Buy an F1 TV Pro subscription to watch live races<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cF1\u2019s sister company CGCI (under parent company Liberty Media) sponsors the deadly race to the tune of more than \u00a3180,000 a year,\u201d PETA stressed in a statement sent to Formula1News.co.uk<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PETA director Elisa Allen has since called on Hamilton to \u201cget involved\u201d in their campaign against the Iditarod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSir Lewis Hamilton and his colleagues are willing participants in races \u2013 but the dogs used in the Iditarod have no choice and are made to run until their bodies break down,\u201d Allen told Formula1News.co.uk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe know that Hamilton, like all decent people, would be appalled to learn that the leading cause of death for dogs entered into this race is aspiration pneumonia \u2013 caused by inhaling their own vomit \u2013 and we believe that he will no doubt get involved in this life-saving campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Animal rights groups, like PETA, have long campaigned against the Iditarod. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Over 150 dogs have been killed as a result of this event since the first race took place almost five decades ago in 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Mercedes](\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mercedes-F1-driver-Lewis-Hamilton-in-Abu-Dhabi.v1-1024x683.jpg\")
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