This is from the Vancouver Sun Thur Feb 3/11:

This is regard to Bob Fawcett's July 12/10 complaint to the SPCA:
" However, the SPCA did not follow up on the complaint with a visit. Instead, B.C.'s animal protection agency relied on a report from the company owner, Joey Houssain, saying the dogs were in good condition."
WITH THIS COMPANYS' HISTORY OF VIOLATIONS WHY DID THE SPCA NOT VISIT?

" Asked why they didn't visit the site, the SPCA spokeswoman Marcie Moriarty said they didn't have enough staff to make the trip but a phone call was made to Houssian, who contacted " them back on July 16-four days after the complaint was filed with the BCSPCA."
" At the time we weren't able to get up to the property from the volume of calls the (SPCA's cruelty investigation) constables were doing (elsewhere). We simply didn't have the staff." she said."
" The complaint coming from (the employee) was not substantiated."
HOW DID THEY CHECK HIS COMPLAINT?

" Asked how the complaint was dismissed, Moriarty said the SPCA " did not just take Joey's word for it." HOW DID THEY DO THIS?

" But asked if the SPCA had an independent report from the local veterinarian about the dogs, Moriarty said not at that time."
" It did , however, have a vet report given to it by Houssian dated June 15,2010 - nearly one month before the employee's formal complaint."
" Among his concerns:

1) A sled dog named Sausage was left on a dog truck for 24 hours in temperatures " reaching the mid-30s..." he said.
2)Staff were leaving the compound between 4 and 5 p.m. " leaving them (the dogs) with no water overnight and sometimes until noon the next day ."
3) Dogs are being left too long on their chains and "going chain crazy."
4) Dogs being overworked running in hot weather once a week while others are not being exercised and getting "fat and out of shape."
THESE ARE THE SAME VIOLATIONS AS IN 2006, WHY DID THE SPCA DISMISS THEM THIS TIME?

" The complaint also said only 30 of the dogs had been given off-leash time since the end of April, when the cull occurred."
" Moriarty said she was aware at the time of the complaint Outdoor Adventures " was starting to go with a group housing" so the dogs could have some time off leash."
" We've always had concerns about the care and housing of dogs up there," she said." SO WHY DID THEY NOT ACT ON THE COMPLAINTS IN 2010?