You think your job is bad? This guy just had to kill 100 sled dogs with a rifle and a knife....
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canada.comPosted Feb 1, 2011, 4:01 PM UTC
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canada.comJesus that was a gruesome read.
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he didn't have to. maybe you should read the article. he brutally murdered 100 healthy sled dogs after a vet refused to do so. then, to make it worse he tried to claim worker's comp for depression. the guy is a fucking loser that needs to be locked away.
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prior to contacting either SPCA or a vet. They were not approached at any time beforehand.
As for criminal charges? I'm not really sure. From what I've gathered through those in the mushing community that have met him, he seems like a manic-depressive who snapped hard when he realized he was in too deep in his push to expand the business.
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That was pretty bad...
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Damn man, i'm not a big dog lover but even that would mess me up. Pretty sad.
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It was hard for me to get through that article, for real.
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yet you wrote the headline that you did after this has already been posted several times to the front page with a more appropriate title. wtf.
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Huh? I saw it on a news website.
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I wonder why he agreed to do it if he was so horrified by such a gruesome killing? I feel sorry for him but only to a point.
The article mentioned that he had a "family dog" and a "family physician" but I didn't catch any specifics about his family.
If he has a wife and/or kids, or other extended family to support, he could have done it out of fear he was going to lose his job, which probably just added to the trauma.
if the area he was in was experiencing a tourism lull, then there were probably (and i'm just guessing) not many jobs available. Reading the article, this guy has a family. I'm guessing that he had his family in mind when he decided he had to do what he had to do. As expected, he's suffering because of this decision...but, put in the same position with that presumably at stake, i can't say i wouldn't make the same decision.
I imagine that he felt that he was doing the best he could for his family, not that the situation isn't horrific.
He was the owner of the business, not an employee. He had been making a push to expand the business prior to the Olympics - sold shares in the company to other groups in Whistler. I guess he got himself in too deep and snapped.