„Befehl ist Befehl“
January 31, 2011 10:19 PM   Subscribe

[He] was so traumatized by the slaughter he now suffers from nightmares, panic attacks and depression, according to a confidential workers' compensation review decision.... he agree[d] to carry out the orders from his employer to euthanize some of them because part of his job duties "included herd control." "Susie was the mother of his family's pet dog 'Bumble.'... Although she had the left side of her cheek blown off... he was unable to catch her. He then obtained a gun with a scope and used it to shoot her when she settled down close to another group of dogs.... When he finished he cleared up the mess, filled in the mass grave and tried to bury the memories as deeply as he could"
Tourism lull led to ‘execution-style killings’ of 100 B.C. sled dogs
posted by orthogonality (4 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Same story as the last post on this, it's horrible news not sure what there is to discuss about it. -- mathowie



 
I feel sorry that I patronized Outdoor Adventures for a snowshoe tour. Thankfully, no dogs were involved.
posted by grouse at 10:32 PM on January 31, 2011


I would have gone with a delightful Dog Slay/Sleigh pun over a holocaust reference, myself.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:34 PM on January 31, 2011 [2 favorites]


Like pigs to the Slaughter
posted by Threeway Handshake at 10:38 PM on January 31, 2011


I've long suspected that this whole industry was a nightmare, as I have friends who raise Huskies and wolves, and they have been questioning the economics around this business for years. I'll bet that the the company owner, Joey Houssian, (the son of Intrawest's founder) walks completely, and only gets even richer.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 10:38 PM on January 31, 2011


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