Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1977-03-09
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note: •"'••J-"".**-'* 9ZF7."'.: . "-."vr, ..**-• " • "i Rronnolal Ubrary Jun 7? Victoria BC Mutilated dogs allowed to endure torture for days LANGLEY - Dogs that have been injured and badly maimed by automobiles, and whose owners cannot be immediately found, are allowed to linger in terrible agony for up to three days before they arc finally put out of their misery. This obvious inhumane way of treating animals is the result of a legal situation. The Star learned this week. Protection committee chairman Aid. Jock Lindsay told council about a recent case when pound keeper Tom McMath was roused from his sleep at two o'clock in the morning by the local RCMP. Police had found a dog that had been hit by a car but was not dead. The front part of the animal went in one direction, the hind part in another, Lindsay said. "Obviously it had a broken back." McMath asked the RCMP to terminate the dog's life but was told: 'No, you do it.' The pound keeper, under the existing dog control bylaw has no authority to kill even a badly injured animal, and his only option was to bringthc dog back with him to the kennel where it suffered for three days. When not claimed by an owner within that period of time, McMath could finally put an end to its sufferings. Neither do the RCMP have the authority to kill an injured dog, Lindsay said. And to further aggravate matters, the' pound keeper has no authority either to send for a vet. It is all a matter of dollars and cents. McMath is not a veterinarian, and he cannot determine just how badly an animal is injured. He cannot, however, send for a vet. because that costs money. A dog might have to undergo $250 worth of surgery, Lindsay said, and who is going to pay for that if it turns out that the animal in question is only a SS-dog. per- hap's some kid's pet. On the other hand, it could turn out to bc a pedigreed SI ,000 show or breeding animal, and if the owner did not have a chance (the three-day impounding term) to retrieve his dog and have it prop…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420819
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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