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Bark Magazine article - 'The UnMusher: Restoring mistreated and abandoned sled dogs to health' *LINK* *PIC*

Posted By: Terry Cumming
Date: Saturday, 3 January 2009, at 8:56 a.m.

Story written by Lisa Wogan from early 2008 Bark Magazine. Gives a glimpse into the collateral damage of the Alaska sled dog breeding epidemic and one woman's attempts to rescue some of the affected dogs.

Related article 'When Huskies are Neglected':

http://www.uaf.edu/journal/extreme/dogSite/story02.html

Yukon News story, 2007 - '950 sled dogs go through Fairbanks Animal Shelter every year' (Quest musher John Schandelmeier):

http://sleddogwatchdog.com/yq_mediacoverage_2007_story09.html

PDF version of Bark Magazine story with more photos:

http://www.lisawogan.com/pdfs/unmusherscan2.pdf

Bark magazine article