British Columbia Dog Slaughter Leads To Toughest Animal-Cruelty Laws In Canada
British Columbia now has the toughest animal-cruelty laws in the country, a year after the discovery by the SPCA of a mass grave of up to 100 sled dogs in Whistler. The provincial government has introduced the Sled Dog Code of Practice, which sets standards for health, nutrition, housing, working conditions, transportation and euthanasia. Marcie […]
Stray Poodle ‘Rescued’ By Bird Of Prey In British Columbia
If you’re a small dog, you’d probably think that being snatched by a bird of prey and whisked into the sky wouldn’t be the best thing that ever happened to you. Well, that’s exactly what happened to May the toy Poodle. May plopped onto the grounds of a British Columbia nursing home on May 2. […]
Famed Forensic Anthropologist Assisting In Whistler Sled Dog Massacre Exhumations
He is the famed forensic anthropologist who once worked on the notorious Green River serial killings of young women around the Seattle area in the early 1980s. Now Dr. Bill Haglund is heading the exhumation work at the mass grave of the Whistler sled dogs. Haglund, who was contracted by the SPCA, says that when the […]
Culled Sled Dogs From British Columbia To Be Exhumed For SPCA Investigation
It was an act too gruesome to think about, but hopefully there will soon be justice. The bodies of dozens of sled dogs killed in a mass cull last April are to be exhumed over several days beginning Thursday, says the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. BC SPCA spokeswoman Lorie […]
Dog That Survived Plane Crash Is Found Alive
It’s an absolute miracle he survived. Searchers have found the pet dog that survived unharmed following a plane crash in Yoho National Park, British Columbia that killed its owner. Parks Canada employees found Rusty, a six-year-old Border Collie, a short distance from the mountainside where Ed Fedaj died when his single-engine plane crashed Wednesday afternoon. […]
British Columbia To Implement Tougher Animal Cruelty Laws After Sled-Dog Culling
It was a mass killing that sickened the entire world–the mass slaughter of 100 sled dogs near Whistler, British Columbia last April. But thanks to the Sled Dog Task Force report that was released today, the highest animal protection standards in Canada will be added to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act this fall […]
In British Columbia, Debate Rages Over Sled Dogs
It’s an industry unto itself that has fostered many differing points of view. It’s dog sledding in British Columbia, and as the provincial government’s Sled Dog Task Force prepares to release its review of the sled dog industry, a debate is raging over what its recommendations should be. And in this debate there are actually […]
"Justice For The Whistler Sled Dogs" Rally
By Kenn Bell for the Dog Files Protesters and their dogs gathered Saturday in Whistler, British Columbia in remembrance of the 100 sled dogs that were killed “execution style” and thrown into a mass grave by the Company, Outdoor Adventures, because of a slump in tourism. As they marched two by two like sled dogs, […]
Company Did Not Tell Man To Shoot Sled Dogs, Says Employee
By SUNNY DHILLON For the Globe And Mail The statement said Mr. Fawcett was not given any instructions on how to euthanize the animals, and had humanely killed dogs on previous occasions. Outdoor Adventures has said since the story first broke that it did not instruct Mr. Fawcett to shoot and stab the animals. The […]