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Please send protest emails and forward this alert.

 

From the Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.org

 

Contact 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:

 

plannedgiving, 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, cdrake, jack.hayes,

timothy.mitchell, emcdonald,

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, sales

 

GROUP 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_Shea

 

GROUP THREE EMAIL ADDRESSES:

 

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PTSIZE=8 FAkerry.zobor, 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,

info, jeffm, abbietaylor,

reservations, info,

sales,

info, info, cblough, para,

roger_millay, yum.investor,

richard.edwards,

jcondemi, feedback, kathy,

dmcpherson, websales, communications,

wegerer, nwdunnings, webmaster

 

GROUP FOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES:

 

royaldutchshell.shareholders, orders,

AskMLP, charlene, msteele,

Chancellor, webmaster,

info,

contact, contact, provost,

Mary.Hubbard,

jim.dorward,  taplowf, blanchard,

jsiegel, sledder1, mead,

sales,

jbilitz, ryoung,

investor.relations, info,

spikealaska, hsl,

info, rodney.bolls, info,

qiviut,

traxak, sales, Macgellan,

info,

tchozes, sales, customersupport,

info, sales, anni, post,

pdonald, info,  johnb,

gene, reservations, alcansigns,

dpowers, tours, readacross,

DHS_Commissioner, investorrelations,

webdesk,

 

SAMPLE 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.Vogt

 

Cabelas

Email: corporate

 

Chrysler (Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.)

Email: media

 

Coca-Cola

Email: tmattia

 

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels

Email: david.curtis-brignell

 

Wells Fargo & Company

Email: Catherine.Gacad

 

Kroger Company (Fred Meyer Stores)

Email: kroger.investors

 

Spenard Builders (Lanoga Corporation)

Email: ssolomon

 

Chevron Corportation

Email: pubaffmr

 

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Email: enterprise.comments

 

Anchorage Daily News (Mc Clatchy Company)

Email: ptira

 

Providence Health System

Email: employment

 

Alaska Airlines (Alaska Air Group)

Email: newsroom

 

Peninsula Airways, Inc. (Pen Air)

Email: info

 

Alaska Brewing Company

Email: fhees

 

The City of Nome

Email: manager

 

5th Avenue Mall (Simon Property Group

Email: ircontact

 

Horizon Lines

Email: investor.relations

 

City of Wasilla

Email: mayor

 

Network Appliance, Inc.

Email: investor_relations

 

General Communication, Inc. (GCI)

Email: rcs

 

Crowley Maritime Corporation

Email: resumes

 

Anton/Bauer, Inc.

Email: websales

 

Anchorage Municipal Light and Power

Email: AskMLP

 

Alcan Signs

Email:alcansigns

 

World Communication Center

Email: wccinfo

 

Electrochem Commercial Power

Email: sales

 

Alaska Serigraphics

Email: dpowers

 

The City of Anchorage

Email: Mayor

 

IonEarth

Email: webmaster

 

Iditarod Promoters:

 

" Wife Swap, " ABC-TV (RDF Media Group, Pangea Management Group)

Email: Chris.Coelen

 

Target Corporation

E-mail: investorrelations

 

National Weather Service

Email: jack.hayes

 

Harcourt School Publishers

Email: rick.blake

 

National Children's Oral Health Foundation

Email: fingber

 

Associated Press

Email: KCarroll

 

Chicago Park District (Polar Adventure Days)

Email: timothy.mitchell

 

Carnival Corporation

Email: rabello, jbenson

 

Home Depot

Email: frank_blake

 

National Education Association

Email: readacross

 

Panasonic

Email: greenbergr

 

About . com

Email: emcdonald

 

US Army Garrison Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Email: WRAMCPublicAffairs

 

Kansas City Public Library

Email: crosbyk

 

Elderhostel

Email: peter.spiers

 

National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium

Email: info

 

EducationWorld . com

Email: rdatz

 

Houghton Mifflin Company

Email: corporate_communications

 

Travel Channel (Discover Communications, Inc.)

Email: roger_millay

 

PBS Nature

Email: programming

 

PBS Reading Rainbow

Email: dmcpherson

 

Riverboat Discovery

Email: orders

 

Scholastic Corporation

Email: investor_relations

 

Workman Publishing Company

Email: info

 

Girl Scouts of the USA

Email: communications

 

Fodors (Random House)

Email: POlson

 

Christ Lutheran School

Email: jschrank

Email: cehlers

 

Versus Cable TV

Email: feedback

Email: adsales

 

University of Alaska Anchorage

Email: Chancellor

 

Naperville Public Libraries

Email: ddziedzic

 

Globus Tours (includes Globus, Cosmos, Monograms, Avalon)

Email: consumervacation

 

Frommers . com (Wiley Publishing, Inc.)

Email: sspilka

 

AAA Mid-Atlantic

Email: landerson

 

AAA New Mexico

Email: chavez.jeannie

 

Abercrombie & Kent, Inc.

Email: dfoersom

 

Kriegner Travel Services, Inc.

Email: travel

 

Grayline of Alaska

Email: glainfo

 

Senior Sojourns, Inc.

Email: Pat

 

Strong Travel Services

Email: info

 

Explore Tours

Email: info

 

Distinctive Escapes

Email: sales

 

Camelback Odyssey Travel

Email: iand

 

Intra World Travel & Tours

Email: info

 

International Student Travel Confederation

Email: communications

 

Four Seasons Travel

Email: gwen

 

LuxuryTour . com

Email:  tours

 

World Wide Country Tours

Email: vacations

 

Luxury Travel, Inc.

Email: Wendi

 

Harvey World Travel

Email: reception

 

Knightly Tours

Email: sales

 

Unique Travel

Email: agent

 

American Sky

Email: info

 

Sun Connections Travel & Cruises

Email: travel

 

Amazing Journeys, LLC

Email: bcartiff

 

Contiki Holidays

Email: clare.sloane

 

Insight Vacations

Email: contactus

 

Travcoa

Email: margareth

 

Mayflower Tours

Email: info

 

Tauck World Discovery

Email: tarmstrong

 

Para Tours

Email: info

 

Travelwizard . com

Email: concierge

 

News 12 New Jersey

Email: news12nj

 

MacNider Art Museum

Email: blanchard

 

New Jesery Department of Human Services

Email: DHS_Commissioner

 

Omaha Public Library

Email: webdesk

 

Utah State University

Email: provost, Mary.Hubbard, jim.dorward

 

Friends' School

Email: pdonald

 

Musher sponsors:

 

World Wildlife Fund

Email: plannedgiving

 

National Guard Bureau

Email: publicwebsite

 

John Deere & Company

Email: LaneRobertW

 

Liberty University

Email: admissions

 

Red Roof Inns (Owned by Westbridge Hospitality Fund and Citigroup's Global

Situations Group)

Email: investorrelations

Email: kenneth.gibson

 

Medtronic

Email: martha.aronson

 

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

Email: mike.morgan

 

Toyota Motor Corporation

Email: toyota_cares

 

Leer, Inc. (J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc.)

Email: rwhatley

 

Alaska Knights of Columbus (Knights of Columbus)

Email: patrick.korten

 

Array BioPharma Inc.

Email: IR

 

Hot Chillys (Stanfield's Ltd.)

Email: inquiries

Email: help

 

Massachusetts Solar (Solatron Technologies, Inc.)

Email:  rayboggs

 

Harper Street Publishing

Email: Greg

 

Alaska Aces (hockey team)

Email: brendan

 

Gallant Insurance Agency, Inc.

Email: kate

 

Northern Outfitters

Email: jim

 

Coastal Helicopters, Inc.

Email: lisa

 

7-UP (Cadbury Schweppes plc)

Email: laura.edwards

 

Jiffy Lube International, Inc. (Shell Oil Company)

Email: royaldutchshell.shareholders

 

Eukanuba/Iams (Procter & Gamble Company)

Email: Shareholders.IM

 

Blockbuster Video

Email: investor.relations

 

McDonalds Restaurants (McDonald Corporation)

Email: walt.riker

 

Taco Bell (Yum! Brands, Inc.)

Email: yum.investor

 

Polaris Industries Inc.

Email: richard.edwards

 

Mountain HardWear

Email: jcondemi

 

Sears & Associates

Email: larrysr

 

Batteries Plus

Email: customersupport

 

Oomingmak

Email: qiviut

 

Kaladi Brothers Coffee Company

Email: sales

 

Tracks of Alaska Photography

Email: traxak

 

Alaskan Discovery RV Tours, Ltd.

Email: spikealaska

 

Inlet Tower Hotel & Suites

Email: info

 

Homer Stage Line

Email: hsl

 

Alaska Icefield Expeditions 

Email: info

 

Intervet (Akzo Nobel)

Email: investor.relations

 

Colorado Altitude Training

Email: ryoung

 

J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.

Email: jbilitz

 

bGlobal, Inc.

Email: rodney.bolls

 

ND Industries

Email: info

 

Ursa wagons

Email: sales

 

Great Lakes GeoScience

Email: tchozes

 

Western Products

Email: info

 

Macgellan.com

Email: Macgellan

 

Krabloonik Kennels

Email: reservations

 

Mill Direct Textiles

Email: GregG

 

Penfield

Email: info

 

Reisky & Schlese

Email: info

 

Dog Company

Email: cech

 

Allen Family Foods, Inc.

Email: affeob

 

Parker, Smith & Feek, Inc.

Email: jmshanholtz

 

Michael Bertrand Photography

Email: mbphotos

 

Michael Trippodi Dienstleistungen

Email: mail

 

Sahale Snacks

Email: info

 

Northland Services

Email: CustomerService

 

Beaver Sports

Email: beaversports

 

Eagle Pack

Email: msteele

 

Co-Fly Industries

Email: charlene

 

Sportees Activewear

Email: info

 

Pioneer Lodge

Email: info

 

Bi-Polar Racing

Email: jeffm

 

The Black Dog Tavern Co.

Email: abbietaylor

 

Alpine Lodge

Email: reservations

 

National Dog Food

Email: info

 

FogTech (Motosolutions)

Email: gene

 

Caribou Creek Pet Foods

Email: webmaster

 

The Outdoor Source

Email: info

 

West Rib Cafe and Pub

Email: dennisfreeman

 

Trekker Design

Email: sales

 

Up Here Publishing Ltd.

Email: kathy

 

FirstMate Pet Food

Email: taplowf

 

Appenzell Brewing Company

Email: r.signer

 

Bed & Breakfast 'De Kastanjeboom'

Email: info

 

Toy Store De Krokodil Brugge

Email: brugge

 

Wegwijzer Travel Information

Email: info

 

Pink & Blue Publicity

Email: info

 

Hotel Restaurant Stossplatz

Email: h.weishaupt

 

Sea Pet (Sea Starr Animal Health, Inc.)

Email: contact

 

Laurel Pub Company

Email: feedback

 

Ziwipeak Limited Natural

Email: kathy

 

John Hall's Alaska

Email: info

 

Ten Squared Racing

Email: info

 

Capital Electric

Email: larsn

 

Icicle Seafoods, Inc.

Email: johnb

 

Blackwood Pet Food

Email: info

 

Sound Electric

Email: karen

 

Siberian Husky Club of Greater Chicago, IL

Email: jsiegel

 

Bay Area Siberian Husky Club, CA

Email: sledder1

 

Northern California Siberian Husky Club

Email: mead

 

Redpaw Feed

Email: contact

 

Pro Pac Dog Food (Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc.)

Email: contact

 

Kamik

Email: info

 

Bynje

Email: post

 

Noraid

Email: post

 

Vi sees

Email: anni

 

Macrogard (Immunocorp)

Email: sales

 

HomeSchoolers' Support Association

Email: nwdunnings

 

Prism Health Networks

Email: pcandino

Email: mzygaj

 

Siberian Husky Club of Metro Dallas

Email: wegerer

 

Teck Cominco

Email: info

 

Edmund Optics

Email: sales

 

GoNorth Alaska Travel Center

Email: para

 

Wayne County Community Federal Credit Union

Email: cblough

 

PJ Operating Corp.

Email: sales

 

Trail Ridge Air, Inc.

Email: jim

 

Oasis Environmental

Email: info

 

Diabetes Sports and Wellness Foundation

Email: bob

 

Nye Frontier Ford

Email: FordHGMail

 

 

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