According to the Society's
submission to the working group established
after the Whistler massacre, «there is no difference between the needs
of a companion dog and those
of a working dog: sled dogs are entitled to the same standard
of care as are companion animals who live in the city as valued and beloved members
of their families... However, as impossible as this is to accomplish for dogs under any business model, it is more so where dozens, if not
hundreds,
of dogs find themselves under the oversight
of a minimal number
of caretakers.»
I arrived at that conclusion
after reading
hundreds of articles on OA (including, to be fair, some that also raise these issues) and overseeing the peer - review process for the very large number
of submissions to this themed issue.
I find it extraordinary that
after years
of learned debate and perhaps
hundreds of submissions to formal enquiries that some old dodderers can hijack to whole process.