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Canada apologises to Inuit communities for mass killing of sled dogs decades ago

Reuters The government of Canada on Saturday apologised to the Inuit of northern Quebec for the mass killing of sled dogs in the 1950s and 1960s, which devastated communities by depriving them of the ability to hunt and travel. Federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree travelled to Kangiqsujuaq in the Nunavik region to deliver […]

A good dog with great genes – 1920s Alaska sled-relay hero Balto

The taxidermy mount of Balto, a dog famed for its role in a 1925 dogsled journey through blizzard conditions in Alaska to deliver lifesaving medicine to the city of Nome during an outbreak of diphtheria, is displayed at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in this undated photo.

Washington DC, US Reuters In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 85 kilometre leg of a 1,088 kilometre dogsled relay, bringing lifesaving medicine to the Alaskan city of Nome during a diphtheria outbreak. Balto was feted as a hero, the subject […]