Comments on: AP reports on Ramy Brooks controversy http://iditarod.aprn.org/2007/04/28/ap-reports-on-ramy-brooks-controversy/ Race from Anchorage to Nome with the Alaska Public Radio Network Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:11:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Billdeberg http://iditarod.aprn.org/2007/04/28/ap-reports-on-ramy-brooks-controversy/#comment-1329 Billdeberg Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:56:34 +0000 http://iditarod.aprn.org/index.php/2007/04/28/ap-reports-on-ramy-brooks-controversy/#comment-1329 Why can't they interview the Golovin witnesses on the phone? Are the village witnesses now thinking Ramy has been punished enough and don't want to talk about it anymore? Why waste money sending investigators to Golovan? Ramy has admitted he hit his dogs with a stick...and he has been punished with disqualification from the race. I think that's enough punishment for this transgression... The other issue is why his dog died later after the 8 hour break in White Mt. Has Iditarod gotten a vet to do tissue samples to determine if the dog suffered organ failure due to exertional myopathy? It could be the dogs quit at Golovin and the one dog died later for the same reason- they may have been asked to run beyond their physical ability. This causes cramps, kidney failure and sometimes death... Why can’t they interview the Golovin witnesses on the phone? Are the village witnesses now thinking Ramy has been punished enough and don’t want to talk about it anymore? Why waste money sending investigators to Golovan? Ramy has admitted he hit his dogs with a stick…and he has been punished with disqualification from the race. I think that’s enough punishment for this transgression…

The other issue is why his dog died later after the 8 hour break in White Mt. Has Iditarod gotten a vet to do tissue samples to determine if the dog suffered organ failure due to exertional myopathy? It could be the dogs quit at Golovin and the one dog died later for the same reason- they may have been asked to run beyond their physical ability. This causes cramps, kidney failure and sometimes death…

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