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A 7-year-old male named ‘Zaster’ in the team of musher #87, John Stetson, died at 0120 this morning. Zaster was dropped at Ophir at 0200 on Friday and had been transported to Anchorage where he was being treated for signs of pneumonia.

A necropsy will be conducted by a board certified pathologist to make every attempt to determine the cause of death.



[mod hat] I moved this thread to fly a little under the radar of race detractors. The loss is very sad...ThisSpaceForRent[/mod hat]

oh poor Zaster and poor John

Oh so sad

oh no! thats so sad.... i was hoping this year would be the year that a dog didnt pass over the rainbow snow bridge....poor john i bet hes gutted. our thoughts with you john!

Oh man. . .that stinks! Worst part of the race. . .but I guess we should all be so lucky leaving this world doing the thing we LOVE. My heart goes out to John. . .

Brave man to go on I don't think I could I couldn't do anything for about 3 days after my first dog went to the fields in the sky. My heart goes out to him and his team. xxx

Looks like he scratched at Cripple.