5-time Iditarod champion shoots dead, guts moose during the annual sled dog race
Dallas Seavey informed the officials with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Monday morning that he was forced to shoot a moose with a handgun in self-defence, after it injured his dog.
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![Five-time champion Dallas Seavey of Talkeetna, Alaska, wearing bib No. 7, is shown on March 2 in the streets of Anchorage, Alaska, during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod. A person in heavy winter outerwear waves to people off camera as they stand on the back of a sled pulled by dogs.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7133927.1709648491!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/iditarod.jpg)
Dallas Seavey informed the officials with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Monday morning that he was forced to shoot a moose with a handgun in self-defence, after it injured his dog.