100 Sled Dogs killed in Whistler so a travel company can save a few dollars

[jacey]

This via Annie Scarborough via facebook. The horrendous details of this sled dog slaughter only came to light when the company employee who did the deed with a gun and a knife (after vets in the area had refused to euthanise 100 healthy dogs for the sake of expediency) applied for mental health counseling for PTSD.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/restlessnativeblog/2014094348_chilling_tale_emerges_of_whistler_sled-dog_slaughter.html

Of course, you've got to wonder why he didn't refuse to do it.

Whistler is a town that lives and dies on its tourist trade. I sure hope this company is hounded out of business. (Pun not quite intentional, because a smile is the last thing this news brings to my face.) They still have 200 sled dogs.

Hopefully this will turn into a criminal prosecution. If it doesn't, it should.

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[ferlonda.livejournal.com]

Oh, and don't forget the thousands of red winged blackbirds poisoned to death because a farmer complained about them eating from his UNCOVERED feed bins. They flew miles and miles after eating the poisoned food and then fell from the sky. How many predators ate them and then died from the same poison? How about the ground and the water contaminated by the poison?

Bleah. Humans make me sick. I'll stop posting about this now.