5-time Iditarod champ Dallas Seavey kills and guts moose after it injured his dog: "It was ugly"

A veteran musher had to kill a moose after it injured his dog shortly after the start of this year's Iditarod, race officials said Monday, marking the second time in two years a sled driver was forced to kill a moose after an interaction with a dog team.

Dallas Seavey informed the officials with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Monday morning that he was forced to shoot the moose with a handgun in self-defense.

This came "after the moose became entangled with the dogs and the musher," a statement from the race said.