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Iditarod XXXVI Advisory

by Mark Nordman

03/08/2008

A 7-year-old male named ‘Zaster' in the team of musher #87, John Stetson, died at 0120 this morning.

Zaster was dropped at Ophir at 0200 on Friday and had been transported to Anchorage where he was being treated for signs of pneumonia. 

A necropsy will now be conducted by a board certified pathologist to make every attempt to determine the cause of death.