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Among the problems: a doping scandal, the loss of a major sponsor and escalating pressure from animal...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eThe 46th running of Alaska's famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicks off Saturday amid the most turbulent year ever.\u003cbr/\u003e              Among the problems: a doping scandal, the loss of a major sponsor and escalating pressure from animal rights activists after the deaths of five dogs last year, alone.\u003cbr/\u003e              Organizers have since changed the rules for doping after its first positive test last year in the storied race's history.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well, it's been one of our more challenging years,\" said Iditarod CEO Stan Hooley. \"We think we've figured out the best path forward in terms of changing a rule relative to our drug testing program that will make things much easier to manage going forward.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Participants and organizers believe it will be the only doping scandal to sully the race.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I'm one who believes we'll go another 43 years before the next doping scandal and this will be remembered as the year that the anomaly happened,\" said four-time Iditarod winner Jeff King.\u003cbr/\u003e              The Iditarod's board disclosed in October that four dogs belonging to four-time winner Dallas Seavey tested positive for a banned substance.\u003cbr/\u003e              The organization said it couldn't prove Seavey administered the drugs to his dogs and didn't punish him. But the rules on doping have now been changed to hold mushers liable for any positive drug test unless they can show something beyond their control happened.\u003cbr/\u003e              Seavey has denied the allegations.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"And the Iditarod has been clear that they have not charged him or accused him of violating any rules. They have not imposed any sanctions,\" said his attorney Clinton Campion.\u003cbr/\u003e              Meanwhile, animal rights activists are putting pressure on race officials to end the event for good, claiming it amounts to animal cruelty.\u003cbr/\u003e              Race officials dispute the contention and blame activists for using manipulative information to pressure corporate sponsors like Wells Fargo, a longtime backer, to sever ties to the Iditarod.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We really think that now is the time to put pressure on these companies and you know, educate people themselves about the cruelty that goes on behind the scenes at the Iditarod,\" said Tricia Lebkuecher of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.\u003cbr/\u003e              Regardless, race officials are confident the event will go on for many years to come.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"There's always going to be an Iditarod,\" Hooley said. \"I consider this more of a growing process than anything else.\"\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              FILE Anchorage, Alaska – March 4, 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Various of dogs barking, participants on sled\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Anchorage, Alaska – February 23, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              2. SOUNDBITE (English) Stan Hooley, Iditarod CEO:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well, it's been one of our more challenging years. Certainly, we've had to deal with some new, a new issue, and that hopefully is in the rearview mirror at this point. We think we've figured out the best path forward in terms of changing a rule relative to our drug testing program that will make things much easier to manage going forward.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE Willow, Alaska – March 6, 2016\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Various of start of race\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Anchorage, Alaska – February 23, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stan Hooley, Iditarod CEO:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"There's always going to be an Iditarod. I consider this more of a growing process than anything else.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Nome, Alaska – March 15, 2016\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Various of Dallas Seavey winning fourth Iditarod\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Anchorage, Alaska – February 23, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Clinton Campion, Seavey attorney:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"From the very beginning, he has maintained that he did not administer any banned substances to his dogs. He's maintained that he did not violate any rules with regard to any banned substances. And the Iditarod has been clear that they have not charged him or accused him of violating any rules. They have not imposed any sanctions.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE Nome, Alaska – March 11, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Various of Dallas Seavey winning second Iditarod\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Anchorage, Alaska – February 21, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff King, four-time Iditarod winner:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I'm one who believes we'll go another 43 years before the next doping scandal and this will be remembered as the year that the anomaly happened.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE Anchorage, Alaska – March 2, 2013\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Various of dogs, participants, crowd\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Nashville, Tennessee – February 22, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tricia Lebkuecher (LEB'-ketcher), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We really think that now is the time to put pressure on these companies and you know, educate people themselves about the cruelty that goes on behind the scenes at the Iditarod.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Anchorage, Alaska – March 4, 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Dog with head sticking out of crate\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Anchorage, Alaska – February 23, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (English) Stan Hooley, Iditarod CEO:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Their core beliefs are 180 degrees from ours and 180 degrees from the majority of Americans. They're free to speak their mind, just as we will.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Anchorage, Alaska – March 4, 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              13. 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