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Lawmakers pursue vet care access to ease Alaska’s chronic problems with abandoned and loose dogs
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (1777+ words) Rural Alaska has long struggled with an abundance of stray and loose dogs and high rates of dog bites, with young children as the most frequent victims. Pending state and federal legislation aims to chip away at that problem by…...
Animal cruelty charges filed against Mat-Su woman describe dire conditions in sled dogs’ deaths
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (895+ words) An initial charging document filed against the Mat-Su woman accused of a slew of animal cruelty violations described dire conditions at the Caswell Lakes-area property where more than two dozen emaciated sled dogs were found dead last week. Misty Rehder,…...
Volunteers are evacuating pets from a flooded Western Alaska village, one plane at a time
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (754+ words) SEATTLE — The special delivery arrived in a plastic storage box after a chartered flight in a bouncy single-propeller plane. Veterinarian Susan Shaffer Sookram snipped the zip ties securing the lid and greeted the cargo: four dogs, one with a gray…...
On the centennial of the Nome Serum Run, the story of the sordid aftermath for its 2 most famous dogs, Balto and Togo
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (636+ words) Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. In…...
Long after run to glory, Balto lives on in the study of dog genetics
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (861+ words) A dog that pulled his way into history has given scientists insight into what makes Alaska sled dogs and other working breeds unique. Researchers have used a tiny patch of skin cut from a taxidermy mount of Balto to determine…...
Book review: A late-in-life dedication to retired sled dogs infuses meandering but charming memoir
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (694+ words) “In Gentler Valleys Roaming: A Memoir of Sled Dogs” By Julie Verrette; Northern Lights Media, 2025; 120 pages; $24.95. Sled dogs, like human athletes, eventually slow down. And, again like their human counterparts, when the inevitable moment arrives, they usually aren’t ready to…...
Dozens of rescued storm dogs in Anchorage wait to go home, including one that survived days in a floating Kipnuk house
9+ mon, 20+ hour ago (1223+ words) Jellybean, a malamute-mix puppy, arrived in Anchorage last month after an approximately 10-day ordeal in a Kipnuk home pushed several miles upriver when the remnants of Typhoon Halong flooded swaths of Western Alaska in October. Jellybean’s owner, 19-year-old Sam Paul,…...
Inside the effort to rescue the dogs that Western Alaska storm evacuees had to leave behind
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1077+ words) BETHEL — Several days after the catastrophic Western Alaska storm forced hundreds of people to evacuate to shelters, another major airlift effort remains ongoing: rescuing dogs left behind in villages ravaged by the storm. Earlier this month, the remnants of Typhoon…...
The race is on to rescue dogs that Western Alaska storm evacuees had to leave behind
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1076+ words) BETHEL — Several days after the catastrophic Western Alaska storm forced hundreds of people to evacuate to shelters, another major airlift effort remains ongoing: rescuing dogs left behind in villages ravaged by the storm. Earlier this month, the remnants of Typhoon…...