A bull moose in Alaska attacked the sled dog team training for the upcoming Iditarod race. Four animals were injured but are now recovering.
A moose stands over Iditarod rookie musher Bridgett Watkins’ dog team on Feb. 4, 2022, along a trail near Fairbanks, Alaska. A routine training run for a rookie Iditarod musher in Alaska turned into the "most horrific" day of her life after a giant bull moose attacked them and spent nearly an hour stomping on the dogs.
But the moose went back to the dogs still attached to the sled and began trampling on them "over and over, repeatedly" for nearly an hour, Watkins wrote. "I have never felt so helpless in my life," she recalled. "He would not leave us alone and he even stood over top of the team refusing to retreat."The injured dogs were taken to a veterinarian trauma team in the nearby community of North Pole, Watkins posted. A later update indicated that the fourA Bridgett Watkins’ dog team from Kennel on a Hill is pictured in a provided image.
"We truly believe there were angles among us and God's hand of protection spared ALL of our lives," Watkins wrote in a Feb. 6 update. "I am getting up tomorrow with my army of supporters and will do what we do-run dogs. I will love them and every moment I’m blessed to be behind them." Watkins, a native of Arkansas who moved to Alaska when she was 5, is no stranger to dog sled racing or its dangers. Her father and stepmother are well-known mushers Allen Moore and Aliy Zirkle of
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