Iditarod Musher Dramatically Revives Fallen Dog

[jsmirman]

84. And - far wide of the point... once again

that you would cite an article where your selling point is: "Wow! Look! Two Years in a Row With No Dog Deaths!" says quite a lot.

THAT is the point.

And this idea that people put forward that a certain number of dogs die every day or whatever - this is utterly misleading. To be statistically useful, the comparison would have to be animals in the prime years of their lives, showing no signs of illness or disease or any health problems. THAT would be an accurate comparison.

Perhaps an interesting comparison would be marathons or triathlons in comparison to the race, but once again, that would be inaccurate, as the participants are humans who have chosen to be there.

Again, you are forcing this to be as utterly confrontational as this thread has become.

My inclination is that it is a race that needed some serious reforming and may be getting better. I'm not opposed to it "just because" and could see it being a tradition I could accept if it were run in a more limited fashion and if the safety measures/drug screening/vet checks were more effective.

Get back to me when you've had, I don't know, say TEN years with no deaths. That you point with pride to two whole years with no deaths is straight up f'd up.