Things get serious Sunday with the competitive start of the race that will take mushers nearly 1,000 miles across Alaska. It begins in Willow, about 70 miles north of Anchorage.
PETA took out full-page newspaper ads in Alaska's two largest cities decrying what it calls the cruel abuse of dogs forced to haul their mushers and gear over the race's thousand miles. The group also staged a protest outside the mushers' annual banquet Thursday.
“Having been here, I can tell you it’s an exciting thing to come and watch, and if everybody else had the same experience I’ve had, they’d understand and want to come back,” he said. “With the high expenses, the low payout, dwindling sponsorship support, PETA pressure, the danger of it all, it feels more like a trend than just an anomaly,” he said. Sass earned about $50,000 for winning last year's race.
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