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Based on the information in the article “Animals for the Yukon,” explain why shipping animals to the Yukon became a booming business. Support your answer with evidence from the article.

Answer 1

Shipping animals to the Yukon became a booming business because the Klondike rush created huge demand that local supply could not meet. The article explains that thousands of prospectors needed pack animals, sled dogs and work horses to carry supplies over rough trails and across the ice, and the Yukon’s remote, harsh environment could not provide enough animals locally. As a result shippers could charge high prices and made large profits; the article describes firms advertising animals for the trip north and reports that animals were transported in large numbers to meet miners’ needs. These facts show that strong demand plus limited local supply made animal shipping very profitable.