This article talks about the rule and how it has been needed more in recent years. I thought it was interesting that the other teams can't just continue on past the impacted team.
Also, he was not the first to tangle with this moose but by then the moose was pissed.
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Race rules stipulate that “in the event that an edible big game animal, i.e., moose, caribou, buffalo, is killed in defense of life or property, the musher must gut the animal and report the incident to a race official at the next checkpoint. Following teams must help gut the animal when possible. No teams may pass until the animal has been gutted and the musher killing the animal has proceeded.”
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https://craigmedred.news/2024/03/04/iditarod-collision/