Alaska’s annual Iditarod dog sled race ended with one of the biggest names in the sport coming from behind. But Dallas Seavey’s record-setting win late on Tuesday was overshadowed by the deaths of three dogs in this year’s endurance race across the wilderness, and renewed calls from an animal rights group to stop the race. A fourth dog, one of Seavey’s, was severely injured in the moose attack.
Seavey completed the race in nine days, two hours, 16 minutes and eight seconds and won just over $55,000 for first place. As he neared the finish line, he jumped off his sled and ran with his dogs, pumping his fists. After he reached the finish line, he hugged each dog on his team – and they licked him as they sat on the winner’s podium. “This one was supposed to be hard,” Seavey told the crowd. “It had to be special, it had to be more than just a normal Iditarod, and for me, it was