Along with most fellow British Columbians, I held my head high while basking in the euphoric afterglow of the 2010 Olympics. Now with paralleled shame, I hang my head as the ugly revelations of the cruel and unnecessary slaughter of one hundred "unneeded" sled dogs emerges.
It is impossible to comprehend that this atrocity actually occurred, let alone right here in "Beautiful British Columbia." As other Olympic paraphernalia was removed and dissembled, so too were these dogs. (Secretly though ... so as to not tarnish that Olympics afterglow.)
The owner of this company had options, and so did the "executioner." Assuming media reports are correct, how could anyone shoot these beautiful healthy dogs (sometimes more than once) slit their throats and then in some cases bury them alive, (one hundred times)unless they derived some sadistic pleasure from it? No one needs a job that bad.
To cowardly hide behind a "post traumatic stress claim" is absurd. Where could the dogs hide? You deserve every nightmare you have.
Some reports actually indicate that similar practice is not that uncommon in the world of working animals. Appalling to say the least. After all, would "unneeded" snowmobiles be blown up and buried? Of course not ... that would be a waste.
As generous contributors, my family and I implore the SPCA to be even more vigilant in their pursuit of these and all animal abuse and neglect cases.
Sadly, nothing can ever bring these innocent souls back to us, nor can anything negate the hideous terror and suffering they endured, however, each and every one of us can help.
Resist that urge to "not get involved" when we suspect animals are being abused or neglected. Speak up. Perhaps if someone had done so, this deed might never have been committed
As the slogan goes: " Speak for those who cannot speak for themselves."
Joyce Brash
Prince George
