His name was Balto, an Alaskan husky and sled dog born in Nome, and he led a team of sled dogs, driven by Gunnar Kaasen and ...

Dog fighting, one of the most brutal forms of animal abuse, continues across communities in South Carolina. According to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), more than 200 dogs have ...

The Nunavut Quest, also known as Pangaggujjiniq, is a dog sled race from Pond Inlet to Igloolik that takes place each spring.

Alaska was one of America’s last remaining frontiers. The isolated region was one full of hardship but offered a quiet ...

Samantha LaLonde from Farmington Hills finished the annual 1,000-plus-mile dog sled race in Alaska in 12 days and 14 hours.

Only one breed is permitted in the Arctic region of Greenland: the purebred Greenlandic sled dog. This breed has evolved over centuries to work in the cold, and, the thinking goes, any mixing ...

The breed is descended from Togo, who a century ago led a team through the Alaskan wilderness to deliver diphtheria serum to ...

One of the most popular breeds, it seems a lot of people are willing to put up with the goldie's notorious shedding in ...

One of the biggest events in Greenland’s sporting calendar starts with the sound of 400 barking sled dogs. Husky-sized, with dense fur like arctic foxes, the dogs howl in anticipation of the ...

One had a bleeding wound while another had ... The dogs also had scarring consistent with dog fighting. SLED determined Jordan subjected dogs to unnecessary pain and suffering.