Husky dog sled: Image by Feuillu via Flickr
Outdoor Adventures Whistler (ph.604 932 0647) ordered the massacre of up to 100 huskies when their business dipped after the Winter Olymics.
Barbarism takes many forms and is not confined to the Balkans or the Middle East or Afghanistan or Africa. It is also found in British Columbia.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 31 (UPI) — A dogsled tour company in British Columbia is accused of killing 100 dogs when its business faded after the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Vancouver radio station CKNW said documents from WorkSafeBC, the provincial occupational health agency, show an employee of Outdoor Adventures Whistler got compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder after allegedly being made to kill the dogs.
The radio station reported the dogs were shot or had their throats cut, and were buried in a mass grave.
Tags: British Columbia, Dog massacre, Husky massacre, Outdoor Adventures Whistler
The k2p blog 
February 1, 2011 at 11:54 pm
I emailed Howling Dog Tours and they claimed they divested Howling Dog Tours Whistler in 2004. So much blame to place around. Why didn’t the vet report this as he knew what was going to happen? The guy should have post traumatic stress – that doesn’t mean he’s a good guy. Whistler and Howling Dogs should NOT be allowed to offer this service any longer nor be in charge of the care of animals. I am sure this happens in this industry and this will just shin a light on things that need to be changed and regulated.
February 2, 2011 at 12:37 am
The blame will surely get shunted around. But nobody comes out of this with any credit and there is plenty of blame to go around.
1. Not one of the many who were no doubt involved and in the know at the time found any reason to object.
2. The dog-killer himself went back for a second day of executions and had no qualms on either day.
3. He claimed and received compensation for his self-afflicted trauma!!!
ktwop
February 2, 2011 at 8:44 am
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March 21, 2011 at 2:07 pm
I read with horror the report written by David Derbyshire, Enviroment Editor of the Daily Mail, he described the death of these magnificent beautiful creatures, in gruesome, graphic detail that left nothing more horrific to my imagination. How Outdoor Adventures were allowed to massacre these dogs without making an effort to rehome them is beyond me. Why did not the perpetratos refuse to carry out the killings? One man shot the mother of his pet dog!