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A prominent animal rights group called for a ban on sled dog tours Monday following the news that 100 healthy sled dogs were killed in a horrific mass slaughter by a Whistler, B.C. tour company.
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Sled dogs rest after returning from a tour run by Whistler Outdoor Adventures in the Soo Valley north of Whistler, B.C., on Monday January 31, 2011. The RCMP and the B.C. SPCA are investigating the slaughter of about 100 sled dogs in Whistler in an incident the SPCA called an absolute massacre. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
An official of the SPCA in British Columbia says word of a mass slaughter of sled dogs in Whistler last April 21 and 23 warrants a criminal investigation. Traditional sled dogs run in the gang line near Churchill, Man. on Hudson Bay, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. (Jonathan Hayward / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
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