Interesting story that isn’t too uncommon in Iditarod history of a musher/dog/moose encounter on the trail. Dallas Seavey had to shot and gut a moose, and race leader,Jesse Holmes, had to punch a moose in the nose on the trail. Two articles on the same event.
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/03/05/seavey-hits-rohn-first-provides-update-injured-dog/
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/39655297/musher-kills-guts-moose-encounter-dog-iditarod
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/03/05/seavey-hits-rohn-first-provides-update-injured-dog/
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/39655297/musher-kills-guts-moose-encounter-dog-iditarod