I owe SOME Project supporters an apology for so drastic and abrupt an action as taking down the now-familiar websites. Seppala Kennels' site remains "up" -- I have no reason to take that down, as it directly serves my own kennel and dogs. As to the rest, I had very good reasons for doing so.
Every one of those sites was built entirely by me, hand-coding HTML/CSS to produce a fast, easy-to-navigate, accessible source of information. Each of those sites is hosted in my own web-space. I pay the domaine registration fees and the web hosting fees each year. I produced the informational content. Those sites BELONG to Jeffrey. They are a SERVICE to those who are interested in Seppalas, a service which I provide and which I can withdraw at any time.
In the extended discussion that took place on a couple of email lists in 2001 just prior to the founding of the "International Seppala Siberian Sleddog Club" and its ConKC wildcat registry, the Project site came up for discussion. (At the time there was another of the regular rumours that Jeffrey had died.) A couple people were of the opinion that the site had a lot of useful material, and that they should just "take over that site" and put that material to their own purposes, discarding, of course, the crazy stuff of Jeffrey's with which they did not agree! And in fact, Tamara Davis downloaded Project photographs which in less than a year turned up on coffee mugs, sweatshirts, teeshirts, and the brand-new ISSSC website. Since that time I have been continuously aware of the risks of web piracy and image-ripping. (That's not the only example -- the "Chukchi Sled Dog" site of the "Sanjankah Dog Club of America" ripped extensive Project text, massaged and integrated it into their own little scam-site.)
So when I see things spiraling out of control, my first instinct is to circle the wagons, protect my web resources and remove public access. Additionally, this makes the point of just HOW MUCH of what everyone takes for granted has come from one single source. If that source becomes unavailable, then what is left?