Are the Dogs Having Fun Running and Running and Running thru the Ice and Snow? Pointlessly?
Alaska’s Iditarod dog-sled race is nothing short of a nightmarish ordeal for the dogs who are forced to run approximately 1,000 miles while pulling a heavy sled in some of the most grueling conditions on Earth. More than 150 dogs have died running the race—not counting those who suffered and died while chained up outside during the off-season or who were killed because they lacked the speed or stamina to make the grade.
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, is an annual long-distance sled dog race run in early March. It travels from Anchorage to Nome, entirely within the US state of Alaska. Mushers and a team of between 12 and 14 dogs, of which at least 5 must be on the towline at the finish line,[1] cover the distance in 8–15 days or more. The Iditarod began in 1973 as an event to test the best sled dog mushers and teams but evolved into today's highly competitive race.
Teams often race through blizzards causing whiteout conditions, sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds which can cause the wind chill to reach −100 °F (−73 °C).
Teams often race through blizzards causing whiteout conditions, sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds which can cause the wind chill to reach −100 °F (−73 °C).
The Horseracing Industry: Drugs, Deception and Death...
Racehorses are the victims of a multibillion-dollar industry that is rife with drug abuse, injuries, and race fixing, and many horses’ careers end in slaughterhouses.
Santa Anita Park in California had a rash of 30 horse deaths from December 2018 to June 2019 that rocked the state's horse racing industry. The track's ratio of 3.01 fatalities per 1,000 starts in ‘19, according to Equine Injury Database compiled by The Jockey Club, was double the national average.
Headline: Alarming spate of racehorse deaths draws scrutiny of industry safety practices.
According to a group that opposes horse racing as inhumane, 901 thoroughbreds died in 2022 — more than two a day.
Headline: Churchill Downs to suspend racing after 12 horse deaths at racetrack.
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Speaking of Mad Dogs... Have You heard of Elon Musk and his MAD DOGE attack on America?
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July 13, 2024: The IRS is catching wealthy tax cheats — and Republicans are furious...
Donald Trump would love to bury the Biden White House’s IRS success story.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/irs-tax-cheats-revenue-inflation-reduction-act-rcna161541
How the Trump Organization cheated on taxes...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/how-trump-organization-cheated-taxes-2022-12-07/
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TRUMP CAUSED HIGHER PRICES & MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT... His economy is a disaster! Republicans are experiencing buyers remorse as America is being turned into a third world sh*thole... Go to the White House and Protest!
I keep expecting a global economic collapse... Trump has had a lot of success in declaring bankruptcy so he doesn't have to pay his bills so why wouldn't he declare the United States bankrupt so we don't have to pay interest on the national debt? Well I'll tell you why... Global economic collapse and the starvation of about 3 billion people... Everyone who depends on grocery stores to get food will die... The people that live in rural areas and grow their own food will survive... Hunters and gatherers have a better chance than City dwellers...
FYI: Jobs Protest at White House - FIRED BY TRUMP? It's Time to do a January 6th Style "Love Fest" - Drive "He Who Shall Not Be Named" OUT!
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Trump says: YOU'RE FIRED! That's the same slogan he used on the TV show! And he's expecting it to work in real life? What a Retard! Will parks close? Not enough Rangers?
I see on TV commercials that cat food is now marketed as "human grade" - does that mean that cats are going to be eating better?
Or does that mean that the people who make cat food understand that old people are eating cat food because everyone is so poor now... And they want to market their product to old people...
Remember: Extraterrestrials Have Been Visiting for Thousands of Years without any Harm to Humans. ---AND--- They Have Vastly Superior Technology and Would Win any War. Let's NOT Make 'em Angry!
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CONTACT Your Senators:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
CONTACT Your Representative in the House:
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
CONTACT Space Aliens!
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2021/08/ce5-protocol-extraterrestrials-come-on.html
The Entire Reason Trump Started the Space Force is that He Thought He Was Under Attack by Space Aliens! That's a Symptom of Schizophrenia.
We Waste about 10 Billion Dollars a Year on Trump's Paranoid Fantasies...
Defund the space force... It's unlikely that we're going to be invaded by aliens and flying saucers... Trump's idea is crazy.
LINK to Buy This Christmas Ornament
LINK to All My Outer Space Merchandise.
The GOP House Wants to Cut US Government Spending... Here's a Way to Save a Fortune!
Yes, UFOs are Real BUT they Have Shown No Danger to Earth. They Just Fly Around Doing Whatever They Do... and Ignoring Humans...
There WAS One Instance When Aliens Prevented the US Military from Being Able to Launch Atom Bombs on Missiles... THANKS! The Last Thing We Want to Do is Nuclear War... That's CRAZY!
The Malmstrom AFB UFO/Missile Incident...
http://www.cufon.org/cufon/malmstrom/malm1.htm
LINK: UFO - decorated gifts on Zazzle Gregvan
UFOs Are Real - The US Navy Film is Absolute Proof... and The Phoenix Lights Were Seen by Thousands... Including the Governor. --- and--- The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident...
and the Recent "Disclosure" by The US Military is Being Used to Justify Spending on the Space Force... We don't know what these UFOs are But they Might be Dangerous... Better Fund the Military to Fight Aliens!
Real UFO Film by the US Navy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPn-YMp9vI
We All Ought To Live More Like Star Trek. Many Different Races Working Together to Accomplish Great Things. A Year Ago, The President of the United States Was selling Hate... That ERA is OVER... Now, We all ought to Honor our Trekkie Roots...
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/09/we-all-ought-to-live-more-like-star.html
Korean Dog News: They Have decided to Stop Eating Dogs... Headline: No more breeding and stealing dogs for meat in South Korea! Animal welfare campaigners hail decision as ‘historic victory’ after years of pressure at home and abroad...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/south-korea-votes-to-ban-production-and-sale-of-dog-meat
MY OPINION:I Eat Meat. Every Day... and If I Was Served Dog, I would eat it.... But here in the USA We don't do that... perhaps because we have the option of not eating dog... Maybe in Korea they face Severe hunger... and eating Dog is a Solution... I voluntarily choose to eat Cows, Pigs, deer, chickens and turkey... and every type of fish... but we don't eat dogs, horses, cats or pretty small birds... and we do not eat humans... how these cultural norms are decided I do not know... and what they do in Korea... is their own business...not mine...
Obituary for a Good Dog in California: LM Said:Fare-thee-well to Millie the Hound Dog. She was 15, our most long lived canine companion. Came to us as a three year old escape artist from Red Bluff. She continued her wandering ways in Manton and could clear a standard four foot field fence like a blue ribbon high jumper. Also sailed through the air at head height to snag tennis balls. The girl could fly. Eventually she realized she was living in doggy paradise and stopped running away.
She was a pure bred Blue Tick Coon Hound without a lot of the usual speckles or barking. A quiet hound who was good with people, but particular about other dogs. The first time she met the dynamic duo of Artie and Danny (lab crosses who were about her age) she tried to crawl over Liz in the car to attack them. It didn't take her long to figure out they were more useful as her soldiers than enemies. The three of them made up our Best Pack Ever for several years.
Millie was one of the healthiest dogs we've known, rarely needing any vet care beyond annual shots. She aged gracefully, slowing down but always moving - that's a clue, humans. She went on the twice a day field walk every day until last month. At the end she could still climb stairs, eat a full meal, let us know she needed to go outside, and even bark warnings at the new girl Lucky, who quickly learned that Grandma Millie meant business. She was low maintenance, high energy, and a lot of bluster. She tolerated cats, but let them know she wasn't their buddy. She looked like a baby dragon with velociraptor feet when she coiled up to sleep and was stingy with her soft kisses. She could be aloof, but she loved her pack and made us laugh with all her seriousness. We miss you already Sweet Millie. Run, Jump, Fly Good Girl! We'll see you on the Other Side.
