It has had multiple investigations this calendar year, one a criminal investigation for beating a dog. Krabloonik is not succeeding where we failed. What I will tell you is that a dedicated group of people with business and dog knowledge tried for two years to run an ethical commercial dog sledding company that had no need for profit, and we failed.
I am not in the position to condemn all dogsledding – I know people who have a team of dogs that are well cared for and who seem to love going out with their owner. They “fire” against their harnesses to pull because it is their limited opportunity to run, not because they “love pulling” as mushers will tell you. Someone is petting them, showing them attention and love. Of course, the dogs are happy, they are off their chain or out of their pen that they spend most of their miserable lives enduring. It’s such a great tourist endeavour from the outside, you can go on almost any dogsledding company site and see rave reviews from participants – “dogs were so happy, it was so much fun, puppies were so cute” – this is what the public sees and experiences. I tell you the WSDC story, (and if you are interested and would find it helpful, I can tell it in much greater detail), because I see that you have been struggling as a community around dog sledding. “What?” – “Turns out that they were genetically predisposed” – dog pulled for years – just broke one day… The last straw for me was when I got a call that a dog had to be euthanized at the vet – I said why? Broken back I was told – I imagined the dog being run over by a sled, falling out of the truck – I said “how?” “Pulling the sled,” the musher said. In addition, we were much more knowledgeable about the dogs – they are just dogs and most certainly could be rehomed. To make a long story short – we were sold out virtually the entire two seasons of operation – people wanted to support the “survivors” and we ran a tight ship in terms of expenses with the exception of “dog care.” After operating two seasons, with countless volunteer hours for management and dog care, we were still pumping money into the operation and not meeting the standard of care. Whistler Sled Dog Company (WSDC) was born – I and a few others volunteered as directors and the mission of the company was to demonstrate an ethical dog sled company run as a business and then share those best practices with everyone in the industry. We instead created a new company to ensure the dogs received proper care. I was a volunteer on the shelter board at the time, we agreed as a board that the shelter didn’t want to manage a dog sledding company. In April 2010, fifty-six dogs and dozens of puppies (unreported as the search warrant did not cover puppies) were slaughtered in Whistler, BC by Bob Fawcett, the Vice President of an Alaskan sled dog welfare group “Mush with Pride.” In 2011 the local Whistler Dog Shelter was approached to take over the dog sledding company as the prevailing wisdom of the day was that sled dogs could not be rehomed. My name is Sue Eckersley, I’m not a constituent, in fact I’m not even an American, I have no real means to have any influence over your actions, but I do have experience and information that may give you perspective as you make your decision.
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I thank you in advance for your time in reading this note and your consideration on how to best move forward in navigating the challenge with the land lease you have with Krabloonik Dog Sledding. Pitkin County Sheriff’s Report: Animal Abuseĭear Mayor Madsen, Councillor Good, Councillor Sirkus, Councillor Shenk and Councillor Fridstein, Shortly after the sale, Dan Phillips’ mentor – Dan MacEachen – passed away. Phillips also worked as a musher/handler for MacEachen from November of 2001 to May of 2002.
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