PETA has claimed more than 150 dogs have died in the Iditarod, but race officials have never provided an official count of dogs that have died since the first race.
PETA has claimed more than 150 dogs have died in the Iditarod, but race officials have never provided an official count of dogs that have died since the first race.
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Two dogs died over the weekend during Alaska's annual Iditarod sled dog race, marking the first deaths during the race in five years and renewing calls to end t