Scores of professional mushers on Monday demanded that organizers of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race identify a top competitor who had several dogs test positive for a banned opioid pain ...

Each year in March, dogs and mushers assemble in Alaska for one of the most grueling and challenging races any sport has to offer. The 2024 Iditarod, also known as "The Last Great Race on Earth ...

Crowds gathered in the Alaskan city of Anchorage on Saturday to celebrate the ceremonial start of the 47th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race. Teams of dogs led by drivers known as mushers dashed across ...

Dog mushing is a sport commonly encountered in the state of Alaska (figure 1). For some, it is a quick but thrilling excursion, riding through a forest being pulled by a team of dogs. For others, the ...

Three sled dogs were killed and another injured after a snowmachine crashed into a musher’s team in Alaska, according to ... John Lennon, a 4.5-year-old male dog died on impact.

But many in Alaska ... Mushing, has also called for the Iditarod to be stripped of its sponsorships, and has published photos allegedly depicting cruel, inhumane conditions in which the sled dogs ...

A large bull moose attacked a dog sled team in Alaska, trampling the dogs and seriously injuring several. Bridgett Watkins, from Fairbanks, shared the story in a Facebook post, which she described ...

Aircrew with the Alaska Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, transported three Iditarod mushers after they and their sled dog teams went through flood waters along the ...