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NEWS Peninsula Clarion With the winter weather fast approaching, local dog mushers have already begun training their teams for the coming season. But some have gotten off to a prickly start.

Dogs+quills=prickly situation

Kasilof musher Jenni Van Muijen runs a dog team on the beach south of the Kasilof River on Saturday. She and several other local mushers have had run-ins with porcupines recently.
Photo By Joseph Robertia
Kasilof musher Jenni Van Muijen runs a dog team on the beach south of the Kasilof River on Saturday. She and several other local mushers have had run-ins with porcupines recently.
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