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theHandpuppet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 06:39 AM
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And here they come! The Olympic Dog Sled Team from Jamaica!
This story was just too good not to post.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4629754.stm

Jamaican dog team ready to race

A Jamaican sled-dog racer has arrived in Aviemore to enter Europe's largest husky racing event.
Devon Anderson, who has not seen snow before, has swapped the Caribbean for the Cairngorms to take part in this weekend's event.

The 42-year-old and his four-dog team will compete against 220 other teams and more than 1,000 dogs this weekend.

He eventually hopes to compete in the world championships and the Winter Olympics in 2010.

The Caribbean is too hot for huskies so Mr Anderson has trained a team of mongrels rescued from Kingston's dog pound.

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