May 31, 2009: DNN Reports Alaska CAP Delivers Tons of Sled Dog Food

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On this date, the Disaster News Network reported that the Alaska Wing of the Civil Air Patrol had helped to deliver tons of sled dog food to Alaskan villages stranded by flooding and dependent upon dog sleds.

An excerpt from DNN:

The most immediate need to the villages of Eagle, Stevens Village, Circle and Tanana is approximately 8,000 pounds of dog food per week due to the large population of sled dogs in that portion of Alaska. According to officials, 10,000 pounds was delivered to these villages May, 25 by way of airplane provided by Samaritan’s Purse and the Civil Air Patrol in association with AKVOAD, the Alaska Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and private individuals.

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