Whether you've watched the beloved animated film or walked past his statue in Central Park, there's a good chance you're familiar with Balto the sled dog. Long believed to be a Siberian husky ...

Sled dog breeds love two things: cold weather and running. Well, they also love being part of a team. And having a job to do.

The race was inspired by the 1925 Nome Diphtheria Outbreak, where a relay of dog sled teams rushed life-saving serum to the town. Balto and Togo were two famous lead dogs in the relay. Winter is ...

Additional testing and review of the three deaths during this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has been conducted, but a ...

A new study of the taxidermied remains of a celebrity Siberian Husky has revealed the special DNA that helped the sled dog gain international fame. In 1925, Balto led a team of sled dogs in a ...

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s longtime head veterinarian, Stuart Nelson, died suddenly this week, race officials said Thursday. It was not immediately clear what caused the 71-year-old ...

Current laws allow sled dogs to be chained 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Montreal SPCA campaigns to make people aware of this issue. In many parts of North America, sled dogs are still ...

View of a man and his sled dog team pause for a rest on an ice ... A driver named Leonhard Seppala and his lead dog Togo carried the horse serum for 261 miles. The governor of Alaska, worried ...

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