weishaupt, contact, sales, jim,

iand, info, sspilka, cech, kirtroger, info, jeffm, abbietaylor, reservations, info, sales, info, info, cblough, para, roger_millay, yum.investor, richard.edwards, jcondemi, feedback, kathy, dmcpherson, websales, communications, wegerer, nwdunnings, webmasterGROUP FOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES:royaldutchshell.shareholders, orders, AskMLP, charlene, msteele, Chancellor, webmaster, info, contact, contact, taplowf,

blanchard, jsiegel, sledder1, mead, sales, jbilitz, ryoung, investor.relations, info, spikealaska, hsl, info, rodney.bolls, info, qiviut, traxak, sales, Macgellan, info, tchozes, sales, gsipe, customersupport, info, sales, anni, post, post, info, johnb, gene, reservations, alcansigns, dpowers, tours, readacross, DHS_Commissioner, investorrelations, webdeskSAMPLE LETTER (Please personalize the letter.):Dear

Iditarod Supporter:Please end your organization's support of the Iditarod dog sled race. For the dogs, this event is a bottomless pit of suffering. What happens to the dogs during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral diseases, broken bones, torn muscles and tendons, sprains, torn footpads and anemia. At least 133 dogs have died in the race. No one knows how many dogs die after this tortuous ordeal or during training. For more facts about the Iditarod, visit the Sled Dog Action Coalition website, http://www.helpsleddogs.org .On average, 53 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 finish, 81 percent have lung damage. A report published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine said that 61 percent of the

dogs who complete the Iditarod have ulcers versus zero percent pre-race.Iditarod dog kennels are puppy mills. Mushers breed large numbers of dogs and routinely kill unwanted ones, 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, drowned or clubbed to death. "Dogs are clubbed with baseball bats and if they don't pull are dragged to death in harnesses....." wrote former Iditarod dog handler Mike Cranford in an article for Alaska's Bush Blade Newspaper.Dog beatings and whippings are common. During the 2007 Iditarod, eyewitnesses reported that musher Ramy Brooks kicked, punched and beat his dogs with a ski pole and a chain. Jim Welch says in his book Speed Mushing Manual, "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..."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."During the race, veterinarians do not give the dogs physical exams at every checkpoint. Mushers speed through many checkpoints, so the dogs get the briefest visual checks, if that. Instead of pulling sick dogs from the race, veterinarians frequently give them massive doses of antibiotics to keep them running. Most Iditarod dogs are forced to live at the end of a chain when they aren't hauling people around. It has been reported that dogs who don't make the main team are never taken off-chain. Chained dogs have been attacked by wolves, bears and other animals. Old and arthritic dogs suffer terrible pain in the blistering cold.Please end your

organization's association with this horrific race.Sincerely,Iditarod Sponsors:K & L Distributors, Inc. (Anheuser-Busch distributor) Email: Terri.VogtCabelas Email: corporateChrysler (Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.) Email: mediaCoca-Cola Email: tmattiaMillennium & Copthorne HotelsEmail: david.curtis-brignellWells Fargo & Company Email: Catherine.GacadKroger Company (Fred Meyer Stores) Email: kroger.investorsSpenard Builders (Lanoga Corporation) Email: ssolomonChevron Corportation Email: pubaffmr Exxon Mobil CorporationEmail: enterprise.commentsAnchorage Daily News (Mc Clatchy Company) Email: ptiraProvidence Health SystemEmail:

employmentAlaska Airlines (Alaska Air Group)Email: newsroomPeninsula Airways, Inc. (Pen Air)Email: infoAlaska Brewing CompanyEmail: fheesThe City of NomeEmail: manager5th Avenue Mall (Simon Property GroupEmail: ircontactHorizon Lines Email: investor.relationsCity of WasillaEmail: mayor Network Appliance, Inc. Email: investor_relationsGeneral Communication, Inc. (GCI) Email: rcs Crowley Maritime CorporationEmail: resumesAnton/Bauer, Inc. Email: websales Anchorage Municipal Light and PowerEmail: AskMLPAlcan SignsEmail:alcansignsWorld Communication Center Email: wccinfoElectrochem Commercial Power Email:

salesAlaska SerigraphicsEmail: dpowers The City of AnchorageEmail: MayorIonEarth Email: webmasterIditarod Promoters:"Wife Swap," ABC-TV (RDF Media Group, Pangea Management Group)Email: Chris.CoelenTarget CorporationE-mail: investorrelationsNational Weather Service Email: jack.hayes Harcourt School Publishers Email: rick.blake National Children's Oral Health FoundationEmail: fingberAssociated PressEmail: KCarrollChicago Park District (Polar Adventure Days)Email: timothy.mitchell Carnival CorporationEmail: rabello, jbensonHome DepotEmail: frank_blakeNational Education Association Email: readacross

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