Threats related to slaughtered dogs being investigated
Posted February 1, 2011 10:52 am.
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WHISTLER (NEWS1130) -Threats have been made over the mass killing of 100 sled dogs in Whistler. Mounties are investigating comments made online and in private emails.
Police are not naming who the threats are against.
RCMP Staff Sergeant Steve LeClair says there could be multiple suspects. “Well, I’m not sure how much validity the threats actually have. They were very serious in nature. I’m not going to reveal the content of those threats.”
He adds comments on a social media site have been taken down and at least one person has received threatening emails.
But LeClair explains police are also getting calls and messages of support for their investigation from people across North America.
Condition of remaining dogs
After the news surfaced about the “execution” of the one hundred dogs, concerns are emerging about the remaining dogs. About 200 dogs of the original group of 300 remain on the Outdoor Adventures property.
However, the SPCA has no intention of apprehending them. The organization’s Marcie Moriarty expects these dogs will be treated very well, considering the global spotlight on them now.
And she does expect the company to do the right thing if the dogs are no longer needed. “They have a responsibility to find adequate retirement homes for them. I want to emphasize that. It’s not a rescue organization’s responsibility. This company made money off of them,” she insists.
And she hopes that if they have to be euthanized, that they have a vet do it.
Outrage continues
The story got more attention on the News1130 website than the resignation of Premier Gordon Campbell and the outrage over pension payments to child killer Clifford Olson, and all within a matter of hours.
Some comments on our website were calling for the boycott of the company involved, Outdoor Adventures Whistler. Meanwhile, others were calling for criminal charges.
On the streets of Vancouver many people say the senseless, inhumane killing of animals is enraging. “They should have done something else with the dogs. They shouldn’t have put them all down. If they’re going to kill them, at least put them down, don’t shoot them,” said one man.
The dogs were shot or had their throats slit and were left in a mass grave. Some of the dogs were still alive when they were in the grave.
The RCMP and BC SPCA are looking into the gruesome killings believed to be over a drop in business for the company after the 2010 Olympics.
