Writing Subscribe Disney Promotes the Iditarod Disney is planning on making a film called Winter Dance , a comedy about two buddies running the Iditarod dog race. Please write to Disney and explain that many people oppose the Iditarod because the sport is so hard on, and even lethal to, dogs. They are subject to biting winds, snowstorms, sub-zero temperatures, and falls through ice into frigid waters. Their feet become bruised and bloodied, cut by ice, and just plain worn-out from the distances they cover. Many dogs pull muscles, incur stress fractures, or become sick with diarrhea, dehydration, intestinal viruses, or bleeding stomach ulcers.
Dogs continue to suffer behind the scenes, too.
Sled dogs are bred to ensure continual supply for racers' demand, yet many puppies don't make the grade. Some are shot or simply abandoned. Others end up caged in crowded animal shelters, adding to the monumental problem of dog overpopulation.