THE IDITAROD HAS STARTED—AND DOGS NEED YOU.

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Dear Friend,

The Iditarod begins today. Sensitive, intelligent dogs have started frantically
pulling laden sleds through the ice, snow, and bitter cold of the Alaskan
wilderness. For almost two weeks, they'll be forced to run an average of 100
miles a day, every day, in a cruel race that nearly half will never finish
because they'll be too exhausted, ill, or injured to go on.

The dogs who are racing in the deadly Iditarod deserve better than being treated
like a piece of disposable equipment for an extreme "sport." We need your help to
ensure that those in this year's cruel spectacle won't be condemned to suffer again.

Please, give our growing campaign to stop the suffering of dogs and other
animals an immediate boost by making a generous gift today. As little as $3 can make
a tremendous difference.

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More than 150 dogs have died since the Iditarod first began—11 in the last
decade alone. Those who don't succumb to exhaustion or the subzero temperatures after this
year's race will have nothing to celebrate if they cross the finish line. Even winning the Iditarod won't protect them from future misery.

Snickers was the lead dog when her owner, a longtime Iditarod competitor, won
the race in 2011. In a first-of-its-kind exposé released in 2019, a PETA
investigator found her limping and suffering from chronic, painful arthritis.
Rather than providing Snickers with the veterinary care and comfort that she
desperately needed, her owner left the elderly dog chained alone with no shelter, unable to escape
the stinging winds blowing off the frozen sea near her.

Widespread neglect and suffering were found throughout both of the kennels that
PETA's investigator visited. Dogs were denied veterinary care for painful
injuries and kept constantly chained next to dilapidated boxes and plastic
barrels in the bitter cold. They were forced to run over 50 miles even when they
were exhausted and dehydrated.

Such abuse is so common because, as an Iditarod champion told the investigator
after nearly running over a dog who had slowed down to defecate, it's "better to
have a dead dog" than a "dog [who] slows down the team."

Your generous gift today will power the work of the PETA campaigners,
investigators, and activists who share your determination to stop such cruelty.

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This year's death race has started, and we must do all that we can to ensure
that no more dogs suffer on the Iditarod Trail.

Since our exposé first made international headlines, we've persuaded huge
corporations such as Coca-Cola, State Farm, and Wells Fargo to cut ties with the
race, and earlier this week, they were joined by Alaska Airlines, which, after
this year's race, will end more than 40 years of support for the Iditarod after
hearing from nearly 100,000 PETA supporters.

Now we're ramping up the pressure on holdouts like Chrysler and Millennium
Hotels and Resorts with powerful protests to remind them of the dogs who are
paying the true price for their sponsorship.

It's horrifying to see loyal dogs suffering so intensely for cruel
entertainment, but I know that with your generous support, kind people will prevail.

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Kind regards,

Ingrid E. Newkirk
President
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