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Sled Dog Cruelty at Krabloonik Snowmass

Photo Source: The Committee To Give Krabloonik Dogs a Voice

These dogs live in substandard conditions, in plain sight of the public. They are resort tourism dogs. This case is one of many which proves the need for an international, humane mushing organization to legislate better care for sled dogs worldwide.

Krabloonik Kennels is a [...]

More Cruelty by Mushers

Still no result in an April 2008 cruelty case.

According to Lake County Sheriff Ed Holte, Ron Wyatt of Leadville, Colo. was charged with 16 counts of animal cruelty after his dogs were discovered without adequate food, water or shelter in a gulch north of St. Kevin’s Gulch by Leadville resident Jeff Pallo.

According to a report [...]

Doug Bartko Update

Though this punishment is far from just, it is better than nothing! I was beginning to think that this case had fallen off the face of the earth since my last posting. I’m glad to see that at least something has happened.

Musher Doug Bartko was found guilty of 39 counts of animal cruelty, failure [...]