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Police investigating the killing of 100 sled dogs in Canada

World Feb. 02, 2011 - 05:58AM JST ( 14 )

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AdamBFeb. 02, 2011 - 11:03AM JST

What an absolutely disgusting story, made even worse by the fact that the idiot who killed the dogs then gets compensation for his actions. One could only hope he suffers for a long time remembering what he did to the wonderful animals.
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mikehuntezFeb. 02, 2011 - 11:58AM JST

I agree Adam. Totally sick. I'm sure the other companies would have taken free dogs. To kill that many healthy dogs is just a waste. I couldn't do it and I wouldn't do it anyway even if ordered.
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sf2kFeb. 02, 2011 - 01:30PM JST

an appalling story to say the least. Notice also the weasel words from the company spokesmen. Adoption / transfer what have you should have been arranged with a local humane society. If a cull was arranged, then the proper authorities should have been involved.

As for Canada's natural resources, Americans buy it up just fine. (That includes music). Natural resources have nothing to do with stupid people making stupid decisions.
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paulinusaFeb. 02, 2011 - 01:47PM JST

Very disturbing.
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Bebert61Feb. 02, 2011 - 01:50PM JST

Would gassing them have been any better? Or perhaps letting them loose in the wild, where they would die of starvation? Not a lot of options. And not much different than the bolt gun to the brain that is used to kill cattle for your dinner. Certainly less cruel than the way animals are killed for Kosher or Halal meat.
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AdamBFeb. 02, 2011 - 01:57PM JST

Bebert61 ,

Yes gassing or a bolt gun to the head would be a much better alternative to an incompetent tool with a shotgun and knife. Better alternatives also would have been lethal injection (not overly expensive) or adoption program but that takes time and money. An idiot with a gun and knife is a lot cheaper but a lot more cruel. This guy need to be charged and bought to trial and so does his employer
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paulinusaFeb. 02, 2011 - 02:01PM JST

Bebert61: I hope for your sake your're not serious.
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mikehuntezFeb. 02, 2011 - 02:23PM JST

If you have the inkling to make money from owning these animals you should also have a plan to dispose of them if business doesn't go your way and I don't mean killing them. There are plenty of northern communities that would have loved to have them I'm sure. This is pure irresponsibility on the company's part.
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cleoFeb. 02, 2011 - 02:36PM JST

Not often I agree with mikehuntez, but I'm with him on this. These are living animals, Man's best friend, not a bunch of office furniture that you can just dispose of when you no longer need them. Pure irresponsibility and inhumanity.

Berbert61 - You seriously believe that having a dog running around with its “face blown off and an eye hanging out” is no worse than what goes on in abattoirs?

'he did everything he could finding homes for them, having them adopted, every which way that he could' sez the idiot's lawyer, yet no other companies in the area were asked to take any dogs? Sounds like the idiot with a gun and a knife is not merely an idiot but a lying idiot. And he gets compensation???? Let him get post-traumatic treatment from inside a jail cell.
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pointofviewFeb. 02, 2011 - 02:53PM JST

sf2k,

Yes they do cuz its all thats left in the once great land. Socially Canada is asleep at the wheel which is what lead to this situation and nothing being done about it for months.
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smithinjapanFeb. 02, 2011 - 03:08PM JST

Sweet lord! What an awful story. I have no doubt the idiot that slaughtered these dogs is suffering PTSD, and rightly so! There is NO WAY he needed to kill them all... no way at all. If he stated that that was his intention if people didn't take them off his hands they would have been gone, probably even at the other people's expense, before he could blink.

I agree that what's even more disgusting is that the guy was COMPENSATED for it! I don't know if the company should face charges for compensating him, but at the very least they should be penalized in some way. As for the person who slaughtered the dogs... hope he's locked up for a good stint.
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realmindFeb. 02, 2011 - 07:02PM JST

Well this is a sad story. Well there are many cases humans do not care to kill 1000s fellow human being..... We need an new ideology to save human and this planet.
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SuperLibFeb. 02, 2011 - 10:36PM JST

Remind me not to take my pets to Canada.
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ca1ic0catFeb. 03, 2011 - 02:24AM JST

Really a very sad and needless incident. My sister works with an adoption group in LA, they probably could have done a lot to help. I doubt that the company did a lot to find the dogs new homes despite their protests that they tried. Pathetic.