Sixth Iditarod dog dies after race’s end
A sixth dog in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race has died — this one on a flight to Nome.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the dog, a two year-old female on he team of musher Alan Peck, died during a turbulent flight from Shaktoolik to Nome.
The musher had scratched in Shaktoolik, and officials were picking up the dog team Monday. Race spokesman Chas St. George says the airplane encountered significant turbulence during the flight that forced the pilot to land in Golovin, where it was discovered that one of the dogs, name Cirque, had died.
St. George says the dogs were in good condition when loaded onto the plane. A necropsy has been scheduled.
Posted by jwoestendiek March 24th, 2009 under Muttsblog.
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