An employee of Canada's Outdoor Adventures company admitted to slaughtering 100 sled dogs, according to a workers compensation report he later filed.
The employee - whose name authorities have not yet released - worked as a general manager of Howling Dogs tour company in Whistler, British Columbia. He claimed he was suffering from post-traumatic stress after carrying out company orders to kill the dogs, the report said.
A company with the same name, Howling Dogs Tours in Canmore, Alberta, has no connection with this case.
The man cited "a slow winter season" that compelled him to decrease the size of the company's dog pack by 30 percent, the report said.
The slaughter took place over the course of two days in April 2010, when he allegedly shot and knifed the animals before dumping them into a mass grave, including at least one dog that was later found alive, the report said.
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I am so upset about the beautiful dogs they slaughtered! It shows me truly how human behavior has regressed. I have a hard time with the fact that these people who will do things like this are walking around among us. Dogs are truley man's best friend. They helped me through an abused childhood, they have washed my face of tears, when the world was just to horrible to exist in. If we could live in a world where dogs were in charge they definitely would not have killed their best friends.
The owners had only a few options. They couldn't afford to keep the dogs they had, they couldn't get them adopted, they couldn't get them professionally and humanly killed. If they simply released them they would be injuring the community by creating feral dog packs.
They were backed into a corner by Canadian law.
how do you know what options they had??
and how is that Canadian law prevented them from trying to adopt the dogs out (or at least try), or to try to get the dogs properly euthanised or if needed just go to the government and the media explaining that the situation was desperate?
they just didn't feel like bothering, that is why the situation is outrageous,
and if the psychopath who did the killing did not apply for compensation, the story would have never came out
still, the killing could have been done on 1 by 1 basis, so the other animals don't stress and panic at seeing others die.
You sound like you could rationalize anything...!
Perhaps it is itme to "cull the herd" in other places...and I'm not talking about the dogs. BTW, I do not blame "Canadians" any more than I blame "Americans" for Mr. Vick and his dog fighting scheme. I've been to Canada many times and have found the Canadian people to be some of the nicest around...sometimes to a fault!
This is absolutely abhorrible. I would have adopted at least one.
The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us, may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer. He will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.
George Graham Vest – Tribute to Dogs (c. 1855) after winning a case against a man who killed a dog
Gentlemen of the Jury:
That is beautiful. Thank you for quoting this.
Between the seal hunts off the east coast and now this sickening display of utter imcompotence by the govt to give this vile, digusting sub-human workers comp for what he did, I am so ashamed to be a Canadian.
Canada sucks!!
You are welcome to leave any time Banff Native. Dont let the door hit your ass on the way out.
While I think the useless killing of these dogs is stupid and wasteful. Millions of perfectly healthy babies are aborted every year. Where's the outrage for them!?
And here we go again, I was just wondering when the usual idiot would bring up abortion...Unbelievable, it never fails!
Bob Fawcett is the owner of Howling Dog Tours Whistler since 2004. He has been operating as Whistler Dogsledding and providing dog sled tours to Outdoor Adventures Whistler which is owned by Joey Houssain since 2006. Joey Houssain is the boss, he ordered Bob Fawcett to kill the dogs. Bob Fawcett killed the dogs.
This has nothing to do with Canadians vs. Americans. It is a terrible thing that happened that just happened to take place in Canada. Pennsylvania allows puppy mills to flourish and animals are treated cruelly here in the US everyday.
As for this disgusting case, I would hope that the ASPCA along with local authorities in Canada prosecute and have this guy arrested. Stricter laws in both the US and Canada are clearly needed to protect animals. I would also hope that animal rescue groups become more active in saving sledding dogs as well. How are sled dogs treated in Alaska?
I meant the Canadian version of the ASPCA.
Didn't these business owners think pass the mighty dollar? These are living breathing creatures we are talking about here. They deserve to be cared for and respected as any living creature. I hope these people don't have children.
This story is disarmingly sad in that on one hand it seems we have made important advances in the realm of animal welfare/guardianship but yet on the other this incident and some of the related posts would indicate otherwise. I can't help but call to mind the comments of Mahatma Gandi, "The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated." In the end, whether it Canada or the US we really are only one nation. There are no positives to focus on in this story, I do only hope that it inspires leadership and activism to prevent future such indicents.
What a disgusting story! If one bases their business on living things, one needs to treat them with respect and humanness. This monster has the gall to say HE suffered.
This just makes me sick. I would have taken one or more of those dogs, and paid whatever the price to ship them to california. Money means nothing over perventing this kind of cruilty. I hope all of canada takes some sort of action on this. If this happened in america (which it does) the people go to prison period.
Absolutely disgusting!
How utterly immature and senseless to take this heart wrenching story about slaughterd innocent animals and use it to compare two Countries wrong doings. People on both sides of the border should be outraged about this one mans horrific actions. Poking at each other does nothing but cheapen the story. The animals who died deserve more repect than that.
Now excuse me while I go walk my dog. Hugged yours today?