Myriad stories and photos of the “hero dog” ran in newspapers ... Seppala was not happy. “By giving [Balto] Togo’s records, he was established as ‘the greatest racing leader in Alaska ...

Balto was feted as a hero, the subject of books and films, and the dog’s taxidermy mount still stands on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. But that was not the end of Balto’s ...

But two years later, a Cleveland businessman found Balto and his team in Los Angeles, neglected and miserable. He quickly raised $2,000 from Clevelanders to buy the dogs, who got a hero's welcome ...