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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2011 15:29:36 GMT
Police are investigating the slaughter of 100 husky dogs used to pull tourist sleds in the Canadian ski resort of Whistler during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The grisly killings were reportedly carried out by one worker over two days in April last year with a shotgun and a knife, with reports of injured dogs crawling out of a mass grave.
Local media said the dogs were killed because business slumped in the two months following the Games and they were no longer needed by tourism companies Outdoor Adventures and Howling Dogs, which sell dog-sled rides to tourists.
"We've opened a police file and assigned an investigator," Royal Canadian Mounted Police Staff Sergeant Steve LeClair said.
The case came to light on Monday after the unnamed worker claimed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of killing the dogs, and was reportedly awarded compensation from British Columbia worker's board.
Marcie Moriarty of the Society for Prevention of Animal Cruelty, the lead agency in the investigation, told the Vancouver Sun, "The way he describes [in the board's report] multiple shots and faces blown off and coming back on a second day is gruesome.
"The way this employee describes it, it's a massacre absolutely, a criminal code offence. These dogs were killed in front of the other dogs that were all tethered up."--AFP
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2011 16:03:55 GMT
It was hard for me to read that. I have a Husky. The man who did this should get a jail term in my opinion. These dogs are brave, hardworking, intelligent animals, what kind of degenerate would do something like this?
Unbelievable.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 1, 2011 18:03:34 GMT
It is really a ghastly story. If they did have to be killed (and I don't see any reason here; they hadn't even attempted to rehome them) they must be euthanised in a humane manner.
Even if they probably couldn't become household pets due to the way they were socialised, they are excellent working dogs
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Post by charlie on Feb 2, 2011 2:46:15 GMT
This degenerate ass also claims that he offered the dogs to two other sled companies. His claim has been dismissed as a lie. One of the companies has come forward to say that they would have welcomed as many as 20 of the dogs, but were never contacted.
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Post by gertie on Feb 16, 2011 20:50:44 GMT
Just awful. While I hope the employee will be properly punished, surely he didn't do this completely without the knowledge of his superiors? If he did manage it without their knowing, then they weren't doing their jobs and I don't really see that as any better on them. Will they also be prosecuted as accessories?
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