Then It Starts
…We Saw it Coming
Full Article Here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sled-dog-alaska-documenary-canada-whistler-film-festival-mushers-huskies-iditarod-1.3845732
And of course- now the media has something to write about-
Full article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sled-dogs-inhumane-film-dog-dogsledding-banff-documentary-1.3892328
meanwhile
The owner passes away from a diabetic complication.
article here : https://www.northbaynipissing.com/community-story/6917181-chocpaw-expeditions-owner-and-south-river-resident-paul-reid-dead-at-71/
Then the movie comes out.
I decide to stay pass the winter- into my first ever summer at as a Kennel worker for this company.
… and that’s when I experience this
http://www.virtuousmusher.com/the-freezer-by-the-straw-barn/
http://www.virtuousmusher.com/seasonal-kill/
http://www.virtuousmusher.com/terrible-and-true/
http://www.virtuousmusher.com/no-humpingaccidental-breeding/
Between this, the very toxic work environment, being overworked and underpaid- My mental health gets progressively worse- and I get fired.
I try to let other mushers know- but no one seems to want to help the dogs…
http://www.virtuousmusher.com/protect-the-animal-not-the-image/
I continue on looking for accountability for the treatment of the dogs.
http://www.virtuousmusher.com/isitlegal/
Finally, with no where else to turn, I reach out to the Documentary maker- Fern Levitt.
http://www.virtuousmusher.com/director-of-sled-dogs-film/
Who Introduces me to some amazing allies at End Sled Dog Cruelty
http://www.virtuousmusher.com/team-work-makes-the-dream-work/
I tell them where the dead dogs are… and they surprise me by going in, and getting evidence of my allegations of there being hundreds of dogs buried behind the kennel.
