Iditarod 36
Published: March 12th, 2008 05:30 AM
Last Modified: March 12th, 2008 05:33 AM
A 4-year-old dog in the team of veteran Kotzebue musher Ed Iten died Tuesday between Elim and White Mountain, according to the Iditarod Trail Committee.
The dog named Cargo died about 5 p.m. It was the third animal to perish during this year's race.
Previously, a snowmachiner hit and killed a dog in the team of Minnesota musher Jennifer Freking near the village of Nulato on the Yukon River. Freking, who is racing with her husband Blake, decided to continue toward Nome. They left Unalakleet early Wednesday morning.
On Saturday, a 7-year-old male in the team of Iditarod rookie John Stetson, also of Minnesota, died in Anchorage after suffering symptoms of aspiration pneumonia, being dropped in Ophir and flown back to town. Stetson scratched from the race.
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