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 Hello Friend,
This is important information about the Sled dog killing that was brought to my attention from a reader.
Thank You fellow pet owner and animal advocate!
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SPCA Hypocrisy
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This story is in part re-printed from the National Post.
Kim Pemberton, Postmedia News · Feb. 2, 2011 | Last Updated: Feb. 2, 2011 9:02 AM ET
VANCOUVER— An employee from an adventure tourism company who killed 100 sled dogs in Whistler, B.C., had twice asked animal welfare officials to help find homes for some of the company’s dogs, the Vancouver Sun has learned.
But both times the 38-year-old employee of Outdoor Adventures was rebuffed by the BCSPCA.
SPCA officials said they didn’t realize the dogs would be brutally slaughtered. But they said they told the man the dogs would not make good pets and were not adoptable.
Senior animal protection officer Eileen Drever confirmed she was contacted last spring by the man but can’t recall if it was in April or May. The cull happened on April 21 and April 23, 2010.
She said she first learned of the slaughter last Friday when the WorkSafeBC report became public, which provided details of the “execution-style” killings of the sled dogs and stated they were destroyed for economic reasons.
“What happened last spring is (the employee) contacted me and complained about some of the conditions of the dogs and I was supposed to go up there and check. I spoke to the owner Joey Houssian and he provided me with a copy of the veterinarian’s report,”
She said she was satisfied with the vet’s report and did not feel it was necessary to go to Whistler and do an on-site inspection herself.
“(The employee) didn’t advise me he was going to kill any dogs. He was looking to find homes. I spoke to an animal behaviourist who is also a vet and she spoke with an expert in the (United) States who said they weren’t adoptable,” said Ms. Drever.
On the second occasion the man sent an email to the SPCA, dated Sept. 10, 2010 — nearly five months after the killing — asking again if the SPCA would take some of the remaining dogs in the herd, which before the cull numbered about 350 dogs.
The Vancouver Sun has obtained a copy of that documentation which states: “I understood from Joey that there were to be some dogs going to you for adoption? Is that indeed happening? Or should I just show up with a truck full so they can get off the chain and get some attention, exercise, stop fighting, etc. . . . I am happy to bring some down to stop cruelty they are going through here.
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P.S. Currently the SPCA is heading a task force to exhume the dead sled dogs, seeing if cruelty was involved. The SPCA is currently asking the public for another $150,000.00 to perform this investigation.
The specific suggestion sent in by a subscriber is one I fully agree with- The SPCA should NOT be investigating the cull when they in part were responsible for NOT attempting to re-home these dogs through their organization OR via contacting any of the available rescue groups.
This is a CLEAR conflict of interest.
What is needed is an independent task force, appointed by the BC Government.
If you are a resident of BC and agree with this, please either write a complaint letter to the Ombudsmen or contact their office.
To make a complaint online, go here:
https://www.ombudsman.bc.ca/how-to-make-a-complaint/online-complaint-form
To send a letter:
BC Ombudsperson
PO Box 9039 STN PROV GOVT
Victoria BC V8W 9A5
Canada
The phone number:
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Best Wishes,
Dr Andrew Jones
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