After mass dog slaughter, stressed man files workers' comp

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An animal welfare group is investigating the execution of 100 healthy sled dogs in Vancouver, British Columbia, after tour business got slow following the Olympics, according to Canadian news reports.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is investigating the animal cruelty allegations after a Howling Dog Tours general manager filed a claim with the provincial workers' compensation board saying he suffered post-traumatic stress after slaughtering the dogs in a two-day cull.

The claim says the dogs were killed in front of each other, causing them to panic and attack the worker, The Vancouver Sun reported.

“By the end, he was covered in blood,” the review board wrote January 25, confirming the worker’s claim. “When he finished, he cleared up the mess, filled in the mass grave and tried to bury the memories as deeply as he could.”

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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/01/after-mass-dog-slaughter-stressed-man-files-wokers-comp/?hpt=T2

[goforit]

1. OMG!!! Unbelievable!! Insanity.

[Roland99]

2. Just saw this article

100 healthy sled dogs slaughtered as tour business slows in Canadian province
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sns-ap-cn-canada-dog-slaughter,0,3997850.story


:-(

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Makes me sick to think that they were killed because they didn't want

to lose them to the competition. I don't see how this can be forgiven.

[madrchsod]

4. he`ll be haunted for the rest of his life

which i suppose is justice. what needs to be done is go after the owner of the resort

[rbixby]

5. I know sled dogs don't really make good pets

but wow.....talk about cruelty! So the decision to do it was purely financial too, with no regard for the dogs that, in my mind, they were obligated to take care of til they could find a new home for. Whether they're work animals or family pets, people are responsible for the humane treatment of them. If half your labor force at your company needs to be laid off, you don't take them out back and shoot them.