Comments on: Ramy Brooks suspended from Iditarod for two years http://iditarod.aprn.org/2007/05/18/ramy-brooks-suspended-from-iditarod-for-two-years/ Race from Anchorage to Nome with the Alaska Public Radio Network Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:13:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: G.D. Bailey http://iditarod.aprn.org/2007/05/18/ramy-brooks-suspended-from-iditarod-for-two-years/#comment-1344 G.D. Bailey Sun, 20 May 2007 00:37:56 +0000 http://iditarod.aprn.org/index.php/2007/05/18/ramy-brooks-suspended-from-iditarod-for-two-years/#comment-1344 From the Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.org You'll read in the Associated Press report below that the Iditarod ignored eyewitness accounts of Ramy Brooks beating, slugging and kicking his dogs. The Iditarod suspended him for two years ONLY for the actions he admitted. By ignoring eyewitness reports, the Iditarod is encouraging animal abuse. When mushers know eyewitness accounts are disregarded, they are more likely to hurt their dogs and then lie about it later. http://www.abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=3191066 From the Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.org

You’ll read in the Associated Press report below that the Iditarod ignored eyewitness accounts of Ramy Brooks beating, slugging and kicking his dogs. The Iditarod suspended him for two years ONLY for the actions he admitted. By ignoring eyewitness reports, the Iditarod is encouraging animal abuse. When mushers know eyewitness accounts are disregarded, they are more likely to hurt their dogs and then lie about it later.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=3191066

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