Arrêter de sponsoriser l'Iditarod

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Ces !*#@?~! de courses de traineaux provoquent de nombreuses blessures et maladies à ces pauvres chiens. A tout cela, il faut ajouter les coups et le fouet. La moitié des chiens ne finissent pas la course. Le nombre de chiens qui meurent des suites de la course n'est pas connu.

Et il y a aussi l'entrainement pour l'Iditarod. Comme ce n'est bien sûr pas surveillé, il est impossible de savoir combien d'animaux meurent.


FAQ :
http://www.helpsleddogs.org/faq.htm

Vous pouvez écrire aux sponsors (bloc d'email plus bas)


Modèle de lettre :

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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 (in the places where it hurts the most!), bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral diseases, broken bones, torn muscles and tendons, sprains, torn footpads and anemia. 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,

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sce :
http://www.helpsleddogs.org/sponsors.htm#Page

[Animal 0]

Merci hop ! C'est fait !

[Animal 0]

Déjà une réponse reçue:

Dear Sir/|Madam,

Thank you for taking the time to write to us. Kamik is a company built around the idea of creating footwear for those who love and enjoy the outdoors. In doing this, we work to the best of our ability to ensure that all of our internal and external practices are in line with what is best for the environment as well as the global community.

With regards to the Iditarod Great Sled Race, we are not associated with this event in any way. We do not financially support or sponsor this event. Please rest assured that Kamik is in the business of social responsibility, and we hope to win back your business soon.

Best Regards,
Donna
info@genfoot.com

[Animal 0]

une autre:

Thank you for your email. Please know that Jiffy Lube International (JLI) does not and has never sponsored the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

An independent business entity that owns five Jiffy Lube service centers in Alaska sponsors a local musher in the race. JLI cannot and does not dictate the business and community decisions made by independent franchisees.



Best Regards,Virginia Sanchez
Virginia.Q.Sanchez@shell.com