John, while I agree with much of what you said I'm afraid your statistics don't fly here.  Up to 1000 dogs killed per year by a perhaps a couple dozen mushers in Alaska per year doesn't compare with 1300 dog euthanized by a population of 3.8 million people in Minneapolis/ St Paul. It's a rate of .0016 dogs per Alaskan versus .00034 per Minnesotan or 4.7 times greater in AK.