ACT: Iditarod cattle prod avocate in Renegade Pictures film - WRITE

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Please forward widely!Glickman37 wrote: Please forward widely:From the Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.orgEmail address and sample letter are below.Renegade Pictures is filming legally blind musher Rachael Scdoris and Iditarod race winner Joe Runyan for a feature film. Joe Runyan is also the film's advisor. In his book, Winning Strategies for Distance Mushers, Runyan advocates using electrical shocks from cattle prods to force dogs to run. Using electrical shocks to terrorize a dog is very detrimental. Shocks that are inaccurately calibrated can cause cardiac arrest and burns. Shocks force dogs

to exceed their limitations and dispose them to painful injuries.Tell Renegade Pictures not to promote the Iditarod: infoDear Mr. Hayling:I am appalled that Renegade Pictures is filming a promotional movie about Rachael Scdoris and Joe Runyan racing dogs in the 2008 Iditarod. Please cancel this project. The Iditarod has a long, well-documented history of dog death, illnesses and injuries. In his book, Winning Strategies for Distance Mushers, Runyan advocates using electrical shocks from cattle prods to force dogs to run. Using electrical shocks to terrorize a dog is very detrimental. Shocks that are inaccurately calibrated can cause cardiac arrest and burns. Shocks also force dogs to exceed their limitations and dispose them to painful injuries. Rachael Scdoris says she's legally blind. Some legally blind people can barely see anything, but others can see a lot.

In the 2006 Iditarod, Scdoris, alone on the trail, navigated her team across channels of open water to arrive at the checkpoint before her visual guide. Although Scdoris's dogs became sick in the Iditarod, she continues to put her dogs at risk by racing them. She has over 100 dogs who live at the end of chains when they aren't hauling people around. Chaining is cruel, which is why many jurisdictions across the United States have banned the practice. What happens to the dogs during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, frostbite where it hurts the most, 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.Please don't promote this horrific race and the many evils associated with it.Sincerely,Help the dogs by sending protest emails to all Iditarod supporters: http://www.helpsleddogs.org/sponsors.htm http://pets.Fortheanimals7/join