Boycott Whistler

Justice Now

From the Governments own Special Task Force ( page 8 ) looking into the slaughter practices of sled dog groups in the Whistler and greater BC area…

“The Criminal Code of Canada (Sections 444 through 447.1) provides criteria for the criminal prosecution of individuals who wilfully inflict unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal or bird. In 2008, changes were made to the animal cruelty provisions of the Code as follows:

•All cruelty to animal offences were made hybrid, meaning that the Crown can choose to prosecute by summary conviction or by indictment.

•Maximum penalties for various offences were changed as follows:

•the maximum penalty for indictable offences for intentional cruelty and for wilfully inflicting unnecessary pain, suffering or injury by failure to exercise reasonable care (new provisions) was increased to five years imprisonment;

•maximum summary conviction penalties were increased to 18 months imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine at the same time the offences were made hybrid; and

•the maximum penalty for the indictable offence of negligently causing injury during transport and abandoning or failing to provide adequate care to animals was increased to two years imprisonment (increase from the previous maximum of 6 months jail and/or a $2,000 fine).”

What we find un-acceptable here is that according to the task force, there are already laws in place to punish those who injure or kill dogs (and other animals) in the fashion to which the Whistler sled dogs were slaughtered. HOWEVER-Whistler and other communities allow this behavior to happen to help protect the valuable tourism dollar.

*This code was made nearly 2 years Before the slaughter was initiated! Yet-The city of Whistler and B.C. officials have yet to bring these culprits to justice. Turning a blind eye will not make this horrible practice go away.