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Media Contact: Darla Worden, 307.734.5335

Pedigree® Food for Dogs Donates Pet Food to Shelters on Race Route

Jackson, Wyoming—January 26, 2010—Towns along the 2010 International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) route will receive one year’s worth of pet food for one dog, thanks to Pedigree ® Food for Dogs announced Race Director Frank Teasley. As title sponsor of the event, Pedigree ® Food for Dogs contributes pet food to the communities on the race route. Towns on the 2010 route—Jackson, Lander, Pinedale, Big Piney/Marbleton, Alpine, Kemmerer/Diamondville, Evanston, Mountain View/Lyman, and Park City—distribute the food to local animal shelters.

This is Pedigree® Food for Dogs’ eleventh year as title sponsor of the IPSSSDR. The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public. The IPSSSDR, the largest sled dog race in the lower 48 states, is slated for January 29th through Februrary 6th, 2010, beginning in Jackson and traveling through eight Wyoming communities before finishing in Park City, Utah. For more information, visit the race Website at www.wyomingstagestop.org , contact the race via e-mail at wystagestop@blissnet.com or call (307) 734-1163.

Media Contact: Darla Worden, IPSSSDR Media Relations, (307) 734-5335