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The scene looking up the Brooklyn Bridge as all the Idiotarod teams are heading down
The first checkpoint for the Idiotarod, where the teams were supposed to hang out for twenty minutes was a bit of a mob scene. The police showed up and didn't quite know what to do. They settled for directing traffic around the mob and asking people to stay on the sidewalk. I ran into several other photobloggers, including Jesse, Meccapixel, Rion, Bluejake, Youngna
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Jeremy's didn't close, it just moved down the street a little. http://www.jeremysalehouse.com/
Posted by Will | February 2, 2005 12:30 AM
Posted on February 2, 2005 00:30
Ahh, thanks for the update! I never get down to the Seaport anymore.
Posted by whatisee | February 2, 2005 1:03 AM
Posted on February 2, 2005 01:03
While people enjoyed the "Idiotarod," New York City's farcical take on the Alaskan Iditarod dog sled race, they should understand that the race in Alaska is brutal for the dogs.
In the Iditarod, dogs race 1,150 miles, the approximate distance between New York City and Miami, Florida, over a grueling terrain in 8 to 15 days.
Here's a short list of what happens to the dogs during the race: death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, broken bones, pneumonia, torn muscles and tendons, diarrhea, vomiting, hypothermia, fur loss, broken teeth, viral diseases, torn footpads, ruptured discs, sprains and lung damage.
On average, 53 percent of the dogs who start the Iditarod 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 48.5 percent of the dogs who participate in the Iditarod have ulceration, tissue erosion, gastric hemorrhage, or a combination of these conditions.
The claim that the dogs receive top notch health care doesn't square with the facts. Dogs are often sick before the Iditarod starts but are made to race anyway. While some sick dogs are dropped during the race, others are given massive doses of antibiotics to keep them going.
If the dogs could talk, they'd tell us the Iditarod is dog torture.
Margery Glickman
Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.org
Posted by Sled Dog Action Coalition | February 2, 2005 4:52 PM
Posted on February 2, 2005 16:52