http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1888742/

I hear this is causing quite the stir in BC, Canada.

A company that hired around 70 dogs as part of a sley tour event for tourists during the Winter Olympics has come under fire that now that the tourists have gone and the Olympics were finished, the dogs were simply destroyed as they had "no more use".

Several vetinarians refused to kill the dogs on the grounds of the animals being perfectly healthy. So the company decided to shoot the dogs, in front of the other dogs. Some of the dogs even retaliated to stop the slaughter.

This link goes into more detail, but the guy that was ordered to kill (what is now revealed to be 100 dogs) said he still suffers nightmares from the traumatic 2 day cull:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/sle...610/story.html

I cannot express on so many levels how appalled and furious I am at this. The ordering of the cullings is massively irresponsible. These dogs were clearly obtained to make money over a short term use and if they had any business sense, would have known that the amount of dogs purchased (300 in total) would not have been sustainable after the Olympics had finished. They could have kept these animals around afterwards, but of course that would have eaten into their profits.

Apparantly they are refunding customers that had husky dog sled rides. Personally i think they should be prosecuted and banned from owning dogs again.