Old dogs put down by SPCA
By Dan Ferguson - Surrey North Delta Leader - April 23, 2008
An elderly Surrey dog breeder didn’t have the heart to put down her oldest animals, so the SPCA was forced to do it for her.
The kennel owner, who is in her 80s, is said to have told her son that she just couldn’t bring herself to do it because she wouldn’t want to be euthanized herself.
When someone complained to the SPCA about the condition of the older dogs, officers of the animal protection agency paid the Cloverdale-area facility a visit.
Last week, they found nine dogs suffering from serious age-related ailments that had to be put down.
“They were very, very old dogs,” said Eileen Drever, a senior animal protection officer with the B.C. SPCA.
Drever said charges would likely not be laid against the kennel owner because it appears to be a case of misplaced kindness rather than overt abuse.
“We have to look at the whole picture.”
The family of the elderly woman has agreed to work with her to change her operating practices, Drever added.
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