ALERT: Iditarod

Please tell the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences that it was wrong for them to nominate a film that hypes the barbaric Iditarod. Tell them that the Iditarod is animal abuse and should not receive an award.

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Emmy Nomination for the Iditarod
by staff

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Chas St.George, Director Public Relations 907.352.2215

WASILLA, ALASKA - (April 17, 2007)

2006 IDITAROD DOCUMENTARY RECEIVES EMMY NOMINATION

On Friday, April 13, 2007, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Northwest Chapter announced that the documentary "IDITAROD 2006, Mother Nature's Turn to Dance" has been nominated for an Emmy Award.

"Mother Nature's Turn to Dance" is a 95 minute long form documentary that was the Iditarod Trail Committee's first attempt at depicting the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in its entirety. The 44th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards Nomination List represents the selections from television submissions in the northwest region of the United States (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and Montana).

The Emmy Awards Ceremony will be held at the Jonas Jensen Fremont
Studios and Theatre on June 2nd, 2007.