Chortyk has repeatedly told the media that Cheech had four assessments, yet we have been told by several reliable sources from within the Delta SPCA that he only ever had two assessments.

From the Sun June 19/04:

"All of the people who assessed the dog since April ... say he's too dangerous to be in the community," says SPCA spokeswoman Lorie Chortyk.

From South Delta Leader June 18/04:

"Unfortunately, all the assessments have shown it was becoming increasingly aggressive around men and children."

Chortyk has used the word "all" to make it sound like Cheech had the four assessments. Then, later in the South Delta Leader article, she states this instead:

"...Chortyk added, and four people signed off on the decision.."

Like we suspected from the start, Cheech did not have four assessments. He only had the two, and then his file was simply handed to two other people in management for reading, and they authorized the killing. Is this how the SPCA makes decisions to kill dogs, over the phone, or by email? Kathy Gibson, and expert dog trainer, has already stated that twenty people may get twenty different results when assessing the same dog. We have to assume that Ms. Gibson and other dog experts generally meet the dog in person to do an assessment. Boy, the SPCA must be pretty darn good at choosing who lives and dies, if they don't even need to show up for the assessment!