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I can't believe that this type of thing still happens, especially in a such a progressive place like Whistler. Not only could these dogs likely have been given away, there was absolutely no reason they had to be slaughtered in such a brutal manner. Even more astounding is that the person who shot and slit the throats of the dogs is being compensated by WorkSafe BC (he claims he was ordered to do this although the company disputes this). Currently the BC SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and the RCMP (Police) are looking into this. Criminal charges seem likely (and deservedly so in my opinion).
Excerpts from a couple newspapers:
WHISTLER, B.C.— The RCMP and the B.C. SPCA are now investigating the slaughter of about 100 sled dogs in Whistler, B.C., an incident the SPCA called “an absolute massacre.”
The SPCA’s Marcie Moriarty says the description of the April 2010 incident is an “absolutely criminal code offence.”
Staff. Sgt. Steve LeClair, of Whistler RCMP, confirmed his detachment has opened a file, but the primary investigator on the case will be the SPCA.
Documents obtained by CKNW radio reveal about 100 healthy sled dogs were killed in a mass slaughter in Whistler last April 21 and 23.
According to the WorkSafe B.C. documents obtained by the station, an employee of Outdoor Adventures Whistler has been compensated for post-traumatic stress disorder after being ordered to shoot the animals.
The documents reveal bookings for dog sled tours collapsed after the Olympics and when the company could not find homes for its animals, it ordered the cull.
Full Article:http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/930749--100-sled-dogs-shot-when-b-c-tour-business-slows
“What is extremely upsetting is to read what he described - some of them requiring mulitple shots, his having to slit their throats, dogs faces being blown off and they were still running around, dogs that he thought had been dead, that he put in what he described as a mass grave and he looks back and sees her trying to climb out,”
A news release from the company says it did not instruct the general manager to carry out the killings. The company was aware of the “euthanization” of dogs, the release states. “But it was our expectation that it was done in a proper, legal and humane manner,” the news release says. Company officials only became aware of the incident on Friday.
Full Article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/tourism-whistler-suspends-reservations-over-post-olympic-sled-dog-cull/article1888742/page2/
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i live right near whistler!!!!!!!!
but this is pretty shitty
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I bet nothing bad will even happen to them. You can pretty much torture and destroy an animal and get a very small time in prison or a small little fee and community service.
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Wow.. I don't even know what to say.
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Yeah heard it on the radio today... so sick. Even if someone was "ordered" to do this I can't see how'd they still go through with it. So sad.
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Whyyy.. Why WOULD YOU DO THIS! *sob* Oh man... After reading the article though. They said they were getting rid of the dogs. Not in this kind of way I am assuming, because that's just disgusting.
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At least they're in doggy heaven now  *sniffle*
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WTF can't imagine canadians would do something like this
wtf...... at least use lethal injnection or something if they really had to kill them
this is so sad
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I wonder if his company offered him the means to do it in a "proper, legal and humane manner" or just told him to do it with full knowledge that there was only one way he had the resources to see it done.
I also find it funny that the article actually quotes the SPCA on their description of the morality of what happened, as if they're some sort of authority and their 'opinion' that it's a "slaughter" somehow counts as additional information, instead of simply openly admitting the article's own stance on the issue, let alone letting the readers make their own judgement for a single moment.
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They're just animals, they are the property of the man who owns them, what he does to them is nobodies business as far as I'm concerned.
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On February 01 2011 10:54 RedLuck wrote:
Yeah heard it on the radio today... so sick. Even if someone was "ordered" to do this I can't see how'd they still go through with it. So sad.
Im not saying that I agree with this, but when your life is directly tied to your entire life you do what your told or your family goes hungry
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Yeah, but why were the dogs ordered to be killed?
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On February 01 2011 10:59 Torte de Lini wrote:
Yeah, but why were the dogs ordered to be killed?
cuz business for sled dog tours in BC was getting slow after the winter olympics
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That is sick. those poor animals.
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That's so sad.
I mean it'a always sad when human incompetance leads to the suffering of animals but this is just a tradgedy.
Thos dogs probably could have been given away to local kids or something? Did they really need to be put down? And in such a horrific manner?
It just feels so much more sickening when this sorta shit happens to dogs. They're so inteligent...and capable of such companionship...I know this sounds sappy, but when I look at my dog I can definatly see the love in his eyes. I've come to be able to understand some of his more subtle characteristics. Like when he's hungry, I can just tell from looking at him, and the look on his face.
I don't know how anyone could even bring themselves to do this.
We do after all call them "Mans best friend"
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This story is a bit more dramatic because it is dogs, which we human feel more connected to than any other animal somehow. Still, I don't think this is rational in any way.
According to the WorkSafe B.C. documents obtained by the station, an employee of Outdoor Adventures Whistler has been compensated for post-traumatic stress disorder after being ordered to shoot the animals.
I think this would be quite a normal response, which should indicate that this is wrong. Best wishes to him.
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On February 01 2011 10:58 ReaverDrop! wrote:
They're just animals, they are the property of the man who owns them, what he does to them is nobodies business as far as I'm concerned.
How can you sleep at night? Humanity dictates that we all have compassion for other living things. You must be sick in the head or worse.. Christian.
User was temp banned for this post.
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I think I'm about to vomit.
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If this was in Florida, they would be sentenced for first degree murder. Florida's laws against killing a dog is considered as to killing a human. Fuck these guys, I get so angry when I read stories like these.
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