3 dogs found dead, 3 starving in Tuktoyaktuk
source: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/12/24/dead-dogs.html
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Local dog catcher Chuck Gruben made the grisly discovery when he chased some loose dogs back to the dog yard of Randal Boogie Pokiak.
The Tuktoyaktuk dog catcher was shocked to find three dead sled dogs in a local dog yard.
There he found six dogs tied to the line — three were dead and three others were in extremely poor condition he said.
"Looked like they've been there a while, pretty much starving," he said.
Although Pokiak has been in jail since the summer, Gruben said the man's sons were supposed to be looking after the animals.
The dog yard is about 100 metres from a local subdivision and within sight of neighbouring houses.
"It's sad to see something like that," Gruben said. "If you can't watch your dogs, why bother to keep dogs at all? I think that's cruelty."
He has asked the RCMP to look into the case and euthanize the three surviving dogs.
'Horrible, horrible way to die,' says SPCA
There is no excuse for letting animals suffer, said Linda Eccles, who runs the Beaufort Delta SPCA.
"I feel really sorry for everybody involved and the animals, especially, that died such a slow death. It would not have been an overnight thing — it would have been a starvation, a freezing," she said.
"They wouldn't be able to stand up for very long after they lost their body weight and freezing to the snow like that, that's just a horrible, horrible way to die."
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becklau
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What is going on? The population of this world is increasing to unheard of numbers. Humans are devouring our resources and overpopulating the Earth ! Something has to be done to control the population of human beings on Earth. We know of the importance of animal OVERpopulation, why can't there be a LIMIT to HUMAN numbers? China did it ! But their idea can be improved. I know it may be cruel to put a number on births BUT we are breeding like rats! Get our numbers under CONTROL & maybe we all have a better chance to survive !? Humans are becoming INCREASINGLY more greedy and unkind. PUT A STOP TO THIS DEVOURING OF HUMAN & animal space and LIFE!
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becklau
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becklau:
opps thats me above...WRONG PAGE WRONG POST ! but I think I'll leave it HERE & there..........
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becklau
