Essential Oil Company Cuts Ties With Iditarod Musher After PETA Appeal!

After PETA pointed out that hundreds of dogs were pulled from the 2018 Iditarod—likely because of illness, exhaustion, or injury—Young Living Essential Oils ended its sponsorship of mushers, including Mitch Seavey, who pulled seven dogs from the 2018 race and has written books detailing how to hit dogs, withhold food from them, and cut out their dewclaws without painkillers.

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