On April 21 and 23, 2010, using a gun and a knife, a man executed as many as 100 sled dogs in an act that horrified animal rights activists, dogsledders, and the general public...

1. The word Iditarod is thought to come from the Ingalik and Holikachuk word hidedhod, which means “distant place.” 2. The Iditarod is the longest dog sled race in the world...