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Anthropology

Boomer

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2. "Culling" is a euphemism for slaughter

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 06:27 PM

Nov 2019

I went searching for images of the Inuit sled dog and found a lot more than I bargained for in the articles attached to the images.

The RCMP and Quebec's Provincial Police Nearly Killed Off the Inuit Sled Dog
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/zn8wy8/the-rcmp-and-quebecs-provincial-police-nearly-killed-off-the-inuit-sled-dog

Between 1950 and 1970, police used a loophole in an agricultural law to slaughter thousands of dogs, in what many say was an attempt to move the Inuit off the land and into stationary "civilization."

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Unique sled dogs helped the inuit thrive in the North American Arctic [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2019 OP

Why did Canada cull the sled dogs. Jeez! Are there any left? Karadeniz Nov 2019 #1

"Culling" is a euphemism for slaughter Boomer Nov 2019 #2

Sadistic, barbaric monsters. Thank you so much for providing the information. Judi Lynn Dec 2019 #3