PLEASE CROSSPOST WIDELY
>From the Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.org
Barbaric dog-torture continues at the hands of cold-hearted Iditarod
mushers. Please help the dogs who are forced to run in the Iditarod
dog sled race by sending protest emails to race sponsors and
promoters.
Here's a short list of what happens to the dogs during the race:
death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, broken bones,
pneumonia, ruptured discs, hypothermia, broken teeth, viral diseases,
torn footpads and lung damage.
Stories about the dogs receiving top-notch health care don't square
with the facts. Dogs are often sick before the Iditarod starts but
are made to race anyway. While some sick dogs are dropped during the
race, others are given massive doses of antibiotics to keep them
going.
Below is a list of organizations that are 2005 Iditarod race
sponsors, musher sponsors or Iditarod promoters. Emails are first
given in block form and then individually under the sample letter.
Email addresses with semi-colons in block form can be found on
http://www.helpsleddogs.org/sponsors.htm on the bottom of the page.
BLOCK EMAILS:
martink@wyeth.com, jhallin@standard.com, info@standard.com,
info@investcorp.com, john.leaver@hellyhansen.no,
investorrelations@rccl.com, deknutson@landolakes.com,
Shareholders.IM@pg.com, jhong@safeway.com,
investor.relations@blockbuster.com, contact.privacy@mcd.com,
tim_fitzpatrick@comcast.com, alfred.j.modugno@marsh.com,
gmorgenstern@att.com, wford@ford.com, john.devine@gm.com,
david@wkcpr.org, abuckelew@carnival.com,
wmcalduff@wilmington.k12.ma.us, Amy.Sherwood@Yum.com,
Chris.B.Ahearn@lowes.com, Jgilbert@udelhoven.com, myer@phcp.com,
jmenaker@webershandwick.com, alice.nathanson@effem.com,
briand@petco.com, brad.bodenman@americanseafoods.com,
ir.dcx@daimlerchrysler.com, heyer@na.ko.com, NewsOutback@OUTBACK.com,
info@workman.com, investorrelations@wellsfargo.com, marketing@mill-
cop.com, chris.jones@effem.com, kroger.investors@kroger.com,
gisx@mindspring.com, ssolomon@dixieline.com,
pubaffmr@chevrontexaco.com, today@nbc.com,
enterprise.comments@exxonmobil.com, leo.kiely@coors.com,
amy_banse@comcast.com, chendricks@mcclatchy.com,
employment@providence.org, bob.dotson@nbc.com,
investor_relations@scholastic.com, atpinfo@avalonpub.com,
Customer.Service@cabelas.com, sales@gitsat.com, info@annamaet.com,
jdc@eaglepack.com, info@breg.com, info@dogbooties.com,
barsenault@wilmington.k12.ma.us, international@grabberwarmers.com,
info@blackwoodpetfood.com, redpaw@cheqnet.net,
gene@motosolutions.com, steve.yager@nacs.k12.in.us,
sales@edmundoptics.com, info@adfinc.com, feedback@amnutrition.com,
webmaster@arcticcat.com, investorrelations@gandermountain.com,
sdougherty@cirrusdesign.com, rstewart@borton.com, info@whs-tools.com,
MarkS@IcicleSeafoods.com, wilderinfo@wilderconstruction.com,
publicaffairs@anadarko.com, feedback@olntv.com,
dawn.mccall@discovery.com, viewer@pbs.org, jmoses@elderhostel.org,
gunter.thielen@bertelsmann.de, polson@randomhouse.com,
mspring@wiley.com, ecousens@wiley.com, jsisk@rowmanlittlefield.com,
IRglobal@goldprospectors.org, sdisney@mail.valpo.k12.in.us,
mgoad@ctsd.k12.nj.us, info@dhblattner.com,
info@adventureunlimited.org, STEVESI@d11.org,
rick@unitedrailroad.net, pat@seniorsojourns.com, sales@ophirgold.com,
franchising@batteriesplus.com, rputney@grossmanchev.com, info@multi-
pak.com, info@royalcanin.us, contact@propacpetfood.com,
beaversports@beaversports.com, info@mttravel.com,
bill@billhansonattorney.com, ragnar.evensen@afgruppen.no,
wear@wolfsongadventures.com, HCC19@aol.com, scottz@PETPLACE.COM,
ir@alaskaair.com, wosport@aol.com, info@toofar.com,
editor_1@achievement.org, presse@langenscheidt.de,
chad.haight@sasquatchbooks.com, jobs@roughguides.co.uk,
marilyn.ducksworth@us.penguingroup.com, mstewart@marthastewart.com,
emailbag@timeforkids.com, leepinliz@bridgeband.com,
juneymoon@email.msn.com, Solutions@ReflectivelyYOURS.com,
sales@innisbrook.com, windigo@cheqnet.net, info@coldspotfeeds.com,
alliage.com@wanadoo.fr, leonce@avalonpub.com,
careers@princesscruises.com
PLEASE PERSONALIZE SAMPLE LETTER:
Dear
Please stop supporting the barbaric Iditarod with all the evils
associated with it.
Mushers treat their dogs abominably. In the Iditarod, dogs are forced
to run 1,150 miles, which is the approximate distance between Dallas
and Cleveland over a grueling terrain in 8 to 15 days. 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 "an illegal sweatshop for dogs." USA Today
business columnist Bruce Horovitz said the race is a "public-
relations minefield."
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.
At least 122 dogs have died in the Iditarod. There is no official
count of
dog deaths available for the race's early years. Here's a short list
of what happens to the dogs during the race: death, paralysis, penile
frostbite, bleeding ulcers, broken bones, pneumonia, ruptured discs,
hypothermia, broken teeth, viral diseases, torn footpads and lung
damage.
On average, 53 percent of the dogs who start the race do not even
make it across
the finish line. Of those that finish, 81 percent have lung damage.
No one knows how many dogs die in training or after the race. A
report published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine said
that 48.5 percent of the dogs who participate in the Iditarod have
ulceration, tissue erosion, gastric hemorrhage, or a combination of
these conditions.
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,
IDITAROD SPONSORS:
Fort Dodge Animal Health (Wyeth)
Email: martink@wyeth.com
Daimler Chrysler
Email: ir.dcx@daimlerchrysler.com
Coca-Cola
Email: heyer@na.ko.com
Outback Steakhouse
Email NewsOutback@OUTBACK.com
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
Email: marketing@mill-cop.com
Wells Fargo & Company
Email:investorrelations@wellsfargo.com
Kroger Co. (Fred Meyer Stores)
Email: kroger.investors@kroger.com
Spenard Builders (Lanoga Corporation)
Email: ssolomon@dixieline.com
Office Tech (Global Imaging Systems, Inc.)
Email: gisx@mindspring.com
ChevronTexaco Corportation
Email: pubaffmr@chevrontexaco.com
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Email: enterprise.comments@exxonmobil.com
Coors Brewing Company
Email: leo.kiely@coors.com
Anchorage Daily News (Mc Clatchy Company)
Email: ptalamantes@mcclatchy.com
Providence Health System
Email: employment@providence.org
Cabelas
Email: Customer.Service@cabelas.com
Global Information Technologies
Email: sales@gitsat.com
Alaska Airlines (Alaska Air Group)
Email: ir@AlaskaAir.com
Too Far Publishing
Email: info@toofar.com
IDITAROD PROMOTERS
Outdoor Life Network (Comcast Corp.)
Email: feedback@olntv.com, amy_banse@comcast.com,
tim_fitzpatrick@comcast.com
Workman Publishing Company
Email: info@workman.com
Carnival Corporation (Princess Cruises)
Email: abuckelew@carnival.com, careers@princesscruises.com
Scholastic Corporation
Email: investor_relations@scholastic.com
Today Show
Email: Email: today@nbc.com, bob.dotson@nbc.com
Travel Channel (Discovery Networks)
Email: dawn.mccall@discovery.com
PBS Teacher Source
Email: viewer@pbs.org
Elderhostel, Inc.
Email: jmoses@elderhostel.org
Fodor's Travel Publications (Random House, Bertelsmann)
Email: editors@fodors.com, polson@randomhouse.com,
gunter.thielen@bertelsmann.de
Frommer's Guides (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030
Email: wpesce@wiley.com, mspring@wiley.com
Avalon Travel Publications
Email: atpinfo@avalonpub.com
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Email: jsisk@rowmanlittlefield.com
Outdoor Channel (Global Outdoors, Inc.)
Email: IRglobal@goldprospectors.org
Petplace.com (Intelligent Content, Corp.)
Email: scottz@PETPLACE.COM
TIME for Kids
Email: emailbag@timeforkids.com
Women's Sports Foundation
Email: wosport@aol.com
Academy of Achievement
Email: editor_1@achievement.org
Insight Guides (APA Publications/Langenscheidt Publications)
Email: presse@langenscheidt.de
Sasquatch Books
Email: chad.haight@sasquatchbooks.com
Rough Guides (The Penguin Group)
Email: Marilyn.ducksworth@us.penguingroup.com, jobs@roughguides.co.uk
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.
Email: mstewart@marthastewart.com
Wilmington Public School Superintendent
Email: wmcalduff@wilmington.k12.ma.us
Highsmith, Inc.
Email: dealersales@highsmith.com
The Westminster Kennel Club
Email: david@wkcpr.org
Pedigree Dog Food (Mars, Inc.)
Email: jmenaker@webershandwick.com, alice.nathanson@effem.com,
chris.jones@effem.com
PETCO
Email: briand@petco.com
MUSHER SPONSORS:
Stancorp Financial Group, Inc.
Email: jhallin@standard.com , info@standard.com
Helly Hansen (Investcorp International, Inc.)
Email: info@investcorp.com, john.leaver@hellyhansen.no
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Email: investorrelations@rccl.com
Eukanuba/Iams (Procter & Gamble Company)
Email: Shareholders.IM@pg.com
Hanons/Safeway (Safeway, Inc.)
Email: jhong@safeway.com
Blockbuster Video
Email: investor.relations@blockbuster.com
McDonalds Restaurants of the Kenai Peninsula (McDonald Corporation)
Email: contact.privacy@mcd.com
Marsh USA (Marsh & McLennan Companies)
Email: alfred.j.modugno@marsh.com
AT&T Alascom (AT&T)
Email: gmorgenstern@att.com
PMI Nutrition Pet Foods (Purina Mills/Land O'Lakes, Inc.)
Email: deknutson@landolakes.com
Ford Motor Company
Email: wford@ford.com
General Motors
Email: john.devine@gm.com
Taco Bell/Denali Foods (Franchisor: Yum! Brands, Inc.)
Email: Amy.Sherwood@Yum.Com
Lowe's Home Improvement (Lowe's Companies, Inc.)
Email: Chris.B.Ahearn@lowes.com
UGI Corporation (AmeriGas)
Email: strategicaccounts@amerigas.com
Northern Outfitters
Email: mail@northernoutfitters.com
Udelhoven Companies (Udelhoven Oilfield System)
Email: Jgilbert@udelhoven.com
Patrick Henry Creative Promotions
Email: myer@phcp.com
American Seafoods Group
Email: brad.bodenman@americanseafoods.com
Annamaet Petfoods
Email: info@annamaet.com
Eagle Premium Pet Foods/Eagle Pet Products, Inc.
Email: jdc@eaglepack.com
Breg, Inc.
Email: info@breg.com
Dogbooties.com (a division of Arrowhead Fabric)
Email: info@dogbooties.com
Grabber Performance Group
Email: international@grabberwarmers.com
Blackwood Dog Food (The Blackwood Corporation)
Email: info@blackwoodpetfood.com
Redpaw Feeds
Email: redpaw@cheqnet.net
Fogtech
Email: gene@motosolutions.com
Oak View Elementary School
Email: steve.yager@nacs.k12.in.us
Edmund Industrial Optics
Email: sales@edmundoptics.com
American Dehydrated Foods, Inc.
Email: info@adfinc.com
Atta Boy (American Nutrition, Inc.)
Email: feedback@amnutrition.com
Arctic Cat Inc.
Email: webmaster@arcticcat.com
Gander Mountain
Email: investorrelations@gandermountain.com
Cirrus Design Corporation
Email: sdougherty@cirrusdesign.com
Borton Automotive, Inc.
Email: rstewart@borton.com
WHSmith and Sons, Ltd.
Email: info@whs-tools.com
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Email: publicaffairs@anadarko.com
Icicle Seafoods, Inc.
Email: MarkS@IcicleSeafoods.com
Wilder Construction Company
Email: wilderinfo@wilderconstruction.com
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Email: sdisney@mail.valpo.k12.in.us
Patrick McGaheran School
Email: mgoad@ctsd.k12.nj.us
D.H. Blattner & Sons, Inc.
Email: info@dhblattner.com
Adventure Unlimited Ranches
Email: info@adventureunlimited.org
Longfellow Elementary School
Email: STEVESI@d11.org
United Railroad Materials Company
Email: rick@unitedrailroad.net
Senior Sojourns, Inc.
Email: Pat@SeniorSojourns.com
Ophir Gold Ltd.
Email: sales@ophirgold.com
Batteries Plus
Email: franchising@batteriesplus.com
Grossman Chevrolet
Email: rputney@grossmanchev.com
Multi-Pak Corporation
Email: info@multi-pak.com
Royal Canin USA, Inc.
Email: info@royalcanin.us , alliage.com@wanadoo.fr
Pro Pac Pet Food (Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. )
Email: contact@propacpetfood.com
Beaver Sports
Email: beaversports@beaversports.com
Montana Travel
Email: info@mttravel.com
Bill Hanson, Attorney
Email: bill@billhansonattorney.com
AF Ragnar Evensen AS
Email: ragnar.evensen@afgruppen.no
Wolfsong Wear
Email: wear@wolfsongadventures.com
Historical Chocolate Company
Email: HCC19@aol.com
LeepinLiz Designs
Email: leepinliz@bridgeband.com
June Shelley
Email: juneymoon@email.msn.com
Reflective "Puppy Parkas"
Email: Solutions@ReflectivelyYOURS.com
Innisbrook Wraps
Email: sales@innisbrook.com
Windigo Outfitters in Iron River
Email: windigo@cheqnet.net
Cold Spot Feeds
Email: info@coldspotfeeds.com
The Ungar Foundation
P.O. Box 752
Copake, NY 12516
Harry L. McGinnis Middle School
17 Atther Road Buena Vista, CO
80345 Phone: 719-395-7060
Amaize (Marsland Laboratories)Email message box:
http://www.amaize.com/dealer_inq.htm