The board of directors for the Happy Valley-Goose Bay SPCA in central Labrador says it is “fed up” with the overwhelming numbers of animal abuse cases in Labrador.
The board is calling on provincial and federal politicians to act on the issue.
“The abuse we've been seeing has escalated dramatically over the last number of years,” said Lee Hill, President of the HV-GB SPCA, said in a news release.
“Since we opened our doors in 2000, we have gone from cases of neglect, where dogs where left tied on 24/7, with no food or water, to stabbings, beatings, and worse.”
The release notes that, most recently, a four-week-old puppy was rescued out of the northern community of Natuashish, where it was suspected some children forced it to inhale gasoline fumes.
“We got the puppy in Goose Bay on Friday, and on Saturday it had six major seizures within a few hours. We had no choice but to have it euthanized,” said Hill. “This is what we are teaching our children? That animals are just things to harm and do cruel things to? We are just sickened by this and all the other incidents we see on almost a daily basis.”
Hill also noted that in recent weeks, the board, as well as numerous friends and supporters of the SPCA in Labrador and Nova Scotia, have been emailing provincial and federal politicians — most notably Premier Kathy Dunderdale and Labrador MP Peter Penashue — to take some action on what they call a crisis as it relates to animal welfare in Labrador.
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this is not only a Labrador issue,animal cruelity goes on all over the world,but with that being said ,for such a small population based area we do have our share of it. I would like to think that most of these cases are being done by a small few,if you can't catch them in the act then it makes it very difficult or near impossible to punish them. It would be great if our elected officals could get involved & try do something about it.