Is killing dogs the way that old dog in North Vancouver was killed twenty years ago, and Maggie was killed last week, the actions of an animal welfarist or an animal controller? The answer, in my opinion, is animal controller. I don't know of any real animal welfarist who would have made the decision that the manager of the Williams Lake SPCA made. It is ludicrous to suggest that killing Maggie could be the most humane decision when real humane options were available.

The killing of Maggie once again raises serious concerns about the practices and policies of the BC SPCA.

Should an animal controller, who authorized the killing of a dog because it shakes, be working at a so-called animal welfare society?

How many other people are working at SPCAs who kill that easily?

Lack of training, or training in animal control and disposal rather than animal welfare, the hiring of people who accept the job of animal control and disposal, and the firing of staff who put welfare before control, has been a concern of real animal welfarists and many members of the public for as long as AAS has been doing animal welfare - 20 years. We have documented this same concern going back 50 years.