It was a tough Iditarod sled race for five-time winner Dallas Seavey.
First, his dogs got tangled with a moose, injuring one of the dogs. Then shoot the moose. Then, according to race rules, he had to stop the sled to feed the moose.
But intermittently eating moose guts doesn't seem to help. You gotta get in there and get rid of that moose. Officials decided that Seifi had not done so.
Yes, that's right: Seavey faces a two-hour penalty in the world's largest sled dog race for not holding a moose properly.
The Iditarod is truly a different kind of sporting event.
The story began with a moose encounter near Squintna, Alaska, which race officials reported early Monday. The injured dog, Valo, was transported to Anchorage in critical condition and underwent surgery.
“With the health of its team in mind, Dallas has made the difficult decision to drop the Moose,” a statement on Twitter said. His page on Facebook. Sled riders are permitted to carry firearms for such an eventuality.
“It was on a cliff,” Seavey said in a video he posted. Iditarod Insider. “He fell on my sled. It stretched out.”
the iditarod rules, The annual race, which runs about 1,000 miles across Alaska, states: “If a large edible game animal, such as moose, caribou, or buffalo, is killed in defense of life or property, the motorist must dispose of the animal.”
It could turn into a community effort: “The following teams should help gut the animal when possible. No team may pass until the animal has been eaten.”
The rules were made so that the animal's flesh could be saved and something positive could come from the death. Race organizers said the meat has been processed and is being distributed.
Unfortunately, Seavey's efforts fell short. “The animal was not adequately eaten by the race driver,” race organizers said. The race said in a statement that it spent approximately 10 minutes at the site. She added a helpful definition of “gut” for city dwellers: “the removal of the intestines and other internal organs (of a fish or other animal) before cooking them.”
In addition, the moose caused problems for some of the later contestants: “He died halfway through.” said the clown Big Drobny. “My team stepped up and got through it.” Another musher, Jesse Holmes, told other contestants that he punched a deer in the area where he met Seavey, according to Seavey's Facebook page. It was not clear if it was the same moose.
A three-person committee, supposedly including experts in the art of intestines, decided unanimously that as punishment, Seavey would have to extend the mandatory 24-hour rest period taken by all participants to 26 hours.
“Dallas will evaluate and strategize for the next part of the race despite the difficulties,” his Facebook page said.
“I destroyed it the best I could, but it was ugly,” Sify admitted in a video interview. “You don't want a picture of that in your hunting party.”
Now that's (sorry) a lot of ado about the intestines.
Iditarod officials did not respond to a request for comment on the details of how Seavey's gut skills failed. Meanwhile, my sword was out on the road, and whether it was a deer or not, He led the race As of Thursday morning local time. The race, which started on Sunday, is expected to continue for another four or five days.
Seavey was also the front runner at the halfway point. As a prize, he can choose either a smartphone or gold nuggets worth $3,000.
And now the news that has waded through all this painful talk: After surgery, the injured dog, Fallo, has been allowed to go home.
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