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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCanada: rescue dog shot dead after escaping from plane on to airport runway
Officials in the Canadian city of Winnipeg have launched a review after a two-year-old rescue dog was shot and killed after she slipped out of her crate at the citys airport
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/12/canada-winnipeg-rescue-dog-shot-killed-runway
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Canada: rescue dog shot dead after escaping from plane on to airport runway (Original Post)
nmgaucho
Apr 2018
OP
When you have planes in the air and no place for them to land, the clock is ticking.
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 2018
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nmgaucho
(527 posts)1. I'm a huge dog lover so this is a repulsive act
nm
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2. Idiot shooters
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,392 posts)3. When you have planes in the air and no place for them to land, the clock is ticking.
A lot of things failed to get to the point it did, and I hope those are the procedures they focus on.
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(52,289 posts)4. in fairness, they thought there was a gun in the dog's paw.
i get that it's no good having a dog on an active runway.
but did they try coaxing the dog with food??
maybe they should have some kind of throw net around for such things??
tranquilizer guns??