BEAN COUNTERS TO BLAME FOR HORRIFIC ACT OF ANIMAL CRUELTY

Words cannot describe my revulsion over this senseless and horrific act of animal cruelty. Those responsible should be placed in a cage full of hungry wolves.

PACK OF 100 HUSKIES SHOT AND KNIFED TO DEATH BEFORE BEING TOSSED IN A MASS GRAVE BY TOUR OPERATOR TO SAVE MONEY

Mail Online
February 1, 2011

One hundred huskies were slaughtered by a tourism operator to save money after bookings dropped, it has emerged.

Some of the animals were shot while others had their throats cut before their bodies were thrown into a mass grave.

Experts say many of the animals would have died a long and painful death.

The Canadian company that owned the dogs reportedly ordered an employee to kill them after an expected boom following the 2010 Winter Olympics did not materialize.

Police are investigating Outdoor Adventures Whistler, based in the ski resort of the same name that hosted some events of the Vancouver Games last year.

The claims emerged in an employment tribunal case brought by the worker ordered to kill the dogs.

Marcie Moriarty, general manager of cruelty investigations for the B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, told the Washington Post: 'There aren't words to really describe some of the ways these dogs died.'

'I think what gets to me, too, is that every other dog watched. And just the sheer number of dogs.'

'We don't put cows down like that. slaughterhouses have very strict rules for how supposed culling takes place. This violated every one of them,' she said.

The unnamed employee of Outdoor Adventures Whistler was reportedly told to slaughter the animals, part of a pack of 300, in April last year.

His lawyer told local radio station CKNW that the worker 'was told to find a way to make the business more cost effective'.

After failing to find new homes for the animals he took them out to be slaughtered, and was reportedly attacked at least twice by nearby dogs as the shootings took place. He is said to have slit the throat of one animal that jumped on top of him.

The man was awarded compensation by Worksafe BC, a Canadian employment tribunal, after Outdoor Adventures Whistler did not contest his claim.

The company could not be reached for comment. It earlier claimed that while it had a financial stake in the dog sledding company, 'operational control' rested with the employee.

Tim Tedford, a dog sled operator in British Columbia's Big White area told the Washington Post: 'That behaviour doesn't sound like a real musher.'

'Most mushers love their dogs. That sounds more like an accountant to me. Most mushers would starve themselves before they'd ever neglect their dogs,' he said.