Sled dogs rest after returning from a tour run by Whistler Outdoor Adventures north of Whistler, B.C., on Monday. The RCMP and the B.C. SPCA are investigating the slaughter of about 100 sled dogs.
The Toronto Star:
Vancouver — The killings took place over two days. The dogs were rounded up, shot or stabbed and left in a mass grave.
Nearly 10 months after the dogs were killed in Whistler in what the B.C. SPCA has called “an absolute massacre,” the RCMP is investigating and the Vancouver Humane Society is calling for an immediate ban on all dog-sled tour operations in the province.
In the documents, which were obtained by radio station CKNW and the SPCA, the general manager of Outdoor Adventure Whistler gave disturbing descriptions as to how he killed 100 healthy sled dogs after the tourism industry in the ski resort took a downturn following the Olympics last year.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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