Sled Dogs (film)
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| Sled Dogs | |
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| Directed by | Fern Levitt |
| Produced by | Fern Levitt Arnie Zipursky |
| Edited by | Frank Cassano |
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| Distributed by | Search Engine Films |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Sled Dogs is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Fern Levitt and released in 2016.[1] The film explores the Iditarod, raising allegations of animal cruelty among breeders, trainers and kennelers of the event's sled dogs.[2]
At least one dog keeper tried to obtain a legal injunction against the film's premiere at the Whistler Film Festival, alleging that Levitt had misrepresented footage of an unethical commercial pet breeder as being from a sled dog breeder. Keepers also defended practices such as chaining dogs and shooting injured dogs.[3] A sled dog operator also filed a similar complaint with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation after the film was broadcast on Documentary Channel in 2017, resulting in a report by CBC ombudsman Esther Enkin.[4]
