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Sickened, How could they do this?

post #1 of 29
1/31/11 at 7:39pm
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http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...ocks-horrifies

After the Olympics there was no need for all of the sled dogs. So they killed 100 sled dogs and buried them in a mass grave.
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post #2 of 29
2/1/11 at 6:45am
I can't even BEGIN to express how disgusted and saddened I am over this. I could never comprehend how someone thought it would be necessary to slaughter these beautiful, innocent creatures and I can only hope that those responsible will be punished and held accountable, although I am not holding my breath.
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post #3 of 29
2/1/11 at 7:02am
This is absolutely shocking and I am mortified to read this. What on God's green earth are people doing to animals?? Makes me sick and filled with anger. These dogs have such a deep character and will to work for their humans even in such terrible, cold conditions they will plod on. I sure hope some type of legal action is taken against them. All of these dogs could have been placed in homes through the Siberian Husky rescues in this country. People would have been lining up to adopt. What a terrible loss.
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post #4 of 29
2/1/11 at 7:17am
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I had nightmares all night long. This is beyond my comprehension.
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post #5 of 29
2/1/11 at 7:19am
I'm physically ill over this!! These dogs would have given their lives for their owners!! This was their reward for services rendered? They're beautiful creatures and now all that beauty has been tossed in a ditch like so much garbage! I tremble thinking about what the dogs' last thoughts were...if only we could take justice into our own hands for these acts of abhorrent behavior!!
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post #6 of 29
2/1/11 at 7:34am
How is this even legal??? Are these people going to go to jail, because they should...
This is just beyond sad....
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post #7 of 29
2/1/11 at 2:15pm
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Please boycott this horrible company.

They slaughtered 100 sled dogs after the olympics in Vancouver. They were no longer needed.

http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...ocks-horrifies
I posted a thread yesterday about how sickened and horrified I am about this. It is unlikely they will face any charges. Our animal protections laws are weak at best, even weaker when it comes to working animals. Please send a message to this company
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post #8 of 29
2/1/11 at 4:54pm
I heard this on the radio this morning. Horrid. Those beautiful dogs could have found loving homes.
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post #9 of 29
2/1/11 at 5:04pm
i just read this. how can this happen? this can't be legal
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post #10 of 29
2/1/11 at 5:30pm
This absolutely breaks my heart in to a million pieces
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post #11 of 29
2/1/11 at 5:35pm
That's just too horrible. There was a similar thing in Finland a year ago. A sled dog safari went out of business and they needed to get rid of the dogs. Luckily almost all of them (I think there was 70+ dogs) got new homes.
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post #12 of 29
2/1/11 at 5:48pm
Someone should do the exact same to the ones who did this to the dogs! I'd have loved to be able to have a dog like that, these people have them, and kill them.
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post #13 of 29
2/1/11 at 5:48pm
It breaks my heart the way it was done, a mass execution. Makes me sick to my stomach. Those poor dogs suffered.
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post #14 of 29
2/1/11 at 5:58pm
What a disgusting thing to do to such beautiful dogs!
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post #15 of 29
2/1/11 at 6:06pm
I can't believe that they didn't even try to find the dogs homes. Poor dogs.
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post #16 of 29
2/1/11 at 6:21pm
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Originally Posted by catbehaviors View Post
I can't believe that they didn't even try to find the dogs homes. Poor dogs.
Or AT LEAST euthanize them. Not torture them like they basically did
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post #17 of 29
2/1/11 at 9:37pm
Its unfortunate that animals are treated like garbage. Just tossed away when they are of no more use. It's no worse than throwing a cat outside in the dead of winter, then moving away and leaving it to die.
I'm not understanding why they didn't try to rehome the dogs, like they do with greyhounds.
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post #18 of 29
2/1/11 at 10:11pm
Sled dogs don't really make suitable housepets (I mean if they're only housepets, in an average home. If given proper exercise, they can of course live indoors). Huskies in general are veryvery active and prey driven, and, working dogs being accustomed to running many miles a day, they aren't usually content just being pets. They could go to other mushing homes easily. But, according to the other mushers in the area, they were never offered any of the dogs. It was simply an act of unspeakable evil, and I hope something can be done about it. I don't have a lot of confidence that anything will happen, but I can hope.
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post #19 of 29
2/1/11 at 10:28pm
This is sad beyond words.. let me just say that it is hard to find homes for true working dogs but it is cruel what happened to them. They didn't deserve this fate. They could have had them humanely euthanized and not brutally murdered.
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post #20 of 29
2/1/11 at 10:54pm
I'm not sure why people are saying that it would have been better if the dogs had been humanely killed. These were young healthy dogs, who did not need to die. Killing them was wrong, no matter how it was done. Saying that it would have been OK as long as the dogs didn't suffer really minimizes the horror of the situation.
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post #21 of 29
2/2/11 at 2:14am
I can't read the link, it will be too upsetting and I am so angry, who the heck do the people think they are that did this, its just disgusting.xx
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post #22 of 29
2/2/11 at 9:48am
So horrible, disposable lives... sometimes I just don't understand the cruelty of some people. I'm pretty sure that Outdoor Adventures Whistler is going to go out of business now.
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post #23 of 29
2/2/11 at 10:11am
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Originally Posted by Willowy View Post
I'm not sure why people are saying that it would have been better if the dogs had been humanely killed. These were young healthy dogs, who did not need to die. Killing them was wrong, no matter how it was done. Saying that it would have been OK as long as the dogs didn't suffer really minimizes the horror of the situation.
I wasn't saying that at all...but if they wanted to do right by the dogs and coudln't find homes, they should have put them down via the vet. I bet the vet wishes now he would have humanely euthanized them. I don't think they deserved to be killed at ALL, but many people cannot handle a true working dog that was bred to work/run and they don't do well in just a pet home.. but it doesn't justify what was done to these dogs. I hope this guy is haunted for the rest of his life what he did..and pays for what he did to these innocent dogs.
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post #24 of 29
2/2/11 at 12:23pm
I hope the vet doesn't feel bad at all. It's not his fault. He needs to stick by his convictions no matter what, and if other people want to do evil and blame it on him, he needs to have the strength to ignore them. For a vet to kill healthy animals would be a violation of his oath.

Having healthy animals killed is NEVER "doing right" by them. Ever.

It's like the FBI's policy of not negotiating with kidnappers. So a kidnapper says "give me a million dollars or I'll kill the kid", and they stick to their convictions and don't give him the money, and he kills the kid, is it the FBI's fault? No, of course not. The kidnapper made the choice to kill someone, the FBI didn't make him do it. Same for that vet.

From other things I have read, it becomes clear that the guy who did this is a sociopath who enjoys hurting dogs, and is defrauding the Worker's Comp program. I hope he gets what's coming to him.
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post #25 of 29
2/2/11 at 5:19pm
No, I don't blame the vet at all, I am just saying he may feel bad after what happened.
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post #26 of 29
2/2/11 at 6:09pm
I hope everybody who hears this story feels bad about it. I just hope the vet doesn't feel any worse than anybody else. He shouldn't feel guilty at all.
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post #27 of 29
2/2/11 at 6:59pm
That's the thing...I am sure he does no matter if you and I don't think he should, he probably does..
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post #28 of 29
2/2/11 at 7:25pm
I suppose it would depend on how strong he is in his convictions. The FBI agents---to stick with that example--I'm sure they feel bad if a kidnapping ends in a death, but I don't think they feel guilty for not negotiating with kidnappers, since that's their policy. If it's the vet's policy not to participate in the slaughter of healthy animals, and he's secure in sticking to that policy, then he wouldn't feel guilty. It's horrible that they were massacred by a psycho, but I'm sure that if he had any idea that the guy was going to do something like that, he would have contacted the proper authorities.

Of course, the "I called a vet but he wouldn't kill the dogs" line might have been made up by the psycho. The theoretical vet we're discussing may not even exist. Sociopaths lie a lot.
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post #29 of 29
2/2/11 at 8:51pm
Well that is true.
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