Editing Sled dog (section)

===Greenland===
[[File:Passionate runners (34697070156).jpg|thumb|Dog sledding is still commonly used for transportation in parts of Greenland]]

The [[Greenlandic Inuit]] have a very long history of using sled dogs and they are still widely used today. As of 2010, some 18,000 [[Greenland dog]]s were kept in western [[Greenland]] north of the [[Arctic Circle]] and in eastern Greenland (because of the effort of maintaining the purity of this culturally important breed, they are the only dogs allowed in these regions) and about half of these were in active use as sled dogs by hunters and fishers.<ref name=sullissivik>{{cite web | url=https://www.sullissivik.gl/Emner/Teknik_og_miljoe/Slaedehunde/Hold_af_slaedehunde?sc_lang=da-DK | title=Hold af slædehunde | publisher=Sullissivik | access-date=22 December 2019 | archive-date=10 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610173840/https://www.sullissivik.gl/Emner/Teknik_og_miljoe/Slaedehunde/Hold_af_slaedehunde?sc_lang=da-DK | url-status=dead }}</ref> As a result of reduced [[sea ice]] (limiting their area of use), increasing use of snowmobiles, increasing dog food prices and disease among some local dog populations, the number has been gradually falling in decades and by 2016 there were 15,000 Greenland dogs. A number of projects have been initiated in an attempt of ensuring that Greenland's dog sledding culture, knowledge and use are not lost.<ref name=Videnskab2017>{{cite web | url=https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/antallet-af-groenlandske-slaedehunde-er-halveret-her-er-redningsplanen | title=Antallet af grønlandske slædehunde er halveret: Her er redningsplanen | date=25 July 2017 | publisher=Videnskab.dk | access-date=22 December 2019 }}</ref>

The [[Sirius Patrol]], a special forces unit in the Danish military, enforces the sovereignty of the remote unpopulated northeast (essentially equalling the [[Northeast Greenland National Park]]) and conduct long-range dog sled patrolling, which also record all sighted wildlife. The patrols averaged {{cvt|14876|km}} per year during 1978–1998. By 2011, the [[Greenland wolf]] had re-populated eastern Greenland from the National Park in the northeast through following these dog-sled patrols over distances of up to {{cvt|560|km}}.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.2981/11-032|title=Invasion of eastern Greenland by the high arctic wolf ''Canis'' lupus arctos|journal=Wildlife Biology|volume=17|issue=4|pages=383–388|year=2011|last1=Marquard-Petersen|first1=Ulf|s2cid=84355723|doi-access=free}} Note: These figures are in the past because this was the time period of interest for the wolf research conducted.</ref>