Animal Advocates Watchdog
This is the same SPCA attitude that caused it to say it would have killed all the sled dogs if it had got them. At the time that it did not lift a finger to get any help for the sled dogs, did the SPCA have an actual policy stating that it kills all sled dogs, as it has a policy that it kills all wolf-dogs? If it did, it's not likely it still does, not after the public found out.
On the radio news this morning Bowen Island's Animal Control Officer said that the BC Wildlife Branch said the dog is not wildlife so won't trap and kill it. He also said that it is SPCA policy to kill all wolf-dogs (a policy unknown by the public but always known by rescuers, which is why they make sure that their rescued wolf-dogs don't get taken to an SPCA). So since the SPCA won't help it, the ACO will have it trapped and killed.
It is not the SPCA's mandate to kill all wolf dogs; it is not the SPCA's mandate to kill any domesticated animal without at least giving it a chance.
It is the SPCA's mandate to extend animal welfare to all domesticated animals. Many rescue groups, without the SPCA's $28 million dollar budget or the money to send out daily self-promoting press releases, have rescued and rehomed many wolf dogs, including AAS. This the "just kill 'em all" SPCA at work.
http://www.theprovince.com/life/Hungry+wolf+hunt+Bowen+Island/4307257/story.html#ixzz1L1c8QEsj
Hungry wolf-dog on the hunt on Bowen Island
Residents of Bowen Island are in "lockdown" as a marauding wolf-dog hybrid that has killed at least one dog continues to be sighted across the island, leading fearful residents to keep children and pets indoors.
The community has called in a private trapper to catch the mysterious animal, which was first spotted on Jan. 20 by resident Ed Booiman after it had killed his beloved sheltie, Penny.
"It's awful to witness," Booiman said Thursday. "It basically killed my dog within 50 feet of the house and then dragged it into the bush."
Booiman, who had gone to look for Penny when she didn't turn up for dinner, interrupted the animal as it was eating his dog.
Since then, one husky-cross dog and a string of cats have gone missing, he said, and partially eaten deer carcasses have been found on the island. One of the island's prized swans has also been found dead.
"[The sightings] have helped tie a lot of pieces of the puzzle together here on Bowen Island with respect to missing animals," Booiman said. "It's got everybody so nervous."
Chris Buchanan, the island's bylaw services supervisor, said he's now receiving reports of sightings "almost daily."
"The municipality has contracted a trapper to come to the island to capture the beast," Buchanan said. "It could be someone's pet — we don't know — so we're using a humane trap."
The B.C. Conservation Service is not involved, Buchanan said, as it doesn't respond to incidents related to domestic or feral dogs, only wildlife.
The island has no coyotes, and no wolf packs are known to live within 100 kilometres of Bowen Island, RCMP said.
Discharging firearms is prohibited on the island, so it's unlikely someone will dispose of the animal on their own.
Buchanan said reports indicate the wolf-dog is about 45 kilograms.
A grainy photo provided to The Province shows a distinctly wolflike animal, with broad shoulders and a thick, bushy tail.
Residents won't feel safe until the animal is trapped and euthanized, Booiman said.
"It's like people are in lockdown over here," Booiman said. "Parents aren't letting their children walk to the school bus and everyone's keeping their pets on-leash.
"That's not what life here is like."
