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Alaska

AKwannabe

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7. I respect your opinion

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 9, 2021, 10:49 AM

Mar 2021

You replied to my AK heritage/tradition piece with your opinion.

I will remind you that animals have been helping humans for hundreds of years. In the case of the Iditarod - animals were the only way to get needed medication to Nome Alaska. The race is a tribute to the dogs that made that first trek.

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49th running of the Iditarod [View all] AKwannabe Mar 2021 OP

I am probably in a minority, but I HATE this abuse of animals. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #1

Hate horses being a team too? AKwannabe Mar 2021 #2

Lazy BS comparison NoRethugFriends Mar 2021 #3

Whoa! AKwannabe Mar 2021 #4

Post removed Post removed Mar 2021 #6

I am against horse racing also. NoRethugFriends Mar 2021 #9

You have the right to disagree with me. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #5

I respect your opinion AKwannabe Mar 2021 #7

My surprise is that they've only been running this race PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #8