DOG-SHAPED VEGAN CHOCOLATES SENT TO AIRLINES AS THANKS
PETA protesters have pressured Alaska Airlines to discontinue its support of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, a sponsorship that has spanned 40 years.
The group has been staging protests at the company’s headquarters in SeaTac.
PETA heralded the decision and announced it has sent a box of vegan chocolates to the company as a thank you. It has already succeeded in getting several major companies to withdraw support, including Coca-Cola, Costco, Jack Daniel’s, Maxwell House, Nestlé, Panasonic, Pizza Hut, Rite Aid, Safeway, State Farm, and Wells Fargo.
The animal rights organization opposes “speciesism, which is a huma-supremacist worldview.”
This year’s Iditarod race begins with the ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday.
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Suzanne Downing founded Must Read Alaska and served as its editor for many years. Her prolific writing spans nearly every topic meaningful to Alaskans. Before founding Must Read Alaska, she served as editor of the Juneau Empire and as a speechwriter for Governor Sean Parnell.
