(Photo courtesy IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)
Mushers race across Idaho for recreation and sport. Rep. Heather Scott recently introduced legislation to specifically exempt them from Idaho’s 1996 ban on dog racing, which targeted high-stakes greyhound racing.
February 16, 2017
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February 16, 2017 midnight
Scott seeks protections for mushers
BOISE — With all the snow that’s been falling this winter, it only seems appropriate that Idaho legislators would consider promoting winter sports. Rep. Heather Scott has answered the call by introducing a piece of legislation to protect Idaho sled dog racers, who currently may fall under a 1996 law designed to prohibit greyhound racing.