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100 sled dogs in Canada killed after business slows
The Associated Press
Monday, January 31, 2011; 8:08 PM
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- An organization that fights animal
abuse is calling the slaughter of 100 sled dogs by an outdoor
adventure company in British Columbia a bloodbath and police are
investigating.
The British Columbia SPCA's manager of animal cruelty
investigations said Monday an Outdoor Adventures Whistler employee
was told to cull the dogs.
Marcie Moriarty says some dogs were shot, while others' throats
were slit before their bodies were pitched into a mass grave.
Vancouver radio station CKNW radio is reporting that the company
expected more sledding business in an anticipated post-Olympics
tourism boom. But the boom never materialized and the sled dogs
were killed last April.
Outdoor Adventures Whistler couldn't be reached for comment.