British Columbia Sled Dog Update

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Maximum Criminal Charges Recommended in Sled Dog Case

     Bob Fawcett, who maliciously killed 100 Sled Dogs in Whistler, British Columbia in April of 2010, should receive the maximum penalty under BC’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. That’s what the BC SPCA recommended in their report to the Attorney General’s office on September 13, 2011. Fawcett is now facing up to 6 months in jail and a fine of $10,000 if charged and convicted.

     Thanks to the Ian Somerhalder Foundation and your 60,000 signatures on ISF’s Change.org petition, the Province of British Columbia passed into law a new anti-cruelty to animals act. Our first campaign, ending in a victory for ISF, called for an improved and tougher Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. ISF’s recommendations were documented in the Governmental Sled Dog Task Force Report in April 2011. The report, delivered to the BC Ministry of Agriculture, described the high level of influence that ISF held in shaping the Task Force recommendations. Premier Christy Clark acted on all 10 recommendations from the Task Force Report and BC now has the toughest anti-cruelty laws in Canada, including two years in prison and a $75,000 fine. Fawcett will receive the lesser penalties because his actions happened when the older law was in effect.
The BC SPCA’s recommendation that Bob Fawcett receive the maximum penalty under the law marks another victory in the Sled Dog case. But we have more work to be done to claim a complete victory in BC. Let’s make sure the Crown does prosecute Fawcett to the fullest extent of the law. Email the Attorney General in BC to tell the Crown that the only justice for the BC 100 is the maximum penalty.