VANCOUVER - A CANADIAN government task force was appointed on Wednesday to investigate the slaughter of 100 husky dogs used during the 2010 Winter Olympics, as well as the sled-dog industry.
The dogs, which pulled tourist sleds in the Canadian ski resort of Whistler, were reportedly killed by one tourism company worker using a shotgun and a knife. Injured dogs tried to escape and one survived to crawl from a mass grave a day later.
'No creature should ever have to suffer in the manner that has been reported, and we want to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again in our province,' British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell in a statement. The province appointed a panel headed by a veterinarian to investigate the two-day slaughter last April.
A criminal investigation was announced on Monday by Canada's national police force and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The dogs reportedly were killed because business slumped in the two months following the Games and they were no longer needed by tourism company Outdoor Adventures.ORIGINAL SOURCE
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