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Court Warns Artist: No Strangling Puppies

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:21:50 CDT

Two puppies in Berlin would be relieved to read this. A court in Berlin stopped an artist from staging a provocative theater piece yesterday in which he planned to strangle two puppies with cable ties, The Local reports. The show's theme: the plight of Spanish hunting dogs and Alaskan sled...

Sad Details Emerge in Sled Dog Killings

Rob Quinn — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:01:27 CST

A sled dog company employee who slaughtered around 100 huskies after tourism dried up has been receiving death threats, Canadian police say. Police and animal welfare authorities are investigating the killings, which came to light after the worker described the killings in grisly detail to obtain workman's compensation. The animals...

Feds' Lone Dog-Mushing Job Opens Up

Will McCahill — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:22:58 CST

Love dogs? Pristine Alaska wilderness? Then you’ll be pleased to learn that the lone federal dog-mushing job is open. The position at Denali National Park pays up to $66,542 (plus cost-of-living adjustment), but it’s not all easy sledding. The kennel manager is in charge of 31 dogs, and all...

What We Can Learn From Being Dog-Tired

Laila Weir — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:33:06 CDT

Alaskan sled dogs racing for days on end don’t get tired out the way a human runner would, the New York Times reports, and researchers eager to imitate this fatigue resistance in people—particularly soldiers—say it’s because they’re somehow able to change their metabolism. “Suddenly they throw a switch—...

Mackey Defends Iditarod Crown

Sam Gale Rosen — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:19:00 CDT

Lance Mackey won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race today, crossing the finish line in Nome, Alaska, after 1,100 miles over 9½ days, the AP reports—despite unseasonably warm weather and occasionally quarrelsome dogs. "I don't know exactly how to explain it," said Mackey, a 37-year-old throat-cancer...