The SPCA's August 13th Application to Destroy named four Pit Bulls. On August 28th, when the Application was heard, it was for only three Pit Bulls according to the press.
The SPCA's p.r. person, Lorie Chortyk, 'said Harris brought in a fourth dog and requested that it be euthanized. It has been put down.'
That dog was killed at Harris' request, so logically the City/SPCA would not have had to apply to the courts to kill it.
Where is the fourth dog that the City and SPCA applied to kill on August 13th?
Pit bulls' owner charged in attacks
Animal lover fights in legal battle to save pets from death
Frank Luba, The Province
Published: Friday, August 29, 2008
A man whose pit bulls are alleged to have been involved in three attacks in Surrey was charged yesterday with 24 violations of the municipality's Dog Responsibility Bylaw.
Hal Douglas Harris, 39, is from Sidney on Vancouver Island, but was living in his van with his dogs on the Lower Mainland at the time of the attacks on April 4, June 19 and Aug. 10.
Three dogs were seized from Harris Aug. 11 by Vancouver police in Kitsilano. The dogs were sent to the Surrey SPCA, which does animal control for the municipality.
Lori Chortyk of the SPCA said Harris brought in a fourth dog and requested that it be euthanized. It has been put down.
"He said the dog was vicious," said Chortyk, who declined further comment.
In the meantime, dog lover Lauren Phillips has retained Vancouver lawyer Kirk Tousaw to try to save the three seized dogs.
"Her interest is in the fate of the dogs and to see whether they can be rehabilitated, retrained and put in a suitable home rather than executed," Tousaw said yesterday.
Tousaw will be at Surrey Provincial Court on Sept. 25 for a case-management hearing about the dogs.
Although the charges against Harris relate to attacks in Surrey, it is alleged his animals were also involved in a string of bloody attacks on Vancouver Island over the past 11 months.
Harris will be back in Surrey Provincial Court next Thursday to set a trial date.
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