Secondly, both the Vancouver SPCA and the Vancouver Police refused to take any action against Gibson for his cruelty to animals and for violating public decency. The SPCA even stated that "although the perception is that it's totally inhuman, the reality is that it is probably a humane way of killing a rat" (Globe & Mail, January 5). (The killing method is not the issue; the point is that Gibson had no right to kill any sentient being----but, for what it's worth, "crushing" is not considered an acceptable euthanasia method by the Canadian or American Veterinary Association.)

Lifeforce believes that Rick Gibson should have been charged under the Criminal Code of Canada for "Causing a disturbance" by creating an "indecent act" [Section 173(1) and by openly exposing or exhibiting an "indecent exhibit in a public place" [Section 175(1) [b)), and under the Cruelty to Animals Section "Everyone who wilfully and without lawful excuse kills, maims, wounds, poisons or injures" animals (Section 445(a)) and when someone "wilfully causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal"[Section 446(1) (a) ).

Peter Hamilton
Founding Director
Lifeforce Foundation
Phone: 604-649-5258
Email: lifeforcesociety@hotmail.com
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