Any kind of animal
\nNeeds love and beyond that care
\nThats no different to all of us
\nThe real need is to share
\nNeeds must thats a saying
\nPerhaps from history
\nBut what we really need is love
\nGiven generously<\/p>\n
Given with understanding
\nThe indigenous people they
\nLoved their animals dearly
\nAnd really in a way
\nThe Samoyed were hunting dogs
\nIn arctic conditions they
\nWere brought into their homes to sleep
\nNot chained outside okay<\/p>\n
The ice and snow is damaging
\nAnd leaving a dog to be
\nReally out in the true extremes
\nShows a lack of empathy
\nThe indigenous know of the extremes
\nThe sportsman doesn’t they
\nAre in it for the money
\nAnd They don’t feel it Anyway<\/p>\n
Physical sensitivity that threshold
\nWe should feel
\nNot because we are wrapped up warm
\nBut outside when its real
\nCold to be aware of that
\nAnd not expect our friends
\nFour legged with a lot of fur
\nFor the message that it sends<\/p>\n
Is one of lacking compassion
\nWe need to wake up we
\nNeed to share their agony
\nFeel their distress and be
\nWith them on their journey
\nSlogging through the snow
\nPulling dragging and flagging
\nThough their heart tells them to go<\/p>\n
Heart attacks they happen
\nPneumonia yes too
\nMuscle deterioration
\nFrom the pounding that they do
\nOfcourse deydration
\nDiarrhea the stress is there
\nOf Course spinal injuries
\nLeading to despair<\/p>\n
Accidents like impaling
\nDrowning strangled they
\nAre pulling like the clappers
\nIn their running state of play
\nOften tethered on short chains
\nTheir freedom taken away
\nA leash that cuts the air ways
\nCan quickly make them pay<\/p>\n
Ten miles a day its real hard graft
\nOn the wilderness trail
\nRunning into headwinds
\nInto snow and hail
\nYour feet relaying messages
\nOf how hard its become
\nAnd all you hear is your old heart
\nPounding like a drum<\/p>\n
You feel the exploitation
\nIts chilling to be sure
\nYou are straining every muscle
\nBut wondering what for
\nThe iditarod race
\nIts corporate sponsorship for gain
\nIts 50,000 dollars
\nIt really feels insane<\/p>\n
A race against the elements
\nPitting dog and man
\nTo suffer and unceasingly
\nA staying power and plan
\nExpecting unflagging efforts
\nFor little in return
\nRunning really till you drop
\nTill all your muscles burn<\/p>\n
Cruelty is up there
\nYou really want to die
\nIf you had the choice
\nyou
\nWould stop right now
\nCalm yourself and lie<\/p>\n
Catching breath and wondering
\nWhy it has to be
\nThat you must run for all these miles
\nAnd suffer constantly
\nAnd know that when exhaustion
\nOr injury arrive
\nYou might just hear the rifle
\nKnowing you will not survive<\/p>\n
So you give your all for nothing
\nExploitation all the way
\nYou run yourself into the ground
\nKnowing that you pay
\nAn awful price for loyalty
\nFor a life in the extreme
\nAnd if you are not winning
\nYou are soon thrown out the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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