Why this is important!

The Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race is cruel and inhumane. Animals continue to suffer horribly and die in agony in this barbaric event. They need help! Both the Yukon Quest and the Alaskan Iditarod constantly run dogs to death in cruel races. Many deaths go unreported. 

I am asking Yukon Premier Currie Dixon, former Premier, Ranj Pillai, and former Premier Sandy Silver and the Government of the Yukon to STOP funding and supporting the deadly long distance Yukon Quest sled dog race because it fosters the suffering, exploitation, abuse, and deaths of defenseless animals and forces them to be warehoused in large dog yards where they often live unattended on a four‐foot chain twenty‐four hours a day, seven days a week.

The Yukon Quest sled dog race has a high mortality rate including one dog named Boppy The Sled Dog who died racing in minus -55 below temperatures when he choked to death on his own vomit. This is a common cause of death in long distance sled dog races. In 2007 four dogs perished in one race and in past years at least one dog has died per race. Even one dead dog is one too many. Long Distance Sled Dog Racing is Inhumane!   

By funding and supporting this cruel event in which animals die and are treated inhumanely the Yukon Government sends a message to our children that the heartless abuse of a defenseless animal is ok as long as we refer to it as a 'sport'. I am asking the Yukon Government to honour the Malamute that stands so proudly on our Yukon Coat of Arms and cease all funding and support for this barbaric event.

NOTE: Thousands of supporters have commented on this petition but unfortunately their comments are no longer visible on this site. I have PDF's of all 16,000 comments made by people who are angry that the Yukon Government does not respond to them and continues to ignore  this petition, now signed by 151,222 people. 

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This is the reality of sled dog racing: 2020 Yukon Quest!

Another Letter to Another Premier: Letters Unanswered 

A short video about life through the eyes of a sled dog.

"Because I am a Sled Dog"

What You Can Do: Contact the sponsors of the deadly Iditarod. Ask them why they are sponsoring a race that continues to abuse and kill animals every year. They may not even be aware.

Contact the Yukon Government and tell them to stop funding a race that has killed over 40 dogs!

Yukon Premier Currie Dixon currie.dixon@gov.yk.ca 
867-393-7475 867-393-7430.

Former Premier Sandy Silver: Sandy.Silver@gov.yk.ca.

Government of the Yukon: inquiry.desk@gov.yk.ca

Contact the Yukon Quest and Iditarod Sponsors:  Yukon Quest Race Sponsors and ask them to stop funding animal abuse by supporting an event that kills and abuses dogs. *I had included a link to the official report detailing the brutal death of Boppy the Sled Dog however that article has since been removed from the website of the Yukon Quest because they don't want you to see it!

*A recent CBC news article with a race musher doesn’t mention all the dogs Hugh Neff has run to death. Or that his five year old sled dog Boppy was run to death in minus -55 below near Dawson City. Or that the necropsy revealed he was underweight, had a gutfull of worms and was not fit to go for a walk much less run a thousand mile race in bitter cold. The 'race vets' are a joke. 

"Never forget to tell your dog you love him. He spends his whole life loving you." View video "FOOTPRINTS" by the author of this petition PJ Yukon Poet Laureate, Animal Rights Advocate.  https://www.yukonpoetlaureate.com/