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ALERT: Save Iditarod dogs from brutality - WRITE   Message List  
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Please send protest emails and forward this alert widely.

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


Imagine the cruelties these cute sled dog pups will
eventually experience in the Iditarod
.


Contact information, email blocks and sample letter are below.

Please help end the barbaric treatment of dogs by sending protest emails to organizations that support the Iditarod. 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 and sprains.

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, "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 are killed with a shot to the head, dragged, drowned or clubbed to death.

When they're not hauling people, most Iditarod dogs are forced to live at the end of a chain. 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 40 email addresses
at a time. For your convenience, the addresses have been divided into groups
of 40. 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 73 mushers who signed up for the 2009
Iditarod. Email blocks with semicolons are on

http://www.helpsleddogsorg/sponsors.htm .

GROUP ONE EMAIL ADDRESSES:

marianne.amssoms@..., investor@..., John_Ford@...investorrelations@..., investor.relations@..., executive-editor@..., rick.ludwin@..., info@..., corporate_communications@..., investorrelations@..., aly.noormohamed@..., rick.blake@...rosepr@..., aarpmagazine@..., Anne.sweeney@...rick.ludwin@..., lee.davies@..., wayne.hearn@..., betsy.o'rourke@..., info@..., mark.kroeger@..., Christopher.Gay@..., charlene.jagannath@..., karen_dmochowsky@...tedronneburger@..., PDoyle@..., roy.a.betts@..., info@..., Shareholders.IM@..., corporate.communications@..., mary.dillon@..., yum.investor@..., mike.morgan@..., toyota_cares@..., sarah.palin@..., Virginia.Q.Sanchez@..., tmattia@..., Catherine.Gacad@..., gchico@..., davido@..., brobideau@..., film@..., liz.decastro@...


GROUP TWO EMAIL ADDRESSES:

rabello@..., jbenson@..., investor_relations@..., biorigin@..., kroger.investors@..., media@..., Spring.Jeffrey@..., editor@..., newsroom@..., bigshow@..., comments@..., angie@..., curt.hansen@..., jpenchoff@..., info@..., info@..., pubaffmr@..., enterprise.comments@..., investor.relations@..., investor_relations@..., rwhatley@..., info@..., abbietaylor@..., gene@..., information@..., info@..., ablank@..., info@..., Ethel.Minchello@..., info@..., customerservice@..., info@..., portgamble@..., lat62@..., boardofdirectors@..., info@..., info@..., nschnell@..., jane@...


GROUP THREE EMAIL ADDRESSES:

reservations@akalpinelodgecom, info@..., post@..., mahays@..., kneern@..., raft@..., customerservice@..., morsecin@..., morsecin@..., mfrank@..., cherylm@..., MBenedetti@..., pmaddock@..., principal.perryes@..., jacksonj@..., ktrail@..., lmilitello@..., michele_svihovec@..., streadaw@...,
sonja.braziel@..., mmaddox2@..., jquick@..., LHall@..., info@..., info@...,
info@..., office@..., alaskarv@...,
info@..., alaskarv@...,
awp@..., media@..., davidnee@..., wginsberg@..., natas@..., wendy@..., webmaster@..., wellingj@..., csandstedt@...


GROUP FOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES:

info@..., info@..., rodney.bolls@..., info@..., bbroquet@..., websales@..., wccinfo@..., help@...AskMLP@..., investor_relations@..., msteele@..., info@...fhees@..., info@..., Mayor@..., ircontact@..., info@..., info@..., info@..., mathew@..., info@..., info@..., info@..., ruediger.henke@..., ahelion@..., lodging@...,
khabermann@..., sales@..., info@..., para@..., jay@..., info@..., manager@..., info@..., mayor@..., resumes@..., Lbeck@..., sean.karin@..., rtraini@...



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, frostbite (where it hurts the most!), bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral diseases, broken bones, torn muscles and tendons and sprains. At least 136 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. (AB-Inbev distributor
)

Email: marianne.amssoms@..., fabio.spina@...

Cabelas
Email: Christopher.Gay@...

Chrysler (Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.)

Email: media@...

Coca-Cola

Email: tmattia@...

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
Email: charlene.jagannath@..., david.curtis-brignell@...

Wells Fargo & Company
Email: Catherine.Gacad@...

Kroger Company (Fred Meyer Stores)
Email: kroger.investors@...

Spenard Builders

Email: ewaite@...

Chevron Corportation

Email: pubaffmr@...

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Email: enterprise.comments@...

Anchorage Daily News (Mc Clatchy Company)

Email: PDoyle@...

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 Anchorage
Email: Mayor@...

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@...

G
eneral Communication, Inc. (GCI)
Email: rcs@..., bcs@...

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@...

Alaska Serigraphics
Email: dpowers@...

Electrochem Commercial Power (Greatbatch, Ltd.)

Email: MBenedetti@...

IonEarth

Email: webmaster@...

Iridium

Email: liz.decastro@...

Iditarod Promoters

Target Corporation Target Corporation

E-mail: investorrelations@...

Harcourt School Publishers

Email: hbspcs@..., rick.blake@...

Carnival Corporation
Email: rabello@..., jbenson@...

Houghton Mifflin Company
Email: investor_relations@...

Discovery Network (Discovery Communications, LLC; Discovery Holding Company)
Email:
investor@..., John_Ford@...

Scholastic Corporation
Email: investor_relations@...

Renegade Pictures

Email: info@...


The New York Times
Email: executive-editor@...

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC-TV)
Email: rick.ludwin@...

Zoasis Corporation
Email: info@...

Diamond Brand Outdoors
Email: wendy@...

Sports Illustrated
Email: karen_dmochowsky@...
Email: robert_broderick@...

Carolina Day School
Email: bsgro@...

Lilac Services for the Blind
Email: cherylm@...

National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Northwest Chapter
Email: natas@...

The Council of State Governments
Email: jpenchoff@..., dsprague@...

Florida Association for Media in Education
Email: info@..., buckysmom@...

AAA of California
Email: Spring.Jeffrey@...

United States Postal Service
Email: roy.a.betts@...

American Physiological Society

Email: mfrank@...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Email: media@...

William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
Email: davidnee@...

Foundation for Greater New Haven
Email: wginsberg@...

Home & Garden Television (Scripps Networks)
Email: onair-ad@..., mark.kroeger@...

Scott & Todd in the Morning WPLJ - NYC
Email: bigshow@...

World News with Charles Gibson (ABC-TV)
Email: Anne.sweeney@...

IndependentTraveler.com

Email: editor@...

dLife TV Network
Email: info@...

AARP The Magazine
Email: aarpmagazine@...

Hamilton County Parks
Email: awp@...

Tournament of Roses
Email: rosepr@...

MC Perry Elementary
Email: principal.perryes@...

Fort Braden School
Email: jacksonj@...

Southern Fulton Elementary
Email: ktrail@..., rscott@...

Country Parkway Elementary School
Email: lmilitello@...

Prairie Rose Elementary School
Email: michele_svihovec@...

Mount Pleasant Middle School
Email: streadaw@...

Pompano Beach Middle School
Email: sonja.braziel@...

Johnnycake Elementary School
Email:mmaddox2@...

Clearfield Elementary School
Email: jquick@...

Buchanan-Verplanck Elementary School
Email: LHall@...

KOMO-AM Seattle
Email: comments@...

WALR-AM Atlanta
Email: tedronneburger@...

WNWV-FM
Email: angie@...

WICC-AM

Email: curt.hansen@...

Advocate Magazine (Indiana State Teacher's Association)
Email: nschnell@...

Fred J. Hums Elementary School
Email: wellingj@...

Chicago Park District
Email:
gchico@...

Foundry Art Centre

Email: jane@...

St. Charles Library District
Email: csandstedt@...

Garrison Keillor

Email: davido@...
Email: brobideau@...

South by Southwest Film Festival 2009

Email: film@...

Musher sponsors

Intervet (Schering-Plough)
Email: lee.davies@..., sabine.schueller@...

Hawthorne Suites (Wyndham Hotel Group)
Email: betsy.o'rourke@...

Columbia Sportswear Company
Email: investorrelations@..., rparham@...

Alaska Army National Guard

Email: sarah.palin@...

Rotary International
Email: wayne.hearn@...

Medtronic
Email: investor.relations@..., leaddirector@...

Harley-Davidson, Inc.
Email: mike.morgan@...

Toyota Motor Corporation
Email: toyota_cares@...

Leer, Inc. (J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc.)
Email: rwhatley@...


Coastal Helicopters, Inc.
Email: info@...


7-up (Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.)
Email: aly.noormohamed@...

Jiffy Lube International, Inc. (Shell Oil Company)
Email: Virginia.Q.Sanchez@..., Mark.Quartermain@...

Eukanuba/Iams (Procter & Gamble Company)
Email: Shareholders.IM@...

Blockbuster Video

Email: corporatecommunications@...


McDonalds Restaurants (McDonald Corporation)
Email: mary.dillon@..., walt.riker@...

Taco Bell (Yum! Brands, Inc.)
Email: yum.investor@...

Batteries Plus
Email: customersupport@...


Oomingmak
Email: qiviut@...

Kaladi Brothers Coffee Company

Email: sales@...

Tracks of Alaska Photography
Email: traxak@...

Inlet Tower Hotel & Suites

Email: info@...

Alaska Icefield Expeditions

Email: info@...

Colorado Altitude Training

Email: ryoung@...


J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Email: jbilitz@...

bGlobal, Inc.
Email: rodney.bolls@...


ND Industries
Email: info@...

Western Products
Email: info@...


Macgellan.com
Email: Macgellan@...


Eagle Pack
Email: msteele@...

Sportees Activewear
Email: info@...

The Black Dog Tavern Co.
Email: abbietaylor@...

FogTech (Motosolutions)
Email: gene@...

Redpaw Feed
Email: contact@...

Kamik

Email: info@...

Bynje
Email: post@...

Vi sees
Email: anni@...

Macrogard (Immunocorp)
Email: biorigin@...

Teck Cominco
Email: info@...


GoNorth Alaska Travel Center
Email: para@...


Diabetes Sports and Wellness Foundation
Email: jay@...


Lynden Incorporated
Email: information@...

General Physics Corp. (GP General Strategies Corp.)
Email: ablank@...

Dairy Farmers of Washington
Email: info@...

DeepPurple.com

mail: customerservice@...

Camrud, Maddock, Olson & Larson, Ltd.
Email: pmaddock@..., jllarson@...

National Lake Rescue Institute
Email: info@...

Azumano Travel
Email: info@...

Sabold Elementary School
Email: morsecin@...

Flexitol (Laderma)
Email: info@..., usainfo@...

LCITW.com
Email: info@...


Frelinghuysen Middle School
Email: Ethel.Minchello@...


Longo Electrical & Mechanical

Email: info@...


JetBoil, Inc.

Email: customerservice@...


Cold Avenger (Talus Outdoor Technologies)
Email: info@...

Port Gamble
Email: portgamble@...

Albert & Slater, P.S.
Email: office@toughdivorcescom

Epicenter Press
Email: info@...

Trabits Group, LLC P.O.
Email: info@...

Trapper Creek Smoking Company
Email: info@...

Ben Reel Productions
Email: mathew@...

Canada Goose
Email: info@...

Tracks of Alaska
Email: traxak@...

Alpine Lodge - Fairbanks
Email: reservations@...

The Eldorado Hotel
Email: eldorado@...

Michael Bertrand Photography
Email: mbphotos@...

Janssen Funeral Homes, Inc.
Email: info@...

Richard Crosby, DDS
Email: info@...

Little Cabin in the Woods
Email: info@...

Great River Journey Inc.
Email: info@greatriverjourneycom

Queo Media
Email: ruediger.henke@...

East Bradford Elementary School
Email: ahelion@...


Vertikal Press
E-mail: info@...

MTA
Email: help@...


Vom og hindemat
Email: post@...


Susitna River Lodging
Email: lodging@...

Mahays Riverboat Service

Email: mahays@...

David McGuire, MD

Email: kneern@...


Latitude 62 Motel
Email: lat62@...

Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge
Email: info@...


Talkeetna River Guides & Rafters
, Inc.
Email: raft@...

Talkeetna River Adventures (Talkeetna RV LLC)
Email: alaskarv@...

Talkeetna Aero Services, Inc.
Email: info@...


Teamster Local 959
Email: rtraini@...

Usibelli Coal Mine

Email: info@...

Homer Stage Line

Email: hsl@...

Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Email: frobb@...

Kenai Chrysler
Email: info@...


Frontier Flying Service
Email: info@...

Udelhoven Companies

Email: Lbeck@...

Kenai River Seafoods
Email: sean.karin@...

The Crossing Restaurant

Email: info@...


Mammut
Email: khabermann@...

Horizon Lines, Inc.

Email: boardofdirectors@...

Midnight Sun Brewing

Email: info@...


Grabber Hand Warmers

Email: sales@..., amanda.fowler@...

Wiggy's Outdoor Gear

Email: wiggys@...


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