THE SLAUGHTER OF THE SIX INNOCENTS AT THE VANCOUVER SPCA

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In February 2002, the Vancouver SPCA killed six dogs. It was the final straw for some volunteers and they went on television to tell the public what really goes on at so many SPCAs.
The man who has been running the BC SPCA's pound contracting/shelter empire for twenty years, John van der Hoeven, was questioned on TV and he said the dogs were killed because they were dangerous. This is the same man who said on CBC radio that the North Vancouver SPCA (pound contractor) hadn't killed a dog since 1993 when the North Vancouver SPCA's own stats said otherwise.

The volunteers were outraged. They pointed out that they had been walking and handling these dogs, some for many months, and they were not dangerous. (And if they had been dangerous, why did the SPCA allow the dogs to be handled by volunteers?).

One volunteer said that the person who said the dogs were killed for being "dangerous" should be fired.

April 10/02