Officials are investigating a Canadian man’s claim of post-traumatic stress disorder after he was awarded compensation for stress from his job with Outdoor Adventures Whistler near Vancouver. The man says that he was ordered to kill 100 healthy sled dogs by his employer due to the dip in business after the Olympics.
Outdoor Adventures Whistler reportedly had 300 dogs and wanted 100 killed. The company tried to arrange for a veterinarian to put the dogs down but he refused to kill healthy dogs. This led to the unnamed employee shooting each dog. Given the large number of dogs, he said that he eventually began to slit their throats. He says that he initially took the dogs one by one to the forest but began to kill them in front of the other dogs. He says that he could tell the stress caused to the dogs in watching the slaughter.
Tourism Whistler yesterday suspended reservations for dog sledding at Outdoor Adventures Whistler, which is owned by Joey Houssian. He is the son of the founder of Intrawest Corp., Joe Houssian.
Company spokesman Graham Aldcroft does not deny ordering the dogs to be killed but insisted that they wanted it done in a humane manner.
The employee’s claim details how he had to kill Suzie, the mother of his family’s pet dog, Bumble, and how she escaped wounded with a large wound. He had to kill her with a scope and rifle. Notably, the other dogs attacked him when he tried to retrieve her body.
The BC SPCA is investigating and will likely recommend charges.
What will be interesting is if the worker, who received compensation for his stress, would be included in any charges since he could have refused the order.
Outdoor Adventures Whistler still advertises dog-sled trips:
Our world famous backcountry Dogsled Tours in the beautiful Soo Valley qualify as a once in a lifetime experience. Behind your team of energetic and loveable Alaskan Racing Huskies, get ready for an unforgettable journey and a thrilling introduction to this classic Canadian sport. Mush your own team, or have a professional guide lead the way. We are Whistler’s original dogsled operator with over 63 years of experience ( in dog years that is…).
There is now a mass grave of those “energetic and loveable Alaskan Racing Huskies” that you can see after the trip.
Source: Globe and Mail
Heck, I would have taken 2 and paid the guy.
I cant believe they didnt try and sell the dogs.
Is there some reason a sled dog cannot become a pet?
Maybe Tod Palin would have taken them, he is sled guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, a demonstration in reductio ad absurdum –
Reinhardt Heydrich: “Holocaust? I know nothing about that. But is was six million Jews we killed, not four million. Not that I know anything about it.”
I hope these venal bastards loose every dime they have.
michaelb,
Thanks again for keeping us up to date on the Canadian action! They paid for the workers comp, but of course we didn’t know anything about it, except for correcting the amount of dogs killed! Sick!
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110131/bc-sled-dogs-killed-110131/
Several news videos on the above link.
Company states it did not know of the killings until the media did.(January 2011)
The killings occurred in April 2010, with the killer claiming workers compensation benefits 5 days later. The company did not dispute the claim and only corrected the number of dogs killed from 70 to 100. (kinda conflicts with the first statement)
There is big money from the company owners family. Time to watch justice gurgle in the slime of corruption, Canadian style.
Oh. Sorry.
Forgot one of many.
The way a mockingbird is killed.
RE: rafflaw, February 1, 2011 at 10:57 am
This is an amazing story. How the hell can anyone take an order like that and actually try to complete such a task?
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How the hell?
How many ways?
Let me not count the ways, not enough numbers exist.
The way people reciprocate traumas.
The way an airplane was flown over Nagasaki.
The way Nanking was “raped.”
The way many Nanking women were raped.
The way people unaffirmed Richard Speck.
The way people unaffirmed Jared Loughner.
The way people unaffirmed Adolph Hitler.
The way people unaffirmed Pol Pot.
The way the death penalty is imposed.
The way people are found guilty.
The way children are indoctrinated into hatred.
The way people learn to compete with one another.
The way of profits.
The way of the adversarial system.
The way of authoritarianism.
The way people crucified…
michealb,
Thanks for the update. It is even worse that he might have ordered them killed to stymie the competition!!
My stomach is churning after reading this. Disgusting. Utterly disgusting.
And being served at your local Asian diner………
It is fleshing out that the operator did not want the trained dogs to go to the competition.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/sled+dogs+slaughtered/4197145/story.html
raff,
I suspect that vaccinations and dog food would have been a bargain in comparison.
Seriously, this kind of greed fueled stupidity makes me outright angry.
Mike S.
Vick should still be behind bars and these Canaddian idiots should be in a Canadian correctional facility as well.
Buddha,
I wonder how much money they are going to save after their legal fees!
The love of money is the root of all evil.
To all those so infuriated by Michael Vick, where is the difference? The difference is tha nobody involved in this will be locked up in a maximum security penitentiary for a few years.
This is an amazing story. How the hell can anyone take an order like that and actually try to complete such a task? I would have told the employer to shove it. I can’t imagine that the laws in Canada would allow for the murder of 100 healthy dogs that were not even put up for adoption. Sick.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/prosecute-for-the-senseless-slaughter-of-100-sled-dogs/
The stress claim will add a twist to something Canada usually disregards as merely a property rights issue. Remember the seals if you think gruesome needless death stops a Canadian money making operation.
“He says that he could tell the stress caused to the dogs in watching the slaughter.”